Feed My Sheep

One of the Qwa Qwa orphans named Emily had a dream last night. She dreamt she was eating meat with stew and bread piled high with lentils curry and there was so much she could even share with her large extended family. When she was telling all the other Mustard Seed angels, they oohed and aahed. Our sweet Louis told us this dream is a sign that The Mustard Seed is going to be abundantly blessed. Maybe he is right. But, it also showed Miss Julia that while this little girl goes to bed hungry only 6 miles away people are throwing away food that their children do not want.

Some 850 million people go to bed hungry. Seven million tons of food are thrown away every year yet three million children die from malnutrition. For these children, early hungar leaves a lifelong effect of cognitive and physical impairment.

Such hunger is not due to a shortage of food – globally there is enough to go round and if we make the right decisions now, we can continue to feed the world despite population growth and climate change. If we find ways to stop the waste of food after harvest due to poor storage or transport methods, 1/2 of that waste should be then in our kitchens. The number of overweight and obese people in the world who are suffering their own health problems and the sharp rise in heart disease and diabetes, is roughly equal to the number of hungry people a round the world. the biggest underlying cause of world hungar is the extreme levels of inequality, both within and between countries.


When Jesus fed the 10 thousand, do you like he wanted children like Emily and the other 849 million people to be going to bed hungry?? I don't think so! He calls us all to feed His Sheep both spiritually, emotionally and PHYSICALLY. What can you do as a Follower of christ today to feed a little girl like Emily who goes to be hungry?? I know that life gets crazy, but we cannot forget about the plight of the hungry.


"There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help". --
Jan Schakowsky