Thankful Thursday ~ The Newlys

Last month in a post about a giveaway that Taye and Frankie were doing I talked about an interview they had done with Fred Martin, the Communications Director for Children's Hunger Fund. Here's part of what I shared in June . . .

If you have been around for awhile you will remember me blogging about the Newly's living off of a Children's Hunger Fund Food Pak, for a week, in their very newly days. They had shopped for and filled several of these boxes for CHF, and decided the best way to see what it would be like to be the recipient of one of these boxes, would be to eat only from what was in the box--for a week. And they did. They blogged about this adventure, and word got out. So last month, when Fred Martin, the Communications Coordinator for CHF, was traveling to San Antonio (from his California based position), he asked the San Antonio director to see if she could get a hold of Taylor and Frankie. Mr. Martin was coming to town to work on a new video for CHF, and he wanted to interview the Newlys about their Food Pak experience-- for the video. And he did just that! It was a wonderful experience for the Newlys, and it made this mama proud. You can read about the Newly's food pak adventures here. They actually did this twice, the second time around they ate solely from the box for TWO weeks. Currently they live on a $10 a week grocery budget, by choice. Yes, ten dollars. If you want to see how, jump over and look for their "Menu Monday" posts.

Well, today my sweet girl called to tell me that CHF had informed them that the video was up and running on the CHF website. (If you click through the banner at the top of the homepage, you will see "From the Frontlines: Taylor & Frankie ~ Hear Their Story). I've also posted it below.

This Thankful Thursday I am thankful for my tender-hearted daughter and my amazing son-in-love, who at the young ages of 22 and 24 truly understand (and teach me daily) what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Without further adieu, I present to you The Newlys ~

Blessings from my happy tears nest ~

Tina