March 9, 2010

Monday morning began with the banging of hammers and the clinking of change.  Dimes, quarters, pennies and nickels, along with some dollars and a few foreign coins, were found flying all over the conference table.  Our faithful team of Sierra Bible money counters were happily doing their Monday morning job of counting our offerings when they were handed about 200 plastic rice bowls to open and count.  I stopped for a while to hammer a few bowls open, empty the change, and separate the coins.  It was clearly going to take more time than I had to offer to get the job done.

When I last saw them, they had a three foot trash can filled with coins!  The volunteers were bent over concentrating on the task of counting, rolling, and getting the money ready to be carted off to the bank.  By the end of my day, the money had not all been counted, and I knew that our dear counting team would be back for more counting and rolling.

As I looked at the trash can so heavy with change that it could not be moved, I was reminded that it only takes .10 to feed lunch to a hungry child in Haiti.  Can you imagine the amount of children that we are feeding with our trash can of change!

This week put a dime in a visible spot to remember to continue to give, and always pray for hungry children everywhere.

Becky