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Hi, this is Tony McWilliams, and I’m here with my daughter.
Hi, I’m Lindey Duckworth, and I’m here with my dad.
Oh, they also work with Children’s Hunger Fund, which is a nonprofit organization out of California. They’ve been in existence since 1992. They have distributed over $1 billion in aid since that time, and they have network groups in 30 countries of the world. And they also help distribute the nutrition that MannaRelief provides.
What’s so exciting is that there’s so much good happening in the world. I think it’s so easy for us all to scroll on our little tiny devices and see how horrible our world is, putting this into perspective. There is so much good in the world. There is so much hope. It’s not lost on me, the people that are working night and day to bring hope, to bring a meal, to bring nutrition. This is so great, and this is why it matters where my dollar goes. It matters because I want to be a part of something bigger than myself. I want to be a part of good that is happening. I’m tired of my own little troubles. I mean, I don’t want to diminish them. There is a lot of things that happen in one’s heart or mind or family. We’ve faced a lot of stuff as a family, grief and turmoil and unanswered questions. We all go through that. I think that’s a marking of humanity. It’s like the reminder of our brokenness in our world. But in light of all of that, there is still such hope.
I love that title of one of those charities you just said, Convoy of Hope. That’s exactly what this is. You just named all these great, it’s literally a parade of hope. And I hope that more people can see that. I’m so glad we’re having this conversation that more people can have awareness of goodness that is happening in the earth today.
Absolutely. Matter of fact, you brought up Convoy of Hope again. One time when your mom was still with us and she was invited to come be the opening speaker for the Missouri State Legislature, but I’m guessing 2013, 14, somewhere around there. And then the next morning was the governor’s prayer breakfast, which we were invited to. The guest speaker was Hal Donaldson, who is the founder of Convoy of Hope. So we got to hear him.
Oh, that’s great. It was pretty special. Mom was so great at bringing hope. I remember she had a conversation with John Maxwell back in a hallway. Do you remember this?
I kind of do, but remind me. They were meeting and they exchanged stories and John Maxwell says, Gail, you’re an ambassador of hope. That’s not just her life. Like that is your life if you carry a light. That is your life if you are salt to the earth. You are hope embodied, not fully and totally yet, but a flicker of hope is in all of us. I think that that’s probably in our bones. It’s probably why we have such riveting, weird conversations at our dining room table because we are talking about the things that matter in the world. I’m sure we do talk about things that don’t matter, but we love talking about, we would stay up all night talking about what more could we do. We love being a part of something.