Feed My Starving Children

It has been a week since our ordeal at the breakfast table. I have to say, this project has helped eliminate pickiness from the table. Yay!

Last week we gathered $.26 to start our goal of raising 18,000 pennies. We put them in a ziplock bag and started discussing how big of a container we would need to be able to fit so many pennies into. Here's what we came up with:

It's a clear bucket from Amazon! 

It is on it's way now, so we'll have to post about it when it shows up.

This week we saved our pennies from grocery shopping. Here's a video of the kids counting the pennies to find out how much they have:

If you would like to help us on our journey to not only reaching our goal but also helping fund a MobilePack in Houston where we will be helping to bag and box food for hungry children, click on the link here. 

18,000 Pennies

We had a real picky issue at the breakfast table that has now become a family inspiration.

One of the children was complaining about the breakfast food which got Mama talking about starving children.

A little frustrated at the insensitive reaction I received, I walked into my bedroom, looked up and said, "God, give me wisdom here. I need lots of wisdom."

I grabbed my ipad, clicked on YouTube to search for an appropriate video that might reach deeper than my words had.
I clicked on the Feed My Starving Children video and sat there with tears in my eyes as my children voluntarily gathered around me. After the video we talked.

Really talked.

They don't know how much is 18,000. To them 1 picture of a dying child is too many. 

And we talked some more, about the why questions mainly. One question seemed to hang between us unspoken but deeply impressed: 

"Why is it him and not me?"

The point was made and it was time for Mama to offer a solution to the problem, something that would make us feel heroic. 

Think Mama, think...

18,0000 children...
Pennies? Pennies!!!!!

My children ran to collect pennies from their savings as they called out, "Let's start today, Mama!"

And so we have started our project of saving 18,000 pennies in hopes that we can help save the lives of 5 children.

We will look at our food differently, I'm sure. It probably might even taste different as we watch our growing pile of pennies.

Thank the Lord for answering my prayer for wisdom. My answered prayer just might be the answer to someone else's prayers.