Priya's Proverbs - her new vocab

"Mom, I want to be courageous and tell Bella that I broke her ring... but I am a little concerned that she will be upset with me..."

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Family Food Challenge

This week our church, Willow Creek Community Church, is engaging a 5-day Solidarity Food Challenge.

The American diet is vastly different than much of the world. Half the world’s population lives on $2 a day or less. As an act of solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the globe.

Meal Options

• Plain oatmeal or Cream of Wheat
• A tortilla, rice and beans
• Rice with bits of fish or chicken and a vegetable

Portions
Portion sizes are much smaller than a typical American meal. One cup or eight ounces is a generous portion. Meat is a luxury, with the average African consuming about ¾ ounce per day—the size of a small chicken nugget. Fresh fruit is rare, available only if locally grown and in season.

While these meals seem meager by American standards, they actually represent diets in the broad middle of the world’s population. Approximately 1 billion people live on even less—only $1 per day.

So we have doing this challenge for 3 days now and it has been good and challenging! And it has been amazing to see how Priya is dealing with it. Stephen has been fine because the portions aren't too bad for his 22 lb body!

Priya picked up the church program and asked me again today - "Do the kids in Africa have enough food yet? I'm sorry mommy that I've been a little testy and I made a mistake and wished the kids in Africa died because we are giving them all our food. (Then she teared up) I'm sorry, I don't want them to die, I just made a mistake."

She was so honest about what she was thinking and feeling. I'm so proud of her.

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