Kids Against Hunger

Last night, I took a group of middle school students to a local ministry called Kids Against Hunger.  KAH runs a very simple operation, but it really struck a chord with our students last night.  Our job was to fill small bags with a scoop of soy, a tablespoon of dried vegetables, a protein/vitamin pellet, [...]

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Bringing You Up to Speed

I realize the key to successful blogging is actually engaging in the act of blogging, something I have neglected for the past few weeks.  My apologies to all of you waiting with baited breath for my next post. 
*Cough, cough*
*Crickets*
*Silence*
Our college group had a wonderful experience in Pearlington, Mississippi, in late March.  We worked in cooperation [...]

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I’m not big on mass emails, so…

Hi,
The world hunger crisis is all over the news this week. In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled. If we don’t do something soon, hundreds of thousands of people face starvation and a hundred million more could fall into extreme poverty.
I just took action with [...]

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Pearlington or Bust

I’m taking a group of college students to Pearlington, MS, this week.  We’ll be partnering with the Pearlington Recovery Center and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Louisiana to do some rebuilding work in one of the many communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.  To see all that remains undone in those areas is unnerving to [...]

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