You can't take it with you

It wouldn’t have mattered how much I’d spent on that bottle of water if the airplane wouldn’t allow it aboard.

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? (Matthew 16:26)

Years ago, I was flying from Guatemala City back to Kansas after visiting my dear friends who are missionaries there. It was one of my earlier trips, I think, so I hadn’t had a lot of experience with international travel.

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