Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this daily our daily bread
And forgive our sins, as we forgive each one of those who sins against us.
And lead us not to the time of trial but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory.
The focus of this challenge is not simply to see who has the best ability to save money. The idea is to try and understand, to get a glimpse into what it feels like to be poor. Although $20 a week is more than what most impoverished people live on, we hope it'll give us all an idea of the challenges these people face on the daily basis.
The other objective, is to allow us to better appreciate the phrase "Give us this day our daily bread".
Week in week out we recite this phrase, to storehouses of biscuits and potato chips that lay waiting for us at home. Fridges full of frozen meat and milk that just might spoil before we can even finish it all.
I don't believe that many of us know the true meaning of that phrase. And while many people might argue that the term daily bread does not literally mean food; at least this way, we will know the raw depravity of those who first experience it's full meaning.
Abraham
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