Day 1

We survived our first day of the Hunger Challenge and it went much smoother than I anticipated. I was afraid the kids would complain and the food wouldn't taste that good. But I was wrong. They loved the oatmeal and adding their own brown sugar and cinamon to it was a real treat. (I suspect they may prefer homemade oatmeal to the instant kind by the time the week is over.)

For lunch we made Navajo fried bread and dipped it in honey. This was delicious and the kids decided it would make a great dessert. I first followed the church provided recipe, but after trying it I found a similar recipe on the 'zaar. It suggested cinamon and sugar or powdered sugar for toppings as well. I will probably make this again and have Jim have a taste now that I have a recipe with the nutrition info. My biggest problem with it is the frying which uses a lot of oil, but otherwise it was good.

For supper we had pinto beans and rice from the crockpot that I used a recipe from the 'zaar as well. It was definately good, just so different from what we are used to. The boys ate it and then asked for more plain rice. Jim seemed pretty happy with it as well. Grace decided it was too hot and just drank her milk, which is her normal attitude towards supper anyway so I didn't let it bother me.

We purchased rations for 5 and after today we realize that was probably too much considering the ages of our kids. I only used some of today's rice in our supper and we still have a whole other meal left over from tonight as well as some of the oatmeal from breakfast.

On a deeper level, Samuel has suggested we pray at bedtime for the kids who only get to eat beans and rice. Tonight's devotional with the kids focused on helping others because then we are actually helping Jesus. I hope as the week goes on we can get more in depth in our devotionals and learning about the countries and their cultures. We just picked up our books from the library tonight and I struggled most of the day with a head cold, so my enthusiasm was lacking some. Tomorrow hopefully I will be feeling more like myself.