Greed...all that glitters is not gold!

According to a recent (October 11, 2011) Gallup poll, Americans will spend an average of $712.00 personally on Christmas this year.

Here's what $712.00 can do:

$8 could buy you 15 organic apples OR 25 fruit trees for farmers in Honduras to grow and sell fruit at their local market. So, $712.00 could buy 2225 fruit trees!!
$30 could buy you an ER DVD Box set OR a First Aid kit for a village in Haiti. $712.00 could purchase 23 first aid kits!!
$73 could buy you a new mobile phone OR a new mobile health clinic to care for AIDS orphans in Uganda. $712.00 could buy almost 10 mobile health clinics!!
$2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village. $712.00 would take care of a third of that cost. (Check out www.globalrichlist.com for more info).

Wow.

Think about the fact that if you or your parents earn $50,000 per year, that you're richer than 99% of the world's population.

Please think and pray about how you can make a difference with your money. I dare you to do some research of your own. Make a difference.

Say out loud, based on Proverbs 22:9 (NLT)  "Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor."