A few weeks ago, I decided to meet up with two of my friends in a coffee shop. What started as an innocent get together with my friends turned out to be a time to ventilate about our frustrations in life, specifically our financial struggles. As we evaluated our money spending, we realized that we could be saving so much money but instead we like to waste it on overrated things. Like Starbucks. We started comparing our dollar currency with McChickens. For example, if we bought a Frappuccino, we would be spending around $5 on an overrated drink. It's selfishness if you think about it. I could be buying 5 McChickens at the dollar menu and made 5 people happy. I could have been at downtown Detroit and made 5 friends who desperately needed the sandwich. Well, a couple weeks later, I found out that my co-worker broke up with her boyfriend. She was feeling depressed so she decided to go out and spend $200 on going out and getting drunk off her face. I said to myself, "Why would you spend $200 on a glorified hangover? I can just punch you in the face for free and it would feel just the same.."
Soon, a thought came to my head. Two-hundred dollars equal 200 McChickens! If I save up 200 McChickens, I can make 200 new friends in downtown Detroit around Christmas time!
I was too excited. I couldn't wait til Christmas to hand out a sandwich. If I let 5 weeks pass by, a person could be dead by starvation by then. I proposed a plan with my friends and decided to challenge them on a McChicken War. Basically, we would have a friendly competition of handing out McChickens to as many people as we can. We started it this week and so far it has been good. I decided to go to McDonald's and buy 5 McChickens this week..2 for me, 1 for my brother, and one for my neighbor. I went to the drive-thru and also decided to pay for the person's meal behind me. It was 2 random acts of kindness that will make anyone's day.
So. I challenge you guys to do the same thing. Please help #MissionMcChicken (trending topic at twitter--follow me! @eliezersagansay) become international in less than a week! I would love to see you post up some photos/videos/statuses reaching out to people. Remember, the lad in the Bible gave Jesus 2 fishes and 5 loaves of bread and He turned it into a life changing miracle. If we can spend $20 (pounds) on McChickens, that's like 4O BREADS AND 20 CHICKENS that God can use to bring glory to Himself. God can use a McChicken to be a bridge to a new relationship. :-
How inspiring.
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