Have you ever heard of the organization, “Feed My Starving Children”? It’s incredible… really!! What does this non-profit Christian organization do? Just what its name says… it seeks to feed starving children around the world! And I’m so glad our family had the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful ministry this past Monday evening (Yes, it was Halloween, a perfect evening to take time to shine a light & give to others!)!
We arrived at the warehouse, watched a video about “Feed My Starving Children” & the incredible work they do {{I had tears in my eyes looking at those precious children that were brought food & hope through this organization}}, and then we got to work! Wearing our cute hair-nets :), we found a station where we were able to hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children. We worked hard for a good hour… the girls’ faces were all flushed from their hard-work measuring, pouring & packaging the life-saving food. I could tell they were tired, but when the leader came to tell us to finish the box we were on & then clean up, they did not want to stop!! We cleaned up our station, met in the warehouse (where the hundreds of boxes are sent out to almost 70 different countries) & prayed for the little ones that would receive the meals! On our way home they begged to go back the next day!
While we couldn’t go back the next day, we hope to visit “Feed My Starving Children” as often as we can in the near future! For, we really feel this is so important… to take our eyes off of ourselves & stop worrying about the outdated clothes hanging in our closets and the broken toys on the shelf, & give to those who are truly in need! What a blessing to show Christ’s love to those with little hope!
Next week I’m going to share some more Family Service Project ideas that we love! Here’s a hint for one…
I’d love to know what your family does to help those in need!!
5 comments:
I absolutely LOVE that you did this on Halloween! We don't participate in the tradition of Halloween and I love the idea of doing something on the evening of Halloween to give back - some sort of mission oriented thing - and the fact that what you did was for starving children is not only wonderfully mission minded -it's practically symbolic - instead of receiving all the candy you were working toward helping those who need nutritious food...LOVE THIS! What a great way to spend an evening!
I have never heard of this organization, but I love it! And I absolutely love that this was something you and your family participated in on Halloween. We also do not participate in Halloween Traditions and wish I had something like this to have gotten my children involved with. Great! Love it!
We are also participating in Operation Christmas Child! What a wonderful way to bless others this Christmas! :)
I have not heard of this organization and I am so glad that you shared about it! It's not currently in our area but I've bookmarked it to check it out later. I'm always on the look-out for Christian service projects for our family and this looks just wonderful! We do the OCC boxes too and went shopping for ours on Halloween night as we do not participate either.
I love feed my starving Children, and OCC! We support some children. =) xoxox
Thanks so much for bringing your family to pack Jessica. I work at FMSC and I'm always encouraged to hear new stories from the packing room. Hope to see you again soon!
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