First I want to simply echo Tripp Durden's comments: THANK YOU, PLEASANT VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST!!! The wonderful people at PVCC in Little Rock, AR started our journey with such a spirit of benevolence. Great food, great company, great basketball and a great facility to sleep for the night.... thank you so much for your kindness. God bless you guys!!
Monday, July 13 began with a torrential downpour. Knowing that we would most likely be sleeping outside at the Heifer Project, I cringed at the picture in my imagination of 21 muddy, poorly-fed TransAmericans. Our destination for Monday was the Heifer Project. None of our youth knew what to expect, and aside from the few pieces of lieterature that I read in preparation, neither did I. The Heifer Project is a world-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to "putting an end to world hunger". They use an interesting combination of teaching tools, including real-life culture simulations - which we had the pleasure to experience. After an incredible lunch of home-grown vegetables and meatloaf, we received several hours of orientation and education. Shortly after 5pm we were divided into village groups and placed in actual simulated culturally-appropriate "villages". We were given a sparse amount of food and had to determine the best means to trade with other villages to ensure a better evening meal. Through this process, we learned the reality of world hunger, the complications associated with this problem, and the potential for people (like ourselves) to help.
(As usual, I am out of time... so I pass this entry on to Kelechi)...
God bless everyone!
-J.D. Partain (youth minister at BHYM)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment