Bible says tithe 10%.
Under the circumstances, that could entail making up bags each containing a $1 pot, a few pounds of rice, a few matches, and a cheap blanket - or some suitable inexpensive “sustinence bag” cobbled from Dollar Store items and a huge sack of rice/flour.
10%, spent with care and preparation, could help a lot of people in a pinch.
“bags each containing a $1 pot, a few pounds of rice, a few matches, and a cheap blanket - or some suitable inexpensive “sustinence bag” cobbled from Dollar Store items and a huge sack of rice/flour”
Close to what I keep on hand as “extras”. Sportsmansguide.com has quite a bit of cheap military surplus from various countries. Quality IS variable. Czechoslovakia went out of business and became Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Lots of extra military stuff with the old logo on it.
“...a few pounds of rice, a few matches, and a cheap blanket - or some suitable inexpensive “sustinence bag” cobbled from Dollar Store items and a huge sack of rice/flour. 10%, spent with care and preparation, could help a lot of people in a pinch.”
And, if you give them that, they will never leave the outside of your house and if you don’t keep on giving, they will attack you for the rest in your house.
I am like many preppers at this point - let them get it from Hussein.
Good luck with that when the word gets out. Every democrat in the state will be trying to break down you door to scarf up all they can get their hands on.
There was an article posted a while back about a church giving out free meal tickets to the poor for some reason. So many people showed up for the free handout, they had to shut it down. Once the word got out, the whole town suddenly claimed to be poor and needy.
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