Did you know that around the world, 15 million children die of hunger each year? Or that despite economic progress, India is home to 25% of the world’s poor?
Students exposed themselves to facts like these as they spent no more than $25 on food for the week. Stats like these seem pretty depressing, until you hear about the other half of the story. They contemplated verses like Proverbs 21:13, Romans 12:16 and Jeremiah 22:15-16. This helped them consider the good news that God cares deeply for the poor, the hungry, and the defenseless. God invites and even commands us to respond to the causes and effects of poverty, as well as to personally love the poor. As they experienced slight pangs of hunger or had to refrain from eating out, they got just the tiniest glimpse of what many live through without choice or escape.
Members invited their friends to join with them in Poverty Week. Most said no, but 30 students came to the Feast at the end of the week, where we shared about God’s heart and response to the poor and our plan to donate to World Vision. Students donated $200, enjoyed some amazing home cooked food, and prayed for God to move.
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