How did Jesus feed thousands of people? With only one boys lunch of 5 loaves of bread and 2 small fish? (Matthew 14: 13-21) We would never have thought it was possible before we organized and fed 450 children.

A big thank you goes out to Aicca and her boyfriend who sponsored the feeding. For just 200 $ we were able to make a meal for 450 kids.

It all started early in the morning the market team left to get the veggies for the meal. By lunchtime we were all helping to clean, chop and prepare the veggies. Then comes the rice and finally the chicken. It all goes into a big pot and then we stir it and it cooks for about 3 hours. I printed out 500 tickets to give out and at 4 PM we went out into slums to give the tickets to the families and kids. Going into the slums and seeing the conditions and how the families live is not an easy experience, it really made me thankful for all I have, the squatters live in small tiny shacks and most of them without running water and open sewers, yet the children are still so happy and full of life and expression. Five PM was the planned feeding, that meant that most of the kids and families had less than an hour after they received the tickets to go to the Rise Above Community Center and line up at the gate. I was surprised that at 5 minutes to 5 there was already a very long line of kids and families lined up and waiting for the free food.

So after feeding 400 kids and families we realized the food was running low and we still had at least 50 to feed! We prayed and we were somehow able to stretch the food to feed another 50 kids! It was like the miracle of the Five loaves and the 2 fish!

“God is still a God of miracles and prayer changes things!”