30 on $30 Day 5 & 6

DAY 5

This was my first full weekend on the challenge, and I'll have to admit I was a little apprehensive about how it was going to go. There's a lot of planning and thinking about the ration involved - making sure I don't eat too much, when to eat, and what to cook all juggled with weekend life events. So when the weekend arrived, the cooked meals and snacks had to be timed just right. To add to it all, Lunar New Years came with lots of great home cooked food around me. Still, my mission remains to get more sponsors for the orphans. Even with all the great food around me, the thoughts still remain with the children. When committing to this challenge, I was aware that I did not pray for them as much as I should. Now, I cannot help but continually think about them and pray for them more the past 5 days. 

After eating such a small dinner, my body was ready for breakfast. Toasting the corn tortillas make such a big difference! Here we have a potato bean hard shell taco. Total about .15 cents

 Fried rice with cabbage and an over easy egg. I was raised on rice, so this would be my comfort food. Total about . 30 cents.

 My friend who inspired me to do this, Kirby Trapolino with Peace Gospel, had eaten rotten cabbage one night during his 30 days on $30 challenge. He didn't realize it had gone bad and got sick for a couple days. Proactively, I shredded the rest of my cabbage and put it in the freezer. 

4 bags for 4 more weeks. 

After all the shredding, dinner was ramen soup with potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. 

Total about .25 cents

The headache remains but has definitely subsided along with my appetite. These small meals are getting more and more filling. Each that I'm so grateful for. I'm 20% of the way there, have raised $150 in individual donations, and have faith we will get more monthly sponsors as well. 

I would have spent about $28.55 dollars today in food (breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner and daily coffee), added to my new donation total to be $115.15.

DAY 6 

My breakfast was a quick re-heat of some refried beans I had left over. No picture provided.

With no stove at work, a potato bean and carrot taco it is. About .30 cents.

Dinner: stir fry veggies with steamed rice and over easy egg. About .30 cents. 

Late night snack. Frozen bananas with cinnamon. About .10c or less. 

At work I was not able to eat lunch until 2PM, which would usually result in a sandwich in the cafe downstairs $7. Dinner was made at home $3, add .55 for my daily coffee: $10.55. New donation total $125.70.

Meet Manaiya from Myanmar. She's 15 years old and enjoys reading and singing. Her favorite subjects in school are English and Myanmar. She's in a loving environment and your sponsorship will take care of her medical, dental, nutritious meals, and education. 

Help me reach my goal of 6 more sponsors!

Sponsor her here: http://www.peacegospel.org/detail/580/