What an exciting, yet sometimes challenging, year 2017 has been for Outside the Bowl. Together we are making progress toward a world in which all children and physically and spiritually nourished! We're celebrating the impact of the following numbers!
Gracia del Calvario: Feeding a Community
KITCHEN BUILDERS multiply ministries and create community change. Pastor Jose Luis and Cindy Pesina are experiencing this first hand. This dynamic couple pastor Gracia del Calvario, a church in Eastern Tijuana. Their model for ministry is a true reflection of the heart of Jesus.
Ten Steps to Fight Hunger
Praying for Our Biggest Challenge: Prayers are being answered!
Thank you for partnering with us in prayer this month as we asked the Lord to provide solutions to our biggest challenge. Our prayers are being heard and answered in incredible ways! Click to read a few highlights.
Food Is Love
Outside the Bowl knows the value of a home cooked meal. The price tag is so much greater than the nickels and dimes it costs to cook and distribute the food. As we head into Mother’s Day weekend, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate mom then by allowing children to experience love through food.
La Casa del Alfarero: Beyond the Bowl
Outside the Bowl continues to be inspired at the way ministry partners use food as a tool to reach vulnerable people within their communities. Just across the border from Yuma, Arizona is the city of San Luis Rio Colorado. This border town has a large transient population but to La Casa del Alfarero each individual has a story. They are reaching out to those in need and in doing so are sharing the heart of Jesus. Read on to hear how meals from Outside the Bowl are helping La Casa del Alfarero share the gospel.
Holy Week and the Least of These
The least of these. The orphaned, the widowed, the strangers. Or the young, the old, the vulnerable. For each of us, the title of the least of these probably brings to mind different groups of people. Those being impacted by drought in Somalia, the Haitian farmer who lost his crops to the wind and rain of Hurricane Matthew, the refugee fleeing all that was familiar in hopes of safety and a better tomorrow.
I had never seen it before.