{"id":313,"date":"2008-08-06T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2008\/08\/famine-starves.html"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:03:24","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T09:03:24","slug":"famine-starves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2008\/08\/famine-starves.html","title":{"rendered":"Famine Starves Ethiopian Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 8th I leave with a small assessment team to Ethiopia. Children’s HopeChest<\/a> is opening ministry here and we will have a Vision Trip you all can go on in March of 2009. This region is currently being devastated by another famine and hope it will get better any time in the near future is dismal. Two bad harvests, little rain, and rising world food costs around the world are literally killing tens of thousands of Ethiopians. This new CNN video on Ethiopia is shocking, please watch it.<\/a> Then, think about what you can do to help. Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n

1. Reduce the amount of food you purchase for dinner and give the difference to an international charity feeding the poor. Have your kids participate in the process so they understand the value of living moderately. You can give directly to 5 for 50<\/a> and mark it “Ethiopia” and it will go to this food crisis.
\n2. Eat leftovers for lunch at work instead of going out. When you do, pray for those without food today and think about other ways you can help others.
\n3. Stop throwing away food. When you know something could go bad in your fridge, commit to eating that FIRST. Use the money you save towards alleviating starvation in the world.
\n4. Pray, pray, pray for Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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