My Family Culture

          If a major catastophic event happened and ruined our country, and my family and I had to be evacuated to a different country as refugees, I know which three items I would take with me that would represent my family culture.  I would take my Bible, a family portrait, and a frying pan.  I would take the Bible because it represents everything that my family is.  God is our life, He is first and foremost, and my Bible would be my most important possession.  My dad is a pastor and my parents have been in the ministry for around 20 years.  My husband has recently surrendered to the ministry, and we currently work in our church in anyway we can.  God has been great to us and has always provided, my Bible would represent the whole essence of my life.  I would take a family portrait because after God, comes my family.  We are very close, we see or talk to each other everyday.  We share everything and we love each other very much.  The family portrait would respresent my support system in life.  I would take a frying pan because to me it represents where I am from.  I live in the South, in Arkansas.  We like good old-fashioned home cooked meals!  We have big family get-togethers and have a huge table covered with food and all the counters too!!  The frying pan represents where I am from and how I grew up. 
          If upon arrival, I was told that I could only keep one of the personal items and had to give up the other two items, the item I would keep would be my Bible.  I would be upset and hate to part with the other two items and maybe even give a little protesting at first.  However, if it was necessary I would give them up, but I would feel that I was fortunate to be able to keep the one thing that is the life blood of my whole being.  My Bible is that important. 
          I am glad we were given this assignment!  I enjoyed it so much!  My family culture is interesting but to me it seems whole and I feel blessed to be a part of such a culture.