Completely Inspired...

As an assignment for a couple of classes in school, my little sister was assigned to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children in Coon Rapids. She got bonus points if she brought someone with her. She asked me and I gladly accepted. The organization is centered around sending meals of rice, soy beans, dehydrated carrots and potatoes and chicken seasoning (think ramen noodle seasoning) to poverty stricken countries throughout the world. We showed up on Tuesday night at 8pm (which was mighty late for a girl who works at 630am) and to our surprise there were 125 volunteers there. 125!! I was floored. They gave us an orientation which included a video and pictures of what they have done. There was a story of a little 8 year old boy name Omar who was 19 pounds....you could see his ribs, his face was sunken in and his arms looked like tiny sticks. His eyes were so hollow and sad. The next picture was of him just 2 weeks later after eating FMSC packets. He gained weight and lookd better...then the picture of after 6months and he had gained 30 lbs and he looked happy! It just broke my heart to see that. The whole process was divided into 5 jobs and it takes about an hour and a half. It's fast paced and there is alot of commotion. Lindsey and I were on the task of putting labels on the bags the food goes in. Christmas music was played and people were singing and laughing and working. Together. It was pretty frickn cool. I was so impressed with the work at this place. They must pack a ton of food and meals for children each day. We packed 21,600 meals...this will feed about 60 kids for 1 year! Unbelievable! I absolutely highly recommend this charity and volunteer  opportunity...it's pretty amazing.