A month would be nice.

I would not have said this during the food week... (ha!) but I really wish I had a month for the possessions section of this experience. For several reasons:
1. I would like to give away 210 things...
2. I would just like more TIME!

Time to-
go through my stuff
give it to someone through relationship.

Jen Hatmaker writes, "Donating everything through a third party removes the relationsl magic when one human connects with another." She shared a quote about the church-- that we rich Christians do not know the poor. And it went on to say that when we truly see poverty... when we truly know the poor...Our riches will have no meaning, and poverty will come to an end (by Shane Claiborne. Which also wrote this piece in Esquire that is awesome.)

But I am not sure how to do this! My one idea was to set up a shop at Trinity at the same time as "Meals of Hope." Meals of Hope is an awesome outreach program that serves meals on Sunday nights to anyone who comes. My obstacles:
1. I have not been to Meals of Hope (yes, this is one of my shames from my 6 months at Trinity)
Therefore--I have no relationship--with the people or the volunteers. Okay- so this is a definite priority.

2. I don't have the "power" to make this happen. I can't just set up a shop and market it and invite people in... there are "steps" I need to go through... and I am a little apprehensive in starting that conversation.

So-- here is the plan. All of this to say this next week is going to be double duty-- and a little more heavy on the possessions... and a little lighter on the media. More about that later.

Right now- I need to figure out a way to account for, get rid of, and change my mindset about STUFF.