In honor of my Lord and Savior: Give us this day our daily bread

"As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, 'This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.'
Jesus replied, 'They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.'
'We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,' they answered.'
'Bring them here to me,' he said."- Matthew 14:15-18

Monday morning at 7 AM we starting preparing rice and beans to take to the people who survive by digging through the trash dump. By noon we had prepared 38 plates of rice, beans, and tortillas. As Pablo and I pulled into the trash dump, we began to realize that there were far more people than we had plates of food for. I felt like the apostles, thinking "we have only 38 plates and there are over 100 people here." Although we didn't see our food provide meals for everyone there, we understand that Jesus is in the results business more than we can ever be. There is no way for us to know that all the people we provided food for were even thankful, much less helped by our efforts. To provide food for 38 to ensure that one person's prayer is answered is completely worth it. As much as I hate the phrase "you can't help everybody", for myself and the apostles it is and was the truth. I can't help everybody, but Jesus can, and did. I will never begin to understand the way Jesus multiplies our efforts of service beyond what we can understand. We prayed for the food and the people we saw Monday, in faith that Jesus will take our five loaves and two fish and, in some way I wouldn't expect, feed five thousand.

So today we are preparing 100 plates of beans and rice to again take to the trash dump, hoping and praying that our efforts will be an encouragement and a blessing to those provided for. I would tend to think that one meal doesn't change a life, but I press on in thoughts that maybe my belief in Jesus today is a result of one of the 5000 people's belief in him when he miraculously provided just one meal.

Each plate of food costs between $0.25 and $0.50. For those of you who would like to support in providing food for these people, or any other project in this ministry, there is a donation link below. Thank you for all those who have and continue to provide help! God bless!