“It is not how much we have but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

—Charles Spurgeon

By Kelly Nesvold

Singing and clapping, laughing, squealing and children’s feet playing. This is the chorus that greets visitors to the schools and children’s homes where Convoy Of Hope’s Children’s Feeding Initiative feeds more than 146,000 children throughout the week. It’s the sound of happiness.

Yet, if you’re reading this blog post on a computer or mobile device, these children have almost certainly never known the comforts of life that you know. In fact, in most cases they have experienced great loss and poverty. It’s what they enjoy, not what they have, that makes them happy.

The thing I hear time and time again as I quiz people who go overseas on mission trips is how happy and loving the individuals they encounter are. They meet people that seemingly have nothing, at least by our standards, and yet they fill the souls of those who have come to help them with more than they receive. They have found a way to be happy with little to nothing while enduring some of the most destitute situations on the planet. They are often referred to as the least, the lost, and the lonely. But when a small amount of kindness is brought their way they light up like a tree on Christmas Day!

The goal is simple: Run 100 miles to raise $25,000 to feed 100,000 children that desperately need nourishment. Not only do these children need nourishment of the body but of the mind and soul as well. Each meal given represents more than the nutrients it will provide. Each meal is a symbol of God’s love and faithfulness. Every time one of us receives our daily bread it is a reminder of God’s promise to take care of us if we stay faithful to him.

By giving a portion of what we are blessed with to organizations like Convoy of Hope we are helping to sow seeds of hope to many of God’s Children.

It is believed the children being feed in this program are essential members of their communities who can, one day, become leaders who bring positive change to their countries by breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger. To accomplish this goal, Convoy uses the daily meal as a starting point to build strong, loving communities that have clean water, healthy living environments, education and livelihood opportunities.

Consider giving something you have to help deliver some daily bread to the world — you might just enjoy that too!

Find 100M4HUNGER online: www.100m4hunger.com (includes links to giving portal) and www.facebook.com/100m4hunger

Kelly Nesvold, owner of Wellness 1st Chiropractic, is running 100 miles Oct. 11 and 12 to raise money to buy 100,000 meals Through Convoy of Hope. Read more at www.austindailyherald.com/?p=616644.