"I needed clothes and you clothed me."
— Jesus (Matthew 25: 36)
Activity: Helping families fill in the blanks
For families who need help getting on their feet, handouts aren’t the answer. To really change their futures, they need skills and opportunities so they can take care of themselves! That’s why World Vision helps people learn new skills, save money, and take out small loans so they can start businesses like snack stands and sewing repair shops. All of these things help them not only survive, but thrive.
For some families, something as small as a pair of chickens can make a huge difference. The family can eat the nutritious eggs and sell extras (or chicks) for income to buy things like clothes. Print out the “Chickens Make a Difference” connect-the-dots and coloring page below for your younger kids to complete today. When they’re done, hang up their work as a reminder to pray for people in need of help.
Activity: Helping families fill in the blanks
For families who need help getting on their feet, handouts aren’t the answer. To really change their futures, they need skills and opportunities so they can take care of themselves! That’s why World Vision helps people learn new skills, save money, and take out small loans so they can start businesses like snack stands and sewing repair shops. All of these things help them not only survive, but thrive.
For some families, something as small as a pair of chickens can make a huge difference. The family can eat the nutritious eggs and sell extras (or chicks) for income to buy things like clothes. Print out the “Chickens Make a Difference” connect-the-dots and coloring page below for your kids to complete today. When they’re done, hang up their work as a reminder to pray for people in need of help.
Dinner devotional questions:
- How do we buy clothes? Where do we get the money we need to buy clothes?
- Having a way to earn money is so important for families to buy the things they need. What are other things that families need to buy on a regular basis?
- In some places around the world people don’t have enough money to buy important things, and they need a way to earn it. What are different ways that people can earn money?
- If you didn’t have much money to spend on things you needed, what would be the first thing you’d buy to make sure you have it?
Ways to pray
- Pray that children and families who don’t have all the basics they need (like clothes, food, and healthcare) will be able to get them.
- Pray for people who can’t find a job, but want to take care of their families and send their children to school.
- Pray that children would learn the knowledge and skills they need to get good jobs when they grow up so they can leave poverty behind.
- Pray for people in poor communities who are starting their own businesses, that God would give them success and that they’d use it to help others out of poverty.