What are you sowing? By what you do, are you sowing seeds of peace, love, joy, hope and tranquility? Is your goal to love your neighbor as yourself? Do you feed the hungry and house the homeless? Are you an advocate for the least among us? Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) is doing many of these things. They have trained some 930,000 volunteers for ERD's NetsforLife that is active in developing countries.

ERD has brought their services to:

• Liberia where agricultural priorities are practiced;
• Yangon, Myanmar through the Anglican Men's Association with demonstrations of smallholder farms;
• Nicaragua where malnourished children are fed soy flour mixed with corn flour;
• Nyanza in Kisuma, Kenya, where there is 95 percent HIV-negative graduation rate for children;
• Gaza Province of Mozambique Africans are making bricks to sell and build their own homes;
• And in the Diocese of Tamale there is education, seeds, fertilizers to increase crops.

Give Back To The Universe

What the Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) is doing as stated in their 2015 Lenten Meditations, is giving back to society in education, skill, love and training. Are you doing the same with your talent and treasure? You that may have benefited through scholarships from a university, are you dedicated in doing charitable work? Like thousands of volunteers for ERD, the poor, hungry and homeless around the world are depending on you.

Give Joyfully

It is good to be a happy giver. As charitable givers, it is gift to have a sense of humor to share with those we encounter. A human touch will put a smile on a face. With sharing such an undertaking of services will enlighten a recipient in knowing that you care and are giving from your heart. Your attitude will be positive. Some givers share jokes, are friendly and a recipient of their gifts are happy to be with them. It beats being negative and depressed as though you are carrying the burden of the tens of millions in need globally on your shoulder.

Whether it is through the Diocese of El Salvador that provides services and training to many, or being an advocate for the over 50,000 children that cross the U.S. Border from Central America unaccompanied, play your part in creating a future for the least among us. The seeds you sow will send roots deeply in the soil. Remembering at all times that we are mainly branches of that eternal vine. But through faithfulness, we will make it possible for our branches to bear fruit in abundance so that when the harvest comes we will be awarded our just reward.  ERD's website can be accessed at:  www.episcopalrelief.org.