my true love gave to me…
11 bags of charcoal!
(10 towels for bathing, 9 backpacks, 8 sets of bedding, 7 place settings, 6 jerry cans, 5 comfy cushions, 4 cooking pots, 3 bicycles, 2 dozen nets, and a propane cooker and tank!)
I know that charcoal is usually a gift reserved for those kids who are on Santa’s “naughty” list, but we promise that charcoal is actually a very useful thing to give! On the first day of this, when I told you about the propane cooker, I mentioned that charcoal is the primary cooking fuel used here in Rwanda. The vast majority of people cook outside over charcoal stoves. At the Home of Innocence the house auntie (and our new house uncle) work very hard cooking for the 12 boys, three meals a day. They go through one of the large bags of charcoal about once a week.
Charcoal is beautiful because it is what cooks the food that these growing boys get to put into their welcoming stomachs!
11 bags of charcoal: cost $9 each, total cost $99 (buy a few, or all, there is no requirement)
You can give right here on our website by clicking on the “giving” tab and selecting general fund. Once you get to your paypal payment screen there is a note section where you can state “12 Days” and what item you are giving towards.
God Bless You,
Lisa
