About two weeks ago Duane and I upgraded our phones. The place we upgraded at only had one choice for “dumb” Phones, everything else was smart phones. Since they were offering I Phones for free we ended up leaving them.
We had fun playing with our new phones and I absolutely loved being able to have a decent camera on a phone and best of all I was able to have the 1000 gifts app! What I didn’t love was the fact that I had to pay extra money to have a data package. We chose the very lowest data package they had but that was still an extra $20 a month per phone. Jeff and Shyloh had joined us on a family plan that would save each couple $40 a month so having the new data package would have been a wash for us.
Neither Duane nor I had peace about our new phones even though each day we liked them more and more. I really had a hard time justifying the money that I was supposed to be saving. I also didn’t use the phone like most I Phone users. My wifi was kept off and because I was so worried about going over on my data I also kept my data shut off. It did have a great camera though, did I mention that? 
Duane and I talked almost daily about what we should do with our new phones. We finally decided we needed to take them back. I admit I was really struggling with our decision until I saw these pictures the other day online…
These pictures apparently were going around online around Christmas time. I never saw them til now and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. My fun phone with the great camera and that awesome app lost all appeal when I saw these pictures.
We returned our phones last night and came home and found our old phones on ebay. We happily purchased them and today as I use my old old phone with the cracked screen and broken keys I am happy. Happy with my choice and decision. Please don’t think I am putting anyone down who has an I Phone, I am not. For me a phone just isn’t a necessity and with the money we are saving now it will allow me to sponsor another child thru Compassion International. I’ve been praying for the Lord to somehow give us the extra finances to do that for quite a while. Our whole reason for doing a family plan with Jeff and Shyloh was to save money and now I can use that to hopefully provide some necessities for a sweet child who otherwise wouldn’t have some of their basic needs met.
I look at my cracked phone and I feel happy tonight.
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