30 Hour Famine

Ok, well so sorry about not posting for several days, but I'm back. Later today I'll post and catch up a little on the Bible readings, but let me tell you about the weekend.

Starting Friday after lunch, all of our youth stopped eating. We took part in something called the 30 Hour Famine. This event is sponsored by World Vision and its purposes are mainly twofold. The first purpose is to raise money to help fight world hunger and malnutrition. The second purpose is that it provides an opportunity for those of us who never go without to get a taste (haha) of what it's like to go hungry.

During the event we watched a video of what it's like in Uganda. There are terrible plagues of locusts, no rain, and a civil war that's been going on for 19 years. We have no concept of how bad life can be compared to these people. We played several games to help us see what it might be like for the children of Uganda. Our kids had to compete for survival cards and many on the teams had "disabilities" so they had to play the game wearing a heavy backpack, or with one arm taped to their body, or a knee taped so it couldn't bend.

For the overnight portion we went to a sports complex and played all night. When we got back to the church we slept for a few hours and then went to a thrift store to help them out. Then we did a video scavenger hunt and came back and watched the tapes. We broke the fast by sharing a meal together.

It was a neat weekend. May we all be more sensitive to the needs of others, especially in more desperate parts of the world.