World AIDS Day 2012

Remembering my beautiful friend on World AIDS Day. 

Remembering his art, 

his creativity, 

his fearlessness, 

his smile, and 

his love of Phantom of the Opera :)

Today I celebrate the life of my own Angel of Music!
whose life changed my life.
I am more tolerant.
I am more understanding.
I am more loving.
I am more generous.

Praise God from whom all Blessings flow!
AMEN 

Read my story of him:  Celebrating Life

Give to: The United Methodist Global AIDS Fund
Advance #982345  Representing the commitment of United Methodists to end HIV/AIDS in our world through prevention, treatment, care and support.

Let's Alleviate World Hunger and Poverty!

Let's make February 2012 the month we more closer to alleviating hunger and poverty in our world.  

I plan to give more to my local food pantry:  West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM Link) The WHAM Food Pantry collects, and distributes non-perishable and perishables food. In 2010, more than 145 tons of food, worth $725,082, helped out 16,584 individuals. Items are provided through regularly scheduled food drives conducted by individuals, churches, schools, businesses and civic and service organizations.

I plan to support our Ashford UMC (Church Link) Youth Group as they celebrate Souper Bowl of Caring (Caring Link) during which youth across the nation working to fight hunger and poverty in their own communities around the time of the Super Bowl football game.  

I've made a donation to the United Methodist Committee on Relief Advance #982920 (UMCOR-Link) Supporting programs that address the root causes of hunger and poverty in the US and the world ... Hunger does not exist because the world does not produce enough food. We have the experience and the technology right now to end the problem. The challenge we face is not production of food and wealth, but more equitable distribution. Poverty is the condition in which a person lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of life, such as food.  

“If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
~Mother Teresa~