Pastor's Corner: Thankful for U.S.A. citizenship

I just returned from a vacation in Florida, where we spent time with our youngest son, who is stationed there in the U.S. Navy. While there, I spent a significant amount of time soaking in outside hot tubs. During one of those soaking times, I ended up conversing with two men about my age or older (mid-50s) about the value of U.S.A. citizenship. One man, Ivan, was an immigrant from Cuba; the other man, Pablo, an immigrant from Indonesia. When I asked them why they left their respective home countries to come to the U.S.A., Ivan immediately answered that the Cuban government was oppressive to t...