Do you wonder how many of Heavenly Father's children are hungry at this very moment? Hungry for basic food or thirsty for clean safe water? While I don't know that number, I'm sure there are very very many. And while many or most of them live outside of United States, maybe in third world or developing countries, there are many of them who live amongst us here, at home.
The counsel from the Savior Himself to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, or visit the sick always echoed with me in a very special and powerful way, a way that pushed me to take some sort of action.
Can you imagine having a child coming home from school and not having food to offer to him or her? Or before they go to bed, or when they wake up in the morning? Can you? I can't... yet there are so many of our Heavenly Father's children out there who do have to go through this every day.
On Saturday, our ward and stake participated in a large "Close the Gap" project for the Food Bank of North Texas. We started our project with watching this video last Monday for FHE. The video shows the unseen face of hunger here in North Texas. Very touching. It moved me and I'm so happy that I could share it with Ella and Hrishi and they were moved too. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday nights we walked around our neighborhood on our assigned streets, and distributed flyers for the food drive. It is very hard to describe the joy and great spirit I felt as I got to do this with my sweet helper, Ella, since Hrishi was out of town. He however cheered our efforts. :) Her excitement and desire to tell our neighbors about the project was simply inspiring. We then prayed every night for the Lord to soften the hearts of our neighbors so they would have a desire to share a little bit from what they had with those who didn't have any. Saturday morning came and we gathered in the parking lot of our grocery store to kick off the food drive. After the bishop shared a few thoughts, we went about the neighborhood hopeful to collect our cans. To our disappointment (especially Ella's), we did not find any cans by the doors where we left flyers at. But I was able to use this opportunity to teach about understanding and not judging others, while we, ourselves, should always always do our part, and share a little bit from the little bit or the whole lot we have, whichever one it is.
We went back to the parking lot with our cans and dropped them off in the collection box. We were happily surprised to see that many others shoppers have dropped off lots of goodies in the box. See Ella's smile at this discovery?
We took advantage of the amazingly beautiful weather and stoped by the park on our way back. It was a perfect day, couldn't have asked for more.
Today I was so so happy to read in our ward email that we met our goal of 3,000 pounds of food. That makes about 3,600 meals for the needy. Hurray! I can't wait to share this great news with Ella and Hrishi.
I remember our bishop's words that we should not wait for experts to solve this world's problems, that each and every one of us can do much by serving those around us in simple, yet meaningful ways.
I am so grateful for the many way we can give and share of ourselves with others.
The counsel from the Savior Himself to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, or visit the sick always echoed with me in a very special and powerful way, a way that pushed me to take some sort of action.
Can you imagine having a child coming home from school and not having food to offer to him or her? Or before they go to bed, or when they wake up in the morning? Can you? I can't... yet there are so many of our Heavenly Father's children out there who do have to go through this every day.
On Saturday, our ward and stake participated in a large "Close the Gap" project for the Food Bank of North Texas. We started our project with watching this video last Monday for FHE. The video shows the unseen face of hunger here in North Texas. Very touching. It moved me and I'm so happy that I could share it with Ella and Hrishi and they were moved too. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday nights we walked around our neighborhood on our assigned streets, and distributed flyers for the food drive. It is very hard to describe the joy and great spirit I felt as I got to do this with my sweet helper, Ella, since Hrishi was out of town. He however cheered our efforts. :) Her excitement and desire to tell our neighbors about the project was simply inspiring. We then prayed every night for the Lord to soften the hearts of our neighbors so they would have a desire to share a little bit from what they had with those who didn't have any. Saturday morning came and we gathered in the parking lot of our grocery store to kick off the food drive. After the bishop shared a few thoughts, we went about the neighborhood hopeful to collect our cans. To our disappointment (especially Ella's), we did not find any cans by the doors where we left flyers at. But I was able to use this opportunity to teach about understanding and not judging others, while we, ourselves, should always always do our part, and share a little bit from the little bit or the whole lot we have, whichever one it is.
We went back to the parking lot with our cans and dropped them off in the collection box. We were happily surprised to see that many others shoppers have dropped off lots of goodies in the box. See Ella's smile at this discovery?
We took advantage of the amazingly beautiful weather and stoped by the park on our way back. It was a perfect day, couldn't have asked for more.
Today I was so so happy to read in our ward email that we met our goal of 3,000 pounds of food. That makes about 3,600 meals for the needy. Hurray! I can't wait to share this great news with Ella and Hrishi.
I remember our bishop's words that we should not wait for experts to solve this world's problems, that each and every one of us can do much by serving those around us in simple, yet meaningful ways.
I am so grateful for the many way we can give and share of ourselves with others.
E trist ca vecinii nu au donat, dar ma bucur ca in cele din urma ati adunat mancare suficienta. Si ramura noastra a facut food drive cu Relief Society si Boy Scouts de cel putin 4 ori in ultimele saptamani. Food Bank is depleted and they need all the food they can get.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful Cristina and very inspiring! Maybe the neighbors just forgot...? Let's hope so. I can't imagine people having and not wanting to give; even if just one can of food... Glad you had such a good experience with Ella! Pupici multi!
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