Poor People Need Food!

So today....

I missed dance practice (Easter 2012) for this:

We (along with a bunch of other christians from different churches of which I actually just met) prepared huge amount of food in our leader's church (someone whom I've just met too!). We then drove all the way to city (Northbridge area) to give them out to the supposingly poor people.

Even though this is a monthly event that happens in the same place and at the same time each month, lots of people didn't know we were there to give out free food. One of us just went around yelling 'who would like some food?!'

We had rice, curry, salas, coleslaw, potatoes, bread, nachos, cordial drinks and brought watermelons. Took an hour for 21 people to prepare 100 people's average food intake. Another 20 minutes to clean the kitchen and another 15 minutes to drive all the way up, cz we prepared food at Mt. Pleasant. Brought disposable plates, containers (for them to tapao), cutleries and cups, gloves to serve and lotsa of plastic bags to pick up rubbish with (we needed to clean the park where we served too cz otherwise the council would complain that we leave a mess, then forbid us from using the space.

(Photo retrieved from http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer076/T099-Cooking.htm)

It was great helping out, seeing their faces when you serve them, and them saying 'God bless you' with sincerely grateful smiles. It was great, seeing them eat happily and coming back for second rounds, then coming back to tapao for their family, then going home to tell their family that 'there's free food in the park today!!'. It was sooo great seeing the sick, making their way across the park in slow steps (cz it's a struggle for them to walk) just cz they finally found food and they've been hungry for a while.

Guys, there are so many people out there that has no food to eat, no pillow to rest their head on, no car to get transport from, no clothes to wear. Some of them even need medical attention but they can't afford it! Please, lets do something about it. Don't just think 'Oh yea, poor people, wish I could help but I don't know how to'. We can start with their most important need: food. Just bake potatoes with salt & pepper, and go to the streets and yell 'free food'. I'm sure lots of desperately hungry people would come.

(Photo retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1031955/When-learnt-potatoes-contain-nutrients-humans-need-Tom-Sykes-set-survive-week-eating-else.html)

'If you see a problem, fix it. Don't just complain about it, hoping it would go away' (Tham, 2009).

However people, we need to be sensible. I used potatoes as an example because it's cheap, easy to cook, keeps one full and contains heaps amount of vitamins and nutrients people need. Bear in mind that these poor people are always hungry and are most probably malnutritioned, so if you do give food to people (may God bless you), give pratical stuff. Veg, a little bit of meat (honestly you don't need to eat lots of meat to survived, potatoes are enough!), something with a lil bit of sugar, water, fruits. You'll leave the poor people healthier and happier!

(Photo retrieved from http://aprints.org/AP%20Documents/Happy%20poor%20child.jpg)

Hebrew 13:16 - "Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."