A Bowl of Rice

Watch these videos. Brock is much more positive than me. I'm so effected by stuff like this!

Rice Day

Today is Global Food Crisis Day which means it's rice day. Remember, you eat only one cup of rice all day. That way, you can understand what it's like for 2/3rds of the world everyday. Then, you give the money that you would have spent on food here. If you cannot participate in the rice part because of medical reasons or something, you could still give. We can make a difference. Only $13 will feed a child for a month.

We are so blessed in this country. Even though our economy isn't the best right now, we still have so much more than most of the rest of the world. We say, "What are we going to do?" Yet, we still have iphones and cable. We're not exactly roughing it. It's not a sin to be blessed. There are many people in the Bible who were very wealthy. What's a sin is to hoard it for yourself.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it went for us. Comment and tell me how it went with you guys!

Rice Challenge

We are giving everyone a challenge for this coming Wednesday. Brock said it really well...

did you know that two thirds of the world lives on less than $2 per day? what would it be like to live on that? what if we could only afford to buy a cup of rice each day? what if we had to live on a cup of rice?

this coming wednesday march 11 is global food crisis day. this is a day that we have an opportunity to give to compassions global food crisis fund and make a difference.

here is my challenge. are you ready?

on wednesday, i want you to take a cup of rice and live on that for a day. call it a fast if you want. i will put it this way, if you can live on a cup of rice for the day then you will have a glimpse of what it is like to walk in their shoes. you will gain some serious perspective. you will realize how blessed you actually are.

the money that you would have spent on food for the day can now be donated to feed people around the world. click here to donate. take the challenge and put your money where your mouth is. this is the rice challenge.

on monday at 5pm i will be at http://brockgill.tv chatting live with all of you who would like to join me. i want to hear from you and talk about ways we can make a dent in the food crisis.

the rice challenge will begin wed march 11. spread the word by linking here or copy and pasting this post onto your blog.

March 11 is Global Food Crisis Day

Here is the radio spot Brock did for the upcoming Global Food Crisis Day:

We may have a chocolate tasting hosted by Brock on brockgill.tv that night to raise money for this effort. Maybe some of you would want to join alongside us at your home or church. You could order a chocolate tasting kit from us or get your own chocolate from your local store. Lindt is a good chocolate. They have many different flavors added to the chocolate. You don't have to buy too much when you have a chocolate tasting, either. Each person only tastes a little from each bar.