Global Food Crisis

We here in America are so blessed. As many news stations and media outlets are reporting, the food crisis is reaching new heights. I received an email this afternoon from Compassion International, asking for sponsors to commit to a day of fasting and prayer on June 25, 2008.

The statistics on the food crisis is staggering. The price for rice, beans, corn and other food staples has risen exponentially in recent months, creating extreme hardship and suffering. The higher prices are forcing people who survive on just $1 a day to spend upwards of 80 percent of their budgets just on food. As a result, many people, including millions of children, are going hungry. The longer food prices rise, the more people will be plunged into hunger and poverty. Families earning less than $2 a day cannot afford to keep up with these rising prices. There is just no margin. The impact is truly devastating and the need is so great.

Please pray with us for an end to the suffering of millions across the world who are, literally, starving to death.

For more information, please visit Compassion International at http://www.compassion.com/ and click on the information for "Global Food Crisis".