Poverty Awareness Week Update!

Our family just finished our Poverty Awareness week and I think it went really well. We had either plain oatmeal or bread for breakfast and soups and bread or rice for the other meals. I made two big pots of different bean, lentil, vegitable soups. They not only lasted for all of those meals, but we still have some left over. The kids were really good sports about it. Matthew would always ask, "Can I have some ____, or do kids in other countries not get to eat that?" I think we saved around $70 for the week not eating any extras (aside from Thursday's party!) We are going to donate the $70 worth of food to a group I've worked with here. Thank you everyone who gave such great feedback. I heard from a lot of people who were going to do something or had already tried it! Thanks so much for the support and for being such great people who are always trying to make the world a better place- you definately inspire me. I think we are going to make this a family tradition, so I'll let you know when it is coming up again!