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So how did we do with the Second Week of Lent: Journey into the Brokenness of Hunger?*

Turns out we didn't miss going grocery shopping at all.  And the girls understood the commitment not to eat dessert for the week.  Tom (who has a very strong sweet tooth) extended the no dessert fast into the third week, breaking the fast during a celebration for the labors of three colleagues with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.  He returned to the fast, breaking for a time with extended family on the Sabbath and for a social with support team members last night.  Note:  Tom's fast includes no brown sugar on his daily bowl of breakfast oatmeal.

I'm still not quite sure how one tallies the cost of meals, particularly since we've been blessed with gifts of food from a number of people over the course of the past 2 weeks.  But we'll work on this further while digging into more plain cheerios and tuna.  Lord willing, we'll have the opportunity to watch the World Food Programme Video as a family sometime over the course of the weekend.

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: ... to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter. -- Isaiah 58:6-7

*Visit the updated Lenten Guide courtesy of Christine Sine.  For more (particularly w/regard to the people of God's journey through the recession with a concern for the whole creation), visit Mustard Seed Associates: Creating the future one mustard seed at a time.