In December 07, InterVarsity partnered with World Vision to bring a BROKEN BREAD MEAL to campus. A Broken Bread Meal is a corn meal porridge that's served to many to who suffer from AIDS and poverty in the world. A handful of students who attended Urbana last year where able to experience the depth of poverty in the World by participating in the Broken Bread Meal.
Students set up four tables in the campus center and invited passers-by and their friends to taste the porridge and to learn about poverty in the world. Some students dreaded the taste, some liked it, one of our own IV students said they used to eat it daily as they lived in a refugee camp before coming to the USA. Students passionately shared about AIDS statistics in the world and the brokenness that it has created.
We met a load of students who felt challenged as they learned about the dire reality of AIDS in the world. We met some who were callous to the pain in the world. We had a few opportunities to share about Jesus and his power to change the brokenness of the world. Please pray that God will continue to challenge InterVarsity to bring awareness of God's redeeming power to this broken world. (we're starting on the campus!)
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