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DO JUSTICE. LOVE KINDNESS. WALK HUMBLY WITH GOD. - MICAH 6:8

SOME 795 MILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDERNOURISHED

IN 2015, 1.5 MILLION TEXAS HOUSEHOLDS WERE FOOD INSECURE

THAT’S 1 IN 9 PEOPLE!

1 IN 6 TEXANS FACE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH TO EAT

42 MILLION PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 13 MILLION CHILDREN AND 5.4 MILLION SENIORS

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“I have been hungry before, but I also knew I had a meal coming my way soon. Not everyone is as fortunate, even here in Texas. The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering enables those less fortunate to have the same assurance of a meal to come soon. Please give as you can! Thanks.”

Dr. David Hardage, Executive Director, Texas Baptists

“Hunger is a universal need that no one can escape. Feeding is a universal sign of love that no one should be without. Through the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering our love reaches out to those in need.”

Brenda Rincones, Director of SHINE Girls Ministry, UFM de Convención

“One of the joys of pastoring Macedonia Baptist is their willingness to share and participate in ministries beyond our walls. The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering has always been one of those ministries. We embrace the statement of “We Are Blessed To Be A Blessing.” Thank you Texas Baptists for providing for us the marvelous vehicle of being obedient to the Lord’s command.”

Pastor, Jerry Dailey, Macedonia Baptist Church, San Antonio

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering invites individuals and churches

to give to help end hunger.100% of your gift goes directly to hunger

relief and development ministries.

He may have felt insignificant – a young boy walking home with a basket of lunch for his

family – five small loaves and two fish.

Andrew, Jesus’ disciple, looked at the meager meal and questioned, “But what are they among so many people?” (John 6:9b, NRSV). I can imagine the boy wondered, “How can I make a difference?”

Then the Savior steps into the scene.

And He said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children (Matthew 14:18-21, NRSV).

With a glance toward heaven and a heartfelt prayer, Jesus multiplied a few parcels into a feast for a crowd that was hungry for spiritual and physical nourishment.

All four gospels recount this important moment in history. The sight of the unseen Kingdom colliding with the world must have made a deep impression on each of their hearts and minds. Jesus blessed the meal and a miracle unfolded.

Today, an estimated 795 million people around the world are undernourished. In Texas, 1 in 6 families are unable to put meals on their tables everyday. Hunger, both physical and spiritual, is devastating.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to care about people who are marginalized, hungry, and stuck in the cycle of poverty.

1 John 3:17-18 (NRSV) states,

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.

Jesus used a need and turned it into an opportunity. We have the opportunity to join together to fight hunger through the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering. The Hunger Offering feeds people in crisis and assists families as they break the cycle of poverty in Texas and abroad all in the name of Jesus.

In the same way that Jesus took one boy’s meager meal and made a feast, we each can offer our bread and fish to serve our neighbors. Let’s look at every need as a divine opportunity. May we ask Him to bless this meal – and thousands more – so all may be filled not only with physical food but also with the deep spiritual food of God’s love.

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A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVEBy Ali Corona

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Soontorn Inthayok is a day laborer and part-time guard in northern Thailand. The 49-year-old provides for his older sister, who is mentally disabled, and his son. He also overcomes a personal disability to bring home earnings of about $300 US per month. While Soontorn works extremely hard, his monthly expenses are often more than what he earns.

Soontorn was elated when he was selected to participate in the Chicken and Cattle Farming Project of Social Development and Service Unit. He received training on budgeting, preparation and how to care for chickens and was then entrusted with grant money to begin a small chicken farm. He used the funds to build a chicken coop on his property, as well as to purchase the needed equipment and feed to care for 25 chickens.

“When we first started to raise chickens, we

used the eggs for family use in cooking,” Soontorn said.

“Every 3-5 days we collect more

than 10 eggs; we have plenty of eggs

to fry and boil. We do not have to buy eggs at the market anymore.”

Soontorn’s family now has plenty of eggs for consumption and enough to sell to friends and neighbors. Some of the chickens are used for eating, adding much-needed protein to their diets, and other eggs have been shared with his church and neighbors.

Participants in the Chicken and Cattle Farming Project are selected based upon greatest need, with preference given to those with disabilities who have need for additional income. Churches recommend people in their communities for consideration and oversee the projects for the three years.

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering supports this project, with 100 percent of the funds given directly to support local families.

“Without the Hunger Offering, this project would not be able to happen,” said Hunter Huff, staff member for SDSU. “The lives of the participants are changed forever and they are able to see the love of Christ through the actions, care and love of local believers. The funds are making a huge difference in the lives of many people who society has forgotten. The participants are truly the ‘least of these.’”


HOW 25 CHICKENS TRANSFORMED A FAMILY

by Kalie Lowrie


NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

EUROPE

Peru $21,300

Mexico $36,900

Honduras $8,200

Dominican Republic $13,800

Spain$12,000

Sierra Leone $9,000

TEXAS

Abilene $3,000 Alvin $1,500 Amarillo $1,800 Austin $7,200 Azle $2,100 Bowie $1,200 Brownwood $1,200 Carrollton $1,200 Center $1,200 Clint $3,600 Corpus Christi $1,200 Dallas $22,600 Decatur $1,500 El Paso $6,900 Farmers Branch $2,400 Fort Worth $14,200 Freer $900 Garland $2,100 Goliad $3,300Grapevine $2,100Houston $46,300 Huntsville $1,800 Irving $900 Livingston $1,200 Lubbock $4,200 Mesquite $2,100

Mineral Wells $1,200 New Braunfels $2,400 Odessa $6,000 Rio Grande Valley $25,500 Rockwall $3,000San Antonio $24,550 San Marcos $6,300 Seagoville $1,500Texas General $49,600 Waco $11,200 Weslaco $2,100

Venezuela $3,000


TOTAL $650,000

Texas $268,950

Guatemala $5,400

AFRICA

EUROPE

MIDDLE EAST

ASIA

DR Congo $36,300

Sri Lanka $9,000

Spain$12,000

India $28,100

Myanmar $3,600

Romania $6,000

Greece $3,300

Sudan $15,000

Indonesia $27,050

Kenya $14,600

Sierra Leone $9,000

Nepal $6,000

Lebanon $28,200

Moldova $2,100

Gaza $3,000

Slovakia $4,200

Thailand $5,400

Uganda $9,000

Syria $5,000

Poland $5,100


TEXAS TOTAL $268,950

INTERNATIONAL TOTAL $381,050

Ethiopia $12,000


Macedonia $1,500

Mozambique $18,000

Turkey $9,000

TOTAL $650,000

China $15,000

Not everyone has easy access to one of the most basic resources – water.

About 25,000 people in Brewerville, Liberia have to walk five to 10 miles a day to get drinking water. Sometimes, the water isn’t even clean.

Tom Howe, pastor of Birdville Baptist Church, in Fort Worth, learned the need at the Lott Carey Mission School (LCM) through the donations his church made to the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering because LCM is one of the recipients.

The church was moved by the need in Liberia, and decided to give to the LCM water tower on top of their Texas Baptist Hunger Offering donation.

On March 26, Birdville Baptist partnered with a neighboring church, Haltom Road Baptist Church, to host a fundraising walkathon in Birdville Stadium with about 150 people in attendance. Birdville Baptist also hosted two volleyball tournaments and took offerings to help with fundraising.

“Civil wars beat up the infrastructure in Liberia,” Howe said. “They would go in and maim everyone there, or kill off the adults. This mission was started to care for orphans. But then it started getting a lot of amputees or indigent people. They wouldn’t say no to anybody in need, so it grew from an orphanage to a school and began offering job training--how to get a job without a hand or a foot.”

All of these people benefiting from the mission suffer from a lack of access to clean water, making them more susceptible to sickness and to the possibility of an outbreak, like the devastation caused by the Ebola crisis 2013-2016.

“The repair/renovation of the water tower on the campus will hopefully ensure a constant supply of clean, purified water which will help cut back on the water-born diseases and skin rashes currently prevalent within the LCM community tremendously,” says the LCM Water Tower Project website. It will also help improve sanitary conditions in their school and communities.”

“The final collection goal is for about $56,000,” Howe said. “As of last weekend [when we had the walkathon] we made it to $37,200.”

“Our king in heaven, Jesus, is appraising how we treat others,” Howe said during his sermon before the walkathon. “He is watching us. God is going to say, ‘I watched how you treated others, especially the lonely, the hungry, the vulnerable.’ This is our opportunity to do exactly what Jesus is asking us to do: Take care of somebody in need.”

Kris Drees, pastor of Haltom Road Baptist Church, said the need for clean water was something that resonated with his congregation.

“One of our members is an engineer for the waste disposal here in town, so clean water is something that people in our church can get behind,” he said. “We also have quite a few members who are involved with walking fundraisers and we didn’t have any missions or events so we thought this would be a good one for that.”

Birdville Baptist Church and Haltom Road Baptist Church raised a total of $29,575. Combined with gifts from the Hunger Offering and the Texas Baptist Missions Foundation, Texas Baptists raised $45,575 for the water tower.


TEXAS BAPTIST CHURCHES PARTNER TO PROVIDE WATER FOR STRUGGLING LIBERIAN COMMUNITYBy Analiz Schremmer


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