Counting Blessings - week 2.

[curiouswombat]

For those of you who are counting your blessings with us, under the cut are -


Sunday - In some countries many people are disabled, some from acts of violence. Give 2p for each healthy limb of every family member.

Monday - Some people are deaf and dumb. Give 3p for each hymn in church yesterday. If you did not go to church, give 20p.

Tuesday - Many malnourished children do not live 5 years. Give 5p for each family member over 5 years old.

Wednesday - Some people are blind, others have poor unaided sight. Give 5p for each pair of spectacles in your house.

Thursday - Communication is vital, and it is nice to receive letters or phone calls. Give 3p for each letter or phone call received in your home today.

Friday - Some people sleep rough at night, even in our country. Give 4p for every bed in your house.

Saturday - Tea and coffee are cash crops grown in some poor countries. give 2p for every cup of tea or coffee drunk in your home today.

Sunday - Democracy and freedom are things we take for granted, others are less fortunate. Make a freewill offering for your freedom.



ETA - I've just realised the 'location' thing is a clicky - and it takes you to a google map - so my original location, which was 'right here on my settee' confused it - it put me in Vermont in the USA!! I have changed it to the more boring and more prosaic entry you now see! I wonder if it now works?

Comments

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I know! There's nothing like it in my own family tree... about a third of my ancestors were already here when people started coming over from Europe (which leads to a whole lot of dead ends when doing genealogy), and the others mostly came from Scotland and Ireland during some of the major influxes into North America and we have very little info on where, exactly, they were from in those countries.

So, the idea of being able to point at a particular thing that's nearly 600 years old and say "my ancestors did that!" is just so incredibly nifty. Even if they're only ancestors by marriage!