You are very wise to do so, and I am certain the positive effect of your compassionate life liberation will be unimaginably great. For example, I recently read this excerpt from Upasaka Huang Nien Tsu’s Commentary on the Path to Pure Land:

“…In the past, there was a monk who was well versed in the Sutras, strong in cultivation, and a gifted orator. He wanted to expound the Dharma, yet could find no listeners. Thus, he was quite troubled by his inability to fulfill his vow of spreading the Dharma. Fortunately, someone eventually provided him with a solution. He was advised to sell all his belongings, buy grain with the proceeds, bless the grain with chants of Buddha-names and mantras, scatter it all among the grass for the birds and insects to eat, and vow for all the critters that eat the grain support the Dharma in the future. 20 years later, the causes and conditions for expounding the Dharma indeed aligned, and his Dharma lectures enjoyed a vast audience of young twenty somethings (the birds and insects reborn as humans). All this is the karmic result of his vows, of the positive affinities he had created by that simple act of Dharma infused generosity. Thus, the creation of positive affinities is very important…..”

- Own translation of excerpt (from page 149–150 of 2015 printed transcript by the Hwazan Pure Land Association)