You wouldn’t typically link Northern Colorado hot sauce and Project Rescue’s HOME OF HOPE in New Delhi.
My friend Scott sent a note last week. He makes his own salsa and hot sauce, mostly from ingredients grown in his back-yard garden, to give to his friends
He got this crazy idea to set up a small display in his office with some information about human trafficking and the HOME OF HOPE. Folks can purchase his special concoctions, with proceeds supporting kids half-a-world away. With each jar they get to learn about this issue and some very special kids.
How cool is that?
In his note Scott said something like “it’s not much.” With respect, I disagree.
I picture him tending his garden, then carefully harvesting the crop and preparing the ingredients by hand. I see the pride of craftsmanship as jars are neatly lined on shelves. I imagine conversations as a jar changes hands and another set of ripples is created.
I can’t imagine the smile on Jesus’ face as He watches this process unfold–seed to dirt to crop to hands to hands. I’ve no clue what He’ll do with it, but I believe it’s far more than we can measure on a spreadsheet.
We think ideas spread when big, powerful organizations put weight behind them. But the best ideas really spread horizontally, person-to-person, like ripples in a pond. They spread when people like Scott do what they can, where they are, with what they have. It’s how we change the world.
Imagine a few hundred people in the circle surrounding RICH’S RIDE, all finding a way to make a difference.
Will you join that circle?
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