A little bit goes a long way
So I wanted to take a minute and give all y'all an update on my piggy bank project.
I had an idea for a project for my Stewardship class to give the kids of my church two piggy banks, one with a stopper and one without. The idea was to teach them to save money in the bank with no stopper and to teach them to give with the little piggy bank with the stopper.
We ran the project for six months, and in that time, a very small (less than ten kids on any given Sunday) group of children gave $136.00 and change to buy chicks and bunnies for families in Africa.
That might seem strange; chicks and bunnies are associated with Easter. But the project helps families in Africa raise chickens and rabbits. The idea is that they can sell the eggs or rabbits to others to supplement their incomes and for food. Then, once their flock (or whatever you call it for rabbits) grows, they are then to help someone else do the same thing.
That's gonna change someone's life. And then someone else's. And that's how God works. The idea was a God-given one. Some kids (and some adults, like moi') learned a bit about money and giving. Because they did, someone else will help someone else, whose life will change for the better, and so on.
I think that's cool. And while I'm thankful and grateful to participate in the lesson, I can't take any of the credit for it. That goes to God, for it's He who gave me the seed. I planted it, the kids watered it, and it grew. The harvest will be reaped by others, and along the way, the Gospel message of love will be shared because the birds and animals will be given in Jesus' name.
When I ordered the piggy banks, we figured that 12 would be enough and we were one short. From then to now, I've had it in the back of my mind that I needed one more bank for a young boy named Hunter. While in Cody, I found Hunter the perfect piggy bank. It does have a stopper, unfortunately, but I think a little JB weld can fix that, if his grandpa so decides. All the kids got the same piggy, except for Hunter, whose piggy is just perfect for him.
It's dressed in Mossy Oak cammo, with a ball cap on its' head. A piggy dressed like a hunter for a boy named Hunter seems to me like the perfect fit.
God is good. All the time.
I had an idea for a project for my Stewardship class to give the kids of my church two piggy banks, one with a stopper and one without. The idea was to teach them to save money in the bank with no stopper and to teach them to give with the little piggy bank with the stopper.
We ran the project for six months, and in that time, a very small (less than ten kids on any given Sunday) group of children gave $136.00 and change to buy chicks and bunnies for families in Africa.
That might seem strange; chicks and bunnies are associated with Easter. But the project helps families in Africa raise chickens and rabbits. The idea is that they can sell the eggs or rabbits to others to supplement their incomes and for food. Then, once their flock (or whatever you call it for rabbits) grows, they are then to help someone else do the same thing.
That's gonna change someone's life. And then someone else's. And that's how God works. The idea was a God-given one. Some kids (and some adults, like moi') learned a bit about money and giving. Because they did, someone else will help someone else, whose life will change for the better, and so on.
I think that's cool. And while I'm thankful and grateful to participate in the lesson, I can't take any of the credit for it. That goes to God, for it's He who gave me the seed. I planted it, the kids watered it, and it grew. The harvest will be reaped by others, and along the way, the Gospel message of love will be shared because the birds and animals will be given in Jesus' name.
When I ordered the piggy banks, we figured that 12 would be enough and we were one short. From then to now, I've had it in the back of my mind that I needed one more bank for a young boy named Hunter. While in Cody, I found Hunter the perfect piggy bank. It does have a stopper, unfortunately, but I think a little JB weld can fix that, if his grandpa so decides. All the kids got the same piggy, except for Hunter, whose piggy is just perfect for him.
It's dressed in Mossy Oak cammo, with a ball cap on its' head. A piggy dressed like a hunter for a boy named Hunter seems to me like the perfect fit.
God is good. All the time.
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