This year, our church is partnering with Giving Children Hope through the "We've Got Your Back" program. Our goal is to fill 1,000 backpacks with food items for a Thanksgiving meal. Our church will then give them to a participating school so a teacher can deliver them to their students and provide their families with a Thanksgiving experience.
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We are really excited to be part of this and we decided last night to make a family night of filling the backpack. One of our prayers for Ryder is that he would develop a heart that loves Jesus as well as those around him. That he would see needs and have a heart of giving and service. That he would be a blessing to those around him.
So off we headed to the grocery store, Ryder was in charge of holding the grocery list. We grabbed some dinner first because it is a MUST to keep a pregnant person well fed...
These are the items that the program has asked for:
These are the items that the program has asked for:
Canned Soup, Instant Mashed Potatoes, Canned Vegetables, Canned Gravy, Box of Instant Rice, 100% Fruit Juice, Canned Beans, Cereal, Canned meat, Evaporated Milk, Macaroni and Cheese, and Canned Fruit.
It was a really fun evening and Ryder was really into it.
(He really didn't understand what the food was for but was really excited to put the items in the basket. We only had one casualty of a jar of gravy, but other wise he did pretty good. We just kept saying "Oh, the family is going to love that cereal." or "Thank you for helping us fill the back pack for the family at the school." Again, he really didn't get it but we figure that it's a good place to start.)
Each time we have been part of something like this, it is incredibly humbling. I realize how MUCH we have, so much EXCESS! We hope that by being part of something like this on a regular basis year round, Ryder will grow with a sensitivity to needs around him, and in turn, we will be changed as individuals, as well as a family unit.
