What's all this about?

We were looking for a way to give to those who have less and also have an experience to teach us about sacrifice. In doing some research we discovered that 75% of Sub-Saharan Africans live on $2 a day or less (In Lesotho it is 56% of adults live on $2 a day or less). Yes $2 is the TOP end of that statistic. We decided to try to eat on $2 a day each for a week. We figured out what we normally spent on food for a week, subtracted $28 (2 people x $2 a day x 7 days). Then we had the rest to give. ANYONE (that's not already eating on $2 a day) can do this. It doesn't take any money out of your giving budget to your church or other charities, no money from the kids college fund, it is money that would already be spent.

EXAMPLE: A couple decides to do this that spends $150 a week on groceries and eating out. They take the $150 and subtract the $28 and that leaves $122 to give. The couple makes out a check to ENCOUNTER with $2 a day in the memo line and gives/mails it to ENCOUNTER. Encounter will then send the money to LOGOS GLOBAL to support the BANA Project of Lesotho (www.logosglobal.com) . And literally, the food you did without, will directly fund food for orphans in Lesotho.

When your friends or children ask why you are eating this way, you are able to say, "The food we went without fed these children"

We chose to shop at Wal-Mart. I will be posting our exact shopping list later. We chose to not eat processed foods. (just a personal choice). But generally we ate oatmeal for breakfast (we bought a small thing of sugar for sweetening). We bought stick butter, a few apples, a jar of peanut butter, several different kinds of beans, rice, cornbread (jiffy brand mix), eggs (some for making cornbread and some as hard boiled eggs for snacks), milk, Turkey Burgers (ground turkey and wraps, we could afford tomatoes, lettuce, and barbecue sauce as our condiment. We bought tea bags to make tea to drink (along with tap water). We also spent a dollar on salt and pepper for seasoning.

Now some of you may have dietary restrictions (pregnancy, health, etc). I have a friend who needs to drink protein drinks as a supplement for health reasons. That's fine, just eat this way the rest of the time. It is of great value to learn sacrifice through this process. But don't risk your health. Your kids may have camp or school. Just eat this way as much as works for you to learn the art of sacrifice and stay healthy.