"Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor." Proverbs 22:9
This past weekend Danny & I had the opportunity to participate in a service project at our church, Peachtree Presbyterian. We packed food for Feed My Starving Children, an impressive non-profit we have come to admire. We worked with a team to pack bags for an hour and a half and ended up preparing enough for 82 children to eat for one year. The church's goal was 425,000 meals, and as of Sunday morning we were on target to meet that extraordinary goal!
Feed My Starving Children is based in MN, but travels all over the United States to organizations that want to help (churches, schools, workplaces, clubs, etc.). I would highly encourage anyone to take part in this program or even organize a group of their own to participate. They have secured resources to get the food into these third world countries, an obstacle which never before had crossed my mind. FMSC makes it fun to help, as they say, it's a packing "party", is a good way to meet new people and encourages great team work.
These pictures are of one of FMSC's beneficiaries, Omar. As an 8 year old boy in El Salvador, he weighed 19lbs. After eating the highly nutritious food pack of chicken flavor, soy, vegetables, and rice for two months he weighed 40lbs. Look at his smile!
That's great that you did that!! I am surprised that an 8 year old could weigh 19 pounds and survive! How awful that there are so many children starving in our world while we are here stuffing ourselves.
ReplyDeleteOur church sponsors children from El Salvador. We are hoping to sponsor one as a family soon.:-)