Giving

 

Alex has six different friends in her church congregation who were formerly missionaries in Ukraine.

They were collecting money to help send to people they knew still in Ukraine who needed help with food and supplies.

Alex contributed and said it was rewarding to see the pictures of the food they were able to purchase to help make hunger one less concern for these families in crisis.  

The family was able to go get some  food and will be able to go again later.  The stores have very limited amounts.  

Alex was especially humbled and inspired by the family who took what limited resources they were able to obtain to bake pirozhki, a yeast bread with filling, to share with others.  

I am flooded with intense gratitude for what I have and a deep sorrow for our brothers and sisters suffering at the hands of evil. 

I am grateful for Alex's example, and that of her friends, to put together what they can and reach out and share.  

As President Russell M Nelson stated, "As sons and daughters of God, we are all brothers and sisters. We heed an Old Testament admonition: “Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy.” (Deuteronomy 15:11)

We also strive to live the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 25:

“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:"

I too am moved by this beautiful Ukranian soul who in her own scarcity, bakes bread to share.