When a Sacrifice Doesn't Feel Like a Sacrifice

By Linda Meyers

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: April 6, 2012

Linda and her Mountain Dew

Lent is quickly coming to an end and I bet you all have been wondering if I stuck to my Lenten sacrifice of no Mountain Dews.

Well... I am happy to say that I have successfully abstained. Admittedly, it was pretty hard the first week or two or three but I survived the headaches and found other ways to supplement my caffeine habit. I was even able to cut down drastically on caffeine and sodas in general. Something I hope to stick to even after Easter.

And... I'm feeling great about it, physically and emotionally. Throughout my life, I've given up a variety of things for Lent, even Mountain Dew in past years, and this was absolutely the easiest time I've had. Whenever I found myself craving aMilk and Eggs Alleviate Poverty - (Project # 27-0629-01) Mountain Dew I immediately thought of the $1.50 that I was going to be able to put in my cup and how much that cup of change was going to help a family in need somewhere in the world.

My $1.50-a-day, $60 total gift may not seem like much, but with it I am buying three flocks of chicks. Those chicks mean there will be enough eggs to eat, sell and share, ensuring the health and well being of an entire family, and possibly even a community. I was curious to learn exactly what my chicks could do, so I searched past blog posts and and ran across this one about what a gift of chickens really did for farmers in Ghana, written by World Ark Senior Staff Writer Annie Bergman who was actually there to see it for herself.

I can't wait 'til next year when I get to do this again.