My name is Rebecca McCullough, I’m a 25-year-old wife and mother of 3 amazing kids and we live with my parents in a small town called Bayfield, Colorado. My dad is the pastor of Bayfield Christian Church, a small congregation, but also a great family of believers.
For the past several months, I’ve had this idea floating through my head. I’ve taken notice of it, but never dedicated much brain power to it…until this past week.
I was watching one of my favorite movies, The Newsies, for the first time as an adult, and did some research on the historical facts of the Newsies Strike in 1899.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys_Strike_of_1899
I was brokenhearted to learn about how much money men like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst had and greedily tried to hoard during the depression, when the majority of the nations people were starving to death.
It got me to thinking about the current times. There are so many people in the nation who have more than enough money, and spend the extra on expensive, unnecessary cars, fancy homes, clothes ect., when there are so many families who don’t know how they are going to provide food for their kids this week, or pay their mortgage, all while working two jobs.
I’m not well off by any stretch of the imagination, but each payday I set aside my left over grocery money to save for something special. I had originally thought to get a navigation system for my car, or a new Zune, an iPhone. But now my focus has changed.
I have a dream. A vision.
There is a ministry called Angel Food.
http://www.angelfoodministries.com
For anywhere from 21 to 41 dollars, you can get a box of food that can feed a family of four supplementary for a week. Of course you can order more boxes if you like, but it’s a month-to-month thing. No commitment, no qualifications.
Once a month, I’m going to buy as much as I can afford, and go door-to-door in our local neighborhoods and offer 2 food items to each home. For 31 dollars I can give food to 9 homes. eggs, roasts, pasta, veggies, you name it.
My dream is to get my church congregation involved, too. If each family bought one $31.00 box a month, we could give food to close to 100 homes!!
Why should I indulge in a navigation system for my car (do I need one, really?) when that extra money could help another family in need? In these difficult times, we have to help each other. Isn’t that the example Jesus gave us? He was a KING and lived to serve the people. He mingled among congregations that no other person wanted to be a part of. He helped people that no one else would help. He showed love for others before himself, and I am going to follow that example.
This vision of mine is huge, but it’s going to start small, because I am small, but though I’m only one person, with determination and God’s love, I can make a big difference.
For the past several months, I’ve had this idea floating through my head. I’ve taken notice of it, but never dedicated much brain power to it…until this past week.
I was watching one of my favorite movies, The Newsies, for the first time as an adult, and did some research on the historical facts of the Newsies Strike in 1899.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys_Strike_of_1899
I was brokenhearted to learn about how much money men like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst had and greedily tried to hoard during the depression, when the majority of the nations people were starving to death.
It got me to thinking about the current times. There are so many people in the nation who have more than enough money, and spend the extra on expensive, unnecessary cars, fancy homes, clothes ect., when there are so many families who don’t know how they are going to provide food for their kids this week, or pay their mortgage, all while working two jobs.
I’m not well off by any stretch of the imagination, but each payday I set aside my left over grocery money to save for something special. I had originally thought to get a navigation system for my car, or a new Zune, an iPhone. But now my focus has changed.
I have a dream. A vision.
There is a ministry called Angel Food.
http://www.angelfoodministries.com
For anywhere from 21 to 41 dollars, you can get a box of food that can feed a family of four supplementary for a week. Of course you can order more boxes if you like, but it’s a month-to-month thing. No commitment, no qualifications.
Once a month, I’m going to buy as much as I can afford, and go door-to-door in our local neighborhoods and offer 2 food items to each home. For 31 dollars I can give food to 9 homes. eggs, roasts, pasta, veggies, you name it.
My dream is to get my church congregation involved, too. If each family bought one $31.00 box a month, we could give food to close to 100 homes!!
Why should I indulge in a navigation system for my car (do I need one, really?) when that extra money could help another family in need? In these difficult times, we have to help each other. Isn’t that the example Jesus gave us? He was a KING and lived to serve the people. He mingled among congregations that no other person wanted to be a part of. He helped people that no one else would help. He showed love for others before himself, and I am going to follow that example.
This vision of mine is huge, but it’s going to start small, because I am small, but though I’m only one person, with determination and God’s love, I can make a big difference.
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