Take a good look at the diet of each country and the cost of what is eaten in one week.
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (Sure hope most American
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)
Food expenditure for one week $341.98
Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cu! ernavac a
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Chad :! The Ab oubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
RATHER MAKES YOU THINK, DOES IT NOT?
John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Greetings Saints of the Most High God, it is my prayer that this message finds you each with a reasonable portion of your health and strength. I'm writing to address one of the subjects personally dear to my heart and central to my own ministry.
As we enter this upcoming season of thankfulness and worship, I sincerely exhort everyone to pause frequently and remember in prayer those families and individuals who, truly, have found themselves at a point from which they may see no way out.
Each day that I am able to awake with four walls surrounding me I count myself blessed. Each day that I am able to feed my children I remember that there are others in many, many places who would consider this a luxury. I do not take it lightly, for we have known hunger, we have known the uncertainty of wondering where we would go next and what we would do when we got there.
I live in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Each and everyday in this city and millions others like it, enough food is thrown into dumpsters and trash cans to feed a great proportion of those hungry in this world. This is not a guess, I see this with my own eyes. And I am not talking about just the food off of plates...I mean boxes of food, bags of food, containers and cans in perfectly good condition. Unspoiled, unused, and unappreciated for the benefit it could be to someone else.
How many times have you purchased something new at the grocery, got it home and tried it only to find you didn't like it? What did you do with the remaining packages? How many times have you cleaned out your cabinets and pantry and tossed everything over a couple of months old? Do you know that the shelf life of most canned goods is more than a year? Bag of beans got a hole in it and went into the trash? Cereal you lost interest in? The list could go on, and there would not be enough space for it.
How many items of clothing are in your home right now that are not being used? Blankets? Socks and shoes? How much will you spend on 'Holiday' meals this year? How much of the food will end up in the trash in two weeks?
Our Challenge to you this year, make the commitment to make a difference in the life of someone in need. Our goal: To have five hundred people Commit to come Aboard the A.R.K. (Acts of Random Kindness.)
Ten dollars, between now and the First of January. Do not take it to a Shelter first - Do you think if the people you see living on the street had a place there they would be out in the cold? The shelters are overrun. Make a direct difference. If there are people in your own community whom you see (or perhaps try NOT to see) every day or every week, do something for THEM. Buy them a blanket. Fix them a meal and take them a plate. Buy them a bag of groceries that do not have to be cooked. Buy them a coat from a resale store. If there is a family with children do something for those little ones. If there truly are none of the people you come in contact with on a daily basis, do something special for an elderly or needy neighbor. And as a last resort, if none of these are possible, donate the money to a shelter or organization that is working to feed those in need.
The time has come for us...We Christians...to stop shaking our heads in pity. The time has come to stand up and be counted as lovers of Christ, who commanded that we Love one another as he loved us. He proved that love in all that He did while He walked among us, giving in His actions the example of how we were to shine for Him.
Lets Be the Light.
Selah
Minister LP Johnson
Circle of Light - Ministries United