In an off handed comment in a coffee shop one day late in last year a good friend (Dan Rucker) challenged Clay and I to not purchase anything new in 2008. I told Clay about it thinking that he would totally balk at the whole idea and instead he said "YES!". However, he then turned around and told Dan that if he was going to hand out challenges that maybe he should take them himself. And so Dan and Jill are our partners in crime. So here begins the journey of our nothing new in 2008. Okay, there are a few exceptions, underwear, shoes, hygiene products and food are the main ones.
Clay and I have been on a journey over the last year or so to be more friendly to our world. We are not typically huge consumers, however we purchased more than I realized before taking this challenge. WE are taking this challenge for our children, to teach them a better way of living and giving them a better future on many levels. And most of all we are doing this for God. Check out the book "Serve God, Save the Planet" by Matthew Sleeth.
Please check in with us from time to time and read up on how we are doing!
~Holly (on behalf of the Peevyhouse Family)
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