Rice and Beans! DAY 1

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my church (Hope) is doing a five day challenge to raise money for those who live in 3rd world countries and to raise awareness of the millions of people who go hungry each day! Myself along with over 300 people/families that have signed up to be apart of this challenge will eat only rice and beans for the next five days!!!

More info form website: We will begin to take a stand against global hunger and thirst by providing funds for food and clean water solutions. As an act of solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the globe, we encourage you to eat for five days, May 16th – May 20th, as the bottom economic half of the world does every day. Eat the three meals of your day using only the options below. Give the Gap that would typically have spent on additional groceries, and donate it to the Christ-centered hunger-relief organization, FMSC (more information below), which will feed those who go hungry everyday.

SO, today was my first day eating rice and beans. It was not so bad today. I ate rice and black beans on my way to nanny at 9am. I ate more rice for lunch. And then went to my job at the loft and ate more rice and beans with my friend ryan in the food court. we aslo had some fruit (i was so stoked to find out that you can have one piece of fruit a day!!!!!) Today I really did think about people in 3rd world countries where you really appreciate the little food in front of you that will give you energy to make it to the next meal. Food is our pleasure and their survival. I can't stop thinking about people around the world that are feeling the way I feel right now - hungry. It is going to be a long week but I can already see the blessing in this. I want to pray for people that are hungry tonight. I want help somehow and make a difference and bring hope to places where hope has been lost.