My 5 year old isn't ready for a machete.

One night, after we finished reading stories to our kids, I leaned down and started to pray with my five year old McRae. She quickly put her tiny hand over my mouth and said "Mom already prayed for me."

I'm pretty sure right before that moment I was congratulating myself on raising such amazing, Godly kids. I only have two speeds, believing I am the best parent in the world, or the worst. Those are my two go to modes. You might be different.

But one of the things my wife and I are constantly talking about is how do we get our kids involved in some of the big, amazing projects that are going on around the world. We've talked about talking them on a trip overseas with us, but most of the organizations we've talked to have said 5 and 7 is too young right now. So eliminating the option of giving my 5 year old a mission trip machete and trekking her through the jungle to a remote village, how do we find ways to give them chances to serve and learn and be inspired by giving?

That's the question that encouraged me to partner with Rice Bowls. They've got a program right now to "redefine the happy meal." As a dad who has bought a bajillion happy meals, that was curious to me. So I dug a little. Their mission is pretty simple:

1. Fuel awesomeness in kids.

2. Partner with great orphanage directors to make sure food is provided and vicious cycles are broken.

They love seeing kids help kids. Which is exactly what the Acuff family is going to do. We're taking the 10 bowl challenge. What's that?

1. You order 10 free Rice Bowls.

2. You give them to a few friends.

3. You fill them up with change.

4. You send the change back in to feed orphans around the world.

I ordered them and soon a big box of bowls will be arriving at our house. I think my kids are going to love it. It's going to start a ton of conversations for our family, shine some big light on the joy of giving and help kids in Haiti, Rwanda, India and all around the world.

I hope you'll give the 10 bowl challenge a try, but I have to warn you, the Acuff family is pretty competitive. So don't go into this thing thinking you'll beat us. Number 1, it's not a competition. Number 2, you won't beat us.

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Question:

How do you as a parent get your kids involved in giving right now?