AN D SO SO LU CK Y!

Give thanks!
Hel p others!
There comes a time when we heed a
certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
and it’s time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can’t go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God’s great big family
And the truth, you know
Love is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
it’s true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Send them your heart so they'll know that
someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
it’s true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
 But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall

But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall

Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
it’s true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
it’s true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
it’s true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
If you were to shrink the
earth’s population to a
village of 100 people, it
would look something
like this:
52 would be female,
48 would be male
 70 would be No n-
Ch rist ian, 3 0 wo uld
be Ch rist ia n
 6 o f them wo uld b e
Am eric ans. Th ese 6
would h ave o ve r half
of the wo rld ’s
we alth.
70 wo uld b e u nable
to read
50 wo uld su ff er fr om
mal- nutrit ion,
1 wo uld b e n ear
death,
l near b ir th .
 1 wo uld h ave a
coll ege educatio n,
1 wo uld own a
computer.
 Education and pay for
people 18 and older (1998):
• No hig h s chool d ip loma
$16,1 24
• Hig h s chool d iploma
$22,8 95
• So me c olle ge, no degree
$24,8 04
• Asso ciate degre e
$29,8 72
• Bachelor’s d egree
$40,4 78
• Ma ster’s d egre e
 If yo u woke u p t his
mo rning w ith mo re
health than il ln ess,
yo u are m ore blessed
than the m illi on w ho
will not su rviv e th is
week.
If yo u h ave a n on-dir t
floor in the pla ce yo u
live , yo u belong to
the upper half o f the
wo rld’s most
prosp erous p eople .
 If yo u have a
window, a door and
more th an o ne ro om,
yo u b elong to t he
upper 2 0 p ercent of
the wo rld ’s ric hest
people.
 If yo u h ave neve r
experienced t he
danger o f b attle , th e
lo neli ness of
imp riso nment, the
agony o f torture, o r
the pangs o f
st arva tio n, yo u are
ahead of 5 00 m ill io n
people i n the wo rld .
 If yo u c an a ttend
church wit hout f ear
of harassme nt, a rre st
or t ort ure, o r death,
you are more ble ssed
than 3 b il li on people
in th e wo rld.
 If yo u h ave f ood in
th e refrig erator,
clo thes on yo u back,
a roof o ve r h ead a nd
a p la ce t o sl eep yo u
are ric her th an 5 7%
of t his wo rld.
If yo u have money in
the b ank, i n yo ur
walle t, and sp are
change i n a d ish
so me pla ce yo u are
among t he to p 8 % o f
th e world’s mo st
wealthy.
 If y our pare nts are
stil l a live a nd st ill
ma rrie d yo u a re v ery
ra re , e ve n h ere in
the Un it ed St ates
and Canada.
 Regardl ess of where
you l ive, if you can
read and you have a
pai r of s hoes, a change
of underwear and c an
choose from tw o or
more fo ods to e at, you
be long to the top 10
percent of the worl d’ s
most wea lthy.