Giving
Posted in Family Time, Giving, Green Living Tips by charli
I am a conscious (and sometimes unconscious) mom of two wonderful children who, like most kids, love the holiday season.
In an effort to help my little guys focus on giving, not just receiving, we usually try to do a family project. This year we chose to donate to worldvision.org. World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization that demonstrates God’s love to children and their families all over the world.
This wonderful organization helps with basic needs such as food, water and clothing or bigger projects like community development and disaster relief. For a 6 and 7 year old, seeing the pictures of less fortunate children in other parts of the world made a big impact on their little hearts.
We decided to give a unique gift that could really benefit a family in need. Through World Vision’s gift catalog we found that giving an animal to a family is a lasting gift that will be a benefit for months to come. Based on our budget, we narrowed our choices down to: chickens, fish, share of a cow, sheep, share of a goat, or five ducks.
We discussed each animal and the benefits they would bring to the receiving family. We prayed about it and decided on five ducks. With five ducks, a family will have plenty of protein-rich eggs to eat plus the extra eggs and hatched ducklings can be sold at the market to buy medicine and help pay for children’s school tuition. It was an exciting time for my children to learn about and experience the blessing of giving.
I was a very (consciously) proud mom when they both ran to their rooms to gather change from their piggy banks because they now want to save enough to buy a whole pig for a family next. After all, as my daughter pointed out, giving doesn’t have to only be at Christmas!
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