One Day.........like THEM.

Somewhere in the world today....
a child walks MILES to a well for water- with NO SHOES.

Somewhere in the world today....
a child missed school today, because he had NO SHOES.

Somewhere in the world today....
a child needed MEDICAL ATTENTION, because he has NO SHOES.

All of my children have TONS of shoes.
MORE shoes than they even KNOW they have.
And they have LESS than most kids...TRUST ME.

So when I hear about the "One Day Without Shoes" Campaige put on by TOMS shoes
I knew this would be something that we would "dig".

It was a pledge to go ONE DAY without SHOES...in honor of those who have NO SHOES .

A day to make us all a little more aware of what it would be like to HAVE LESS.

And in our nifty little town...there was even a "One Day Without Shoes" Walk held.

So...we all rolled up our .....PANTS and headed downtown.

Sans shoes.

We walked as THEY have to everyday.

We walked thru puddles and over rocks....as THEY do everyday.























They may not be MY children ...but they are all HIS children....

CREATING Culture

I have mentioned before that I read a FEW BLOGS …..

THIS is the LIVESAY BLOG.

If you haven’t read it…..GO.

NOW.

COME BACK TO THIS.

AMAZING people….doing AMAZING things.

They are a missionary family of 7(as far as I can tell) that …UNTIL the earthquake….

LIVED in Haiti.

LOVED in Haiti.

WORKED in Haiti.

Now….they are in TEXAS.

“Experiencing” American “CULTURE”.

Read about it HERE!!!

I LOVE that they are RAW to the “Culture” that is so called “AMERICAN”.

And when I say “culture” I mean the materialistic consumerism.

On her latest blog she talked about the children having “fits” because  there is TOO MUCH to chose from.

You know…like 20 kinds of yogurt…or 15 kinds of EGGS.

I can relate because just yesterday I stood in front of the yogurt in the store and walked away with NOTHING because I couldn’t decide!!!!

I makes me think about how in OUR life..we have decided to try and CREATE CULTURE.

We have decided, by living on the “outside” of society,that we will set ourselves apart from “American” culture.

In OUR CULTURE… we have decided to shun monetary “riches” in favor of RICHES of the HEART.

A culture where EXCESS is just that….EXCESS.

We are CREATING a  culture where JAH comes first….not work, or friends, or money.

A culture where doing the RIGHT THING is the ONLY THING.

A culture that is PROUD to be different.

PROUD to LOVE GOD.

A culture of ONE LOVE.

A culture of CHARITY,GRACE, and HUMILITY.

I PRAY that we can MANIFEST this  CULTURE .

I pray that this is a culture that WILL ENDURE the test of time.

For our children's’  sake…..I PRAY.

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Secret Summer School AND feeding the Hungry

I am soooo excited!!!!

This site is AMAZING...It feeds the hungry AND makes you SMARTER!!!

Its a site called freerice.com...you play a game an for every RIGHT answer-THEY DONATE 10 grains of rice.

We are going to play all summer and see how much we can "earn".

Secret Summer school...PERFECT!!!!

www.freerice.com

A"netter" Reminder....

Go Barefoot....

This Thursday we are all going barefoot.
And when people ask why, well TELL THEM....
Join us and RAISE AWARENESS!!!!
It is a GREAT company of VEGAN and CANVAS shoes.
Which means ...NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS!!!!
AND...for every pair of shoes you buy...they DONATE 1 pair of shoes...
AWESOME!!!!