Peace and protein

This is from my Mennonite cookbook, Simply in Season . At the end of many recipes are stories, including this one about war torn Uganda. In fact, we visited the area mentioned below, and our friend Jackson took this photo from when we toured a hospital that mutual friends had founded. It is a call to be mindful, grateful and aware that our actions affect others in a profound way.

We have so much to be thankful for in the U.S. and this cookbook reminds us to count our blessings and remember others in our prayers. We like to throw the word “peace” around, but here is a practical way to pray and honor those in war torn areas.

Lord, restore the food chains and the sources of protein! Thank you Lord, there is now peace in Northern Uganda, but the disruption of war on nutrition is very much an issue and we ask for your sorting out of that problem. Thank you for provision and guide our purchases and actions so we can promote peace around the world. Amen.