Our journey to compassion started about 7 years ago, when Katherine got very sick from an autoimmune disease called polymyocisitis. We are followers of Christ and when Katherine had a full recovery, we knew we could never live self centered lives again, because Christ calls us to live out the Gospel in our everyday lives. That’s when we began doing foster care, which eventually led to adoption.
One night, very recently, we all sat down to watch Food Choices, and it was like a light bulb went off. We wondered why we had never made the connection before between what was on our plates and how it got there.
Since that night, over 2 months ago, we have been vegetarian. Now that we’ve educated ourselves more, we have become vegans. It truly is an amazing way to live and I am so excited for my kids futures as vegans. I will say, it’s very discouraging to see other followers of Christ laugh off factory farming and the beautiful planet created for us to enjoy and rule over with wisdom and compassion.
I only hope that by living out our vegan lifestyle, we will influence them to wake up from their slumber to the truth!
