tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post3449637538060027398..comments2024-02-16T03:32:29.972-05:00Comments on Lotsa Laundry: The yardstick problemJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668252458131596362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-60651796043091924552010-02-22T09:24:19.955-05:002010-02-22T09:24:19.955-05:00Hello. This is Roxanne from Food For The Poor.
Did...Hello. This is Roxanne from Food For The Poor.<br />Did you know about our monthly newsletter? As someone who has blogged about Food For The Poor I thought you might be interested in this. It gives all of the latest updates and news about our organization and is sent directly to your inbox. If you're interested please go to www.foodforthepoor.org/newsletters<br /> and sign up today. Also, if you have any questions or inquiries regarding Food For The Poor, feel free to contact me at roxanner@foodforthepoor.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-66928893290364224872010-02-11T19:29:25.196-05:002010-02-11T19:29:25.196-05:00Dear Julia, Thanks for reminding me of the sufferi...Dear Julia, Thanks for reminding me of the suffering by the people in Haiti. Your reference to the yardstick seems to put things in perspective for Americans. We have to stop complaining! I don't think we have to stop drinking coffee (say 2 cups a day), but we do have to keep the poor and the weak in our thoughts and prayers. And we have to act in their best interests. God bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-60998335193263016672010-02-11T11:46:41.749-05:002010-02-11T11:46:41.749-05:00Thank you for sharing...you said it better than I ...Thank you for sharing...you said it better than I could have. When my husband met me, he never thought about the amount of clean water he uses for a bath...that so many people have never even seen that much clean water. I've talked so much about the poverty of others, and every little thing we have as being totally amazing...and thanking God just for a warm bed and a quiet place to live with no war going on outside my door...and that I can bath and have running water that won't kill my children; that now my husband thinks the same way too. Even in our hard times of living off Kraft dinner...I've always told him that our idea in Canada of poverty is so wrong because we have so many resources here, like: food banks, welfare, salvation army's, etc. no one here really suffers the way some do. It's when I think of children working 16 hours shifts, bent over making bricks for a penny a week...that's what breaks my heart...that's the reality of real suffering...because children should be able to just be children...and I can only imagine what their parents must feel knowing that their child has to work like a dog just to get a little food...sitting in a dump all day looking for scraps, etc. In North America when we have children, we make their nurseries pretty and we get an RRSP set up...we don't usually think about whether they'll have to work harder than most farm animals!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-14414120303783592782010-02-11T09:52:28.665-05:002010-02-11T09:52:28.665-05:00this is very thought provoking...and convicting. t...this is very thought provoking...and convicting. thank you for boldly saying what we all need to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com