Wilbur's New Emphasis for September and October!

FILLING GOD'S GLOBAL BARNYARD!

Wilbur our mission minded pig has been doing some research this summer and became aware of a GREAT program of the ELCA World Hunger appeal. Being a pig, it caught Wilbur's attention immediately because it was called, "God's Global Barnyard". He knew that this would be a great emphasis to start with on "Rally Day" with our children. Here is the information Wilbur found!

Animals provide families with food, funds, and fertilizer-all for a better future. Cows are especially valued. In some parts of Africa cows are a family's security and bank account. Animal-related development projects are an important part of ELCA World Hunger's comprehensive and life-saving efforts. But cows aren't the only animal that is important in Africa!

How can a goat change a life? Zipporah, a widowed mother of seven children, lives on a one-acre farm in Kenya. Hunger, made worse by drought, threatened her family. ELCA World Hunger and partner the Lutheran World Federation supports a program that provided Zipporah with a breeding goat and trained her to care for it. As one goat became many, Zipporah is able to provide for her family.

Cows, goats and other animals, part of "God's Global Barnyard," provide families with food, funds, and fertilizer, breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty. Your gifts to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal for God's global barnyard go beyond livestock to provide training, access to safe water sources, help securing markets, and much more.
So what will we do! Beginning on "Rally Day", September 7th Wilbur will open his mouth wide for all your "noisy" and quiet offerings and for the months of September and October we will be filling up our own global barnyard! Below are the animals we can purchase to be given to a family in need somewhere in the world.

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE IS WILBUR'S FAVORITE?