We Can Get Along!
So much is going on in my life right now! I have been on Three different college campuses in Three weeks!! I went to Purdue, then the University of Tennessee Knoxville, and now I am at Oklahoma State. Blogging while away from my computer is a challenge, but I am excited to tell you what has been going on with my message to spread the news that Beef is healthy and nutritious and that farmers across the country care.
A couple of weeks I ago I attended the Presbyterian Youth Triennium at Purdue University. There were over 5000 youth from across the world in attendance and needless to say it was awesome!!! It was great to get together with so many people for the purpose of worshipping the Lord, doing service and learning about how we can be the LIGHT in the world. I met so many fantastic people including the girl in the picture above from Columbia, South America. We became fast friends! Through conversation and getting to know each other I found out that This girl is a....VEGETARIAN! Yep, that's right a veggie! I decided to take the opportunity to find out why she was a vegetarian and what her thoughts on the Beef Industry were. So for the next few days when we weren't worshipping the Lord we were talking about her thoughts about BEEF and HSUS, PETA etc. I wondered if she supported animal activists groups. They seem so radical, so I just wondered how many every day average vegetarians are supporting their efforts. I was surprised when she said she supports animal welfare groups, but not the CRAZY ones. Finding this out was a relief to me. I knew I liked this girl.
I think Beef folks are, in essence, animal welfare specialists because animals are our livelihood and we are with them 24/7. We take a special interest in making sure they are cared for in the most humane and stress free way. When I asked her why she didn't eat beef she said she was born vegetarian. Both of her parents are so it just happened. She also told me that she had tried eating meat she just didn't like the taste. We are all entitled to our own beliefs and I think that this is the core of this message. We can disagree and still be friends! To be truthful sometimes I don't like to eat veggies. I just want people, meat eating or not, to know that we care about our animals. We care in their birth, in their life, and in their death. I say grace before I consume a meal and Thank God for it. I ask that he bless it and that it nourish my body, and beef does just that. I am so happy to have a friend that understands that I care about my animals. We have common ground. We can all grow together in our understanding of each other.
We finally figured out she brought a vegetarian shirt and I a BEEF shirt! So they next day we promised to wear them!
A couple of weeks I ago I attended the Presbyterian Youth Triennium at Purdue University. There were over 5000 youth from across the world in attendance and needless to say it was awesome!!! It was great to get together with so many people for the purpose of worshipping the Lord, doing service and learning about how we can be the LIGHT in the world. I met so many fantastic people including the girl in the picture above from Columbia, South America. We became fast friends! Through conversation and getting to know each other I found out that This girl is a....VEGETARIAN! Yep, that's right a veggie! I decided to take the opportunity to find out why she was a vegetarian and what her thoughts on the Beef Industry were. So for the next few days when we weren't worshipping the Lord we were talking about her thoughts about BEEF and HSUS, PETA etc. I wondered if she supported animal activists groups. They seem so radical, so I just wondered how many every day average vegetarians are supporting their efforts. I was surprised when she said she supports animal welfare groups, but not the CRAZY ones. Finding this out was a relief to me. I knew I liked this girl.
I think Beef folks are, in essence, animal welfare specialists because animals are our livelihood and we are with them 24/7. We take a special interest in making sure they are cared for in the most humane and stress free way. When I asked her why she didn't eat beef she said she was born vegetarian. Both of her parents are so it just happened. She also told me that she had tried eating meat she just didn't like the taste. We are all entitled to our own beliefs and I think that this is the core of this message. We can disagree and still be friends! To be truthful sometimes I don't like to eat veggies. I just want people, meat eating or not, to know that we care about our animals. We care in their birth, in their life, and in their death. I say grace before I consume a meal and Thank God for it. I ask that he bless it and that it nourish my body, and beef does just that. I am so happy to have a friend that understands that I care about my animals. We have common ground. We can all grow together in our understanding of each other.
We finally figured out she brought a vegetarian shirt and I a BEEF shirt! So they next day we promised to wear them!
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