The Last Supper?

Here’s an interesting interpretation of Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” by the late Joey Velasco.  I found the juxtaposition of the children with Christ at the Last Supper to be quite profound … at least as far as Food for Orphans is concerned.

Think about the title of this blog, “The One Meal Miracle”. Do you know where that came from? It came from Jesus himself. He performed a one meal miracle when he fed the 5,000 from a small boy’s lunch of 4 loaves of bread and 2 fishes. That is our inspiration here at Food for Orphans. We want to make every meal for the orphans we support to be that miracle.

The children in this picture by Joey Velasco appear to come from several socio-economic levels. Some are dressed nicely for a meal with the Savior. Others maybe not so nicely. Some may have parents. One is apparently a street kid who’s learned to fend for himself however he can by taking money from the purse while he’s looking around to see if he’s getting noticed.

See the small child beneath the table? He’s the orphan. He’s stuffing his poor face as fast as he can because he’s so hungry. These are the little ones we try to help. We don’t want them to feel like there’s not enough food. Jesus would feed them all they need. Food for Orphans wants to do that, too.

The children we feed come from many many different circumstances. Some are desperately hungry like the little one under the table, just grabbing the scraps. Others are in better places, in an orphanage that feeds their little bodies as well as their little souls, and gives them a nice soft bed to sleep in and lots of hugs and love. But we know they all need help. I sometimes wonder, “how many of our little orphans have had their ‘last supper’? The very thing we are trying to prevent happens anyway … somewhere.

Consider the story I posted a couple of years ago about Stanislas:

He was hungry all the time ...

While visiting the orphans in Central African Republic, we met Stanislas, a brave little nine-year-old boy. His aunt had been caring for him since his parents died, but a few nights earlier his aunt also died.

Life had been tough for all of his nine years. After his aunt's death, he faced the challenge of finding food on his own. As an orphan in the Central African Republic, Stanislas' home was made of mud and sticks. He was hungry all the time because finding food was very difficult. His body was weak and his bones were twisted from malnutrition.

But Food for Orphans promised Stanislas that we would make sure he had food to eat every day. That day he enjoyed a rare lollipop. That night, brave little Stanislas died.

We wish we had found him sooner.

We know we can't feed all the starving orphans in the world,

but we’d like to try.

This is where YOU come in.

How many times have you eaten out this week? Two? Three? More? How much did you pay for just ONE meal? Did you know that in the US, the average meal in a nice restaurant costs about $15.00. ONE meal. That same $15.00 would feed ONE orphan, ONE healthy meal, every day for ONE month!

Now -- is your waistline starting to expand? Could you forego just ONE meal out each month so that an orphan could have healthy meals every day for a month?

Think about it. That’s a pretty small sacrifice to make. And it will make you healthier and it will make that orphan healthier. Of course we wouldn’t think of limiting you to ONE meal…how about 2 or 3?

“Jesus loves the little children. All the children of the world.”

That’s how the song goes. I think He’d want us to love them too. All of them.

Won’t you follow His example and help us feed those hungry little ones?

ONE meal is all it takes.

$15.00. ONE meal for you.

Thirty meals for ONE orphan.

That ONE makes a BIG difference.

Log on to our website foodfororphans.org and donate now.

Make your own One Meal Miracle.

You’ll be glad you did.