Offering of letters

Megan Marsh, Phil Goerner, Jed and Crystal Foust

It is the eve of Lobby Day and I find myself as the humble servant delivering letters on behalf of congregations in north eastern Colorado. My fellow Colorado Bread for the World members and I will be visiting Senators Bennet and Udall and Representative Gardner's office.

We are excited and prepared to ask them to consider poor and hungry people as they make budget decisions and to reform foreign aid that more directly benefits the hungry. 

We have about 100 letters we brought with us to share with the congressmen. These letters are beautifully hand written with many personal stories sharing faith and hope that our leaders show compassion to the hungry.  For security reasons, all letters need to be taken out of envelopes so tonight as I was doing this a friend found this letter written by a 12 year old:

What a dynamic statement for all of us going tomorrow on your behalf. We know that poor people do not use a disproportionate amount of resources. We know that we should share the burden of the deficit fairly. On your behalf we'll be telling congress that tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers and support.