Sharing our bread

On Fridays, Hope and I love participating in Food Link. It's a ministry through the church that entails collecting bread from the grocery store and produce from the farmers' market, and distributing it at a local school to families in need. Since our group started the work in November, we've given out thousands of pounds of really good food!


I love Food Link because it's a very simple solution to a very real problem. And I especially love that Hope is beginning to understand why we're doing it. While we're loading the food in the car and driving it around, we talk about helping people and sharing. I really want her to grow up with a charitable heart, and I think this is a good start.


Last week, the grocery store had three carts FULL of bread for us. You can't really tell from the picture, but Hope's carseat is surrounded with rolls, pies, loaves, cakes, biscuits, cookies, muffins, and pretty much any other kind of bakery item you can think of. It filled the back of the wagon, the seats next to her, and the floor. She thought it was very cool!

And, yes, she was taking my picture while I took hers ...


Anyway, we left the grocery store and headed to a playdate at a petting zoo. On the way, Hope told me she was hungry. It was way too early for lunch, so even though we usually don't help ourselves to the Food Link food, I gave Hope a croissant. She ate a bite or two, but then decided we'd stick to the plan - sharing that bread with hungry ... people?


Ever since, she proudly tells anyone who asks that she fed her "pacant" to the goats!


I wasn't sure if she'd be afraid to touch the animals, but she definitely wasn't. In fact, she had so little fear about it that it made ~me~ kind of nervous.


She's been asking to "touch animals" since we left. I think there are more trips to petting zoos in our future!