legal?

This afternoon I'd just started telling my story to an Australian traveller when she interrupted with the strange question, "Is that legal?" (Huh?! What a weird question for these parts? Legal?!!) The story I was telling her is about the ring I was given this morning. These two rings were made from a five Euro coin that I brought back from holidays. And the point of the show and tell about the ring was because...

Yesterday I read the part in the drama where Jesus feeds thousands of people with a couple of small fish and a few bread rolls. In John's account I was struck by the line: "Now gather the leftovers... so that nothing is wasted." Jesus' students started with almost nothing. Yet, what they had was enough to feed a massive crowd of people. Actually it was more than enough because Jesus tells them to collect the scraps. Twelve baskets full of bits of bread, says John, when they only started with five barley loaves.

Yesterday I wrote in my journal about how it makes a difference whether we think we have nothing or just enough or a more than enough with stuff to give away. I wondered about the 'leftover' things we can give individually and as an organisation here in Cambodia. What do we have that we're not using? How can we make better use of our time? Are there areas in which we need to save money and resources? How can we work together with others so that we're not trying to do the same thing?

And yesterday as I was scribbling these questions someone was turning a little coin that I thought was useless into two golden rings. "Is it legal to reuse Europe's legal tender?" I have no idea. But I think it's cool!