Growing up I was oblivious to the outside world. I thought that everyone lived the way I did – clean water, food whenever needed, toilets, a house, knowing about Jesus. But I was wrong. This past April I had the opportunity to attend 30 hour Famine (My experience during thirty hour famine was actually the first blog I ever wrote, which you can read right here). At this place I had the experience to live, do, and feel what people in Africa and other poor countries face every day. I couldn’t eat for 30 hours straight; this was one of my first times doing this. Boy was it harder than I thought. The night for me was the hardest because I didn’t have something to get my mind off the pain like I did during the day. I realized though that kids every night feel like this. The thought pained me. I couldn’t stand the fact that I had more food then I could ever need and others didn’t even have enough to survive. I knew God in that moment wanted me to do something about this.
So I did something about it. I started doing a little fundraiser in my mom’s scrapbooking store. People would come in handing us old, used, unwanted items, and I would resell them. I used this money and gave it to World Vision, which is a Christian organization that helps the poor in third world countries. And who knew, in three months I raised over $1,000 for World Vision. This money would feed a kid for 3 years! I was astonished that I could make such a big difference in this world and how God was using me in such a big way.
I didn’t want to stop there though I knew God had even bigger plans for me. So I decided to buy these wrist bands, which I would sell and give the money to charity – all 1,100 of them. On them “HOPE” is written. This word has two meanings. One, we are giving money and feeding these kids for a day which in turn gives them HOPE: Helping Other People Eat. Second, World Vision (whom the moneys going to) helps spread the gospel to the people they help. Thus spreading HOPE to people who never heard the name Jesus before.
I just received these bracelets today and will be selling them for $2, which would feed a child for a whole day. My goal is to sell all of them. But this is going to be hard especially in this small town of mine. So that’s why I am writing this. I want to sell them to people like you reading this. If you want one of my bracelets you can buy one through my website. Just click the Donation tab at the top!
Buy yours here: http://www.helpotherpeopleeat.org/
Buy yours here: http://www.helpotherpeopleeat.org/
I know through Jesus I will be able to reach my goal, which will in turn raise over $1,000 for the hungry. But I can’t do this alone. I need your help in getting the word out. You can do this in multiple ways. You can RT my tweet to this link, you can post the link on your FB, or you can tell your friends about it and get them involved!
With your help I know we can reach hundreds of children starving, thank you for your time.
God Bless, Kirstin
