Posted at 8:56 pm
Bulletin! Bulletin! Due to the rather interesting and quite severe weather patterns in the Pennsylvania area; the 30 Hour Famine has been delayed until March 6th. This is quite alright by me, as I am just barely avoiding a schedule overload by this change of plans. In fact I'm having a rude awakening from last week (The Week of Rest) when school was canceled (again because of the snow storm).
My life has always been extremely busy but I guess that sometime during the break I forgot about it. (Whoops) I've just gotten off of babysitting four French-speaking children, two of which could not speak a word of English. Needless to say, I feel victorious.
Raising $850 is very hard work I must add. For all of you reading this who are doing the exact same thing I would like to take a moment to personally give you a round of applause. As one who truly knows how exhausting it can be, Good Job. Your awesome.
Thats all for tonight, I need to cram in some geometry homework before drafting a conceptual self portrait for a different class. Bye!
I know that football has little to do with raising money for Haiti and going to the Life Conference/ Missions trip. I also know that I am rather late (two days) on posting this, but I really need to say how awesome the New Orleans Saints are! And I need to comment on how the average word of yesterday was "saints" on the amazingly addicting web site; MyLifeIsAverage. Here is something that I didn't know before; the quarterback, Drew Brees is a Christian. He is a really amazing guy, as you can see from this interview, and one of the best things about him is that he is in no way ashamed of his faith in Jesus Christ. He has awesome things to say; you should listen to him. And without further ado I present to you the interview:
The book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris: Its a freaking awesome book. One of the things I remember from the book is, surprisingly, about diving. Don't choke up before getting reading to dive, else your dive will fail. Without being too metaphoric and deep, the same thing can apply for fundraising or getting ready for the LIFE 2010 Conference. So, here it goes, I am making this pledge. I am going to get off my lazy butt and start fundraising for Life today. Hold me to this guys, I'm also going to raise half of all that money by March 15th. When I first found out just how much it would cost to go to Life, I was dumbstruck. I bet that you were too. $850 is a lot. Heck, $425 is a lot! But being the procrastination master that I am, I will most likely fail if I don't start soon.
P.S. This marks the first in a series of tips for all students everywhere attending the Life Conference this year:
Tip #1: Don't you dare wait until the last 2 months to start your fundraising! No matter how little progress you feel you are making, it will all be worth it. Trust me.
Superbowl next week.... I'm not going to try to pretend I know anything about football. All of you Saints or Colts fans; I wish you luck cheering for your teams next Sunday. I happen to be a Pittsburgher and therefore a Steelers fan by birth, so I have no clue who to root for! Any suggestions?
Think back about everything that you ate today. I ate two bowls of cereal , pie, a granola bar, almonds, a facon and lettuce sandwich, a bowl of Chinese food, an orange, and chocolate chips. Wow. Thats a lot. I feel pretty fat right now. Now imagine eating nothing, for days on end but a little bit of rice. Thats starvation.
I said before that I would give a better update on whats going on with the 30 Hour Famine and this is it!
So basically the Famine is a bunch of people giving up food to raise money for people who don't have any. The whole day we do awesome service projects and worship services. Then we break our fast with the body and blood of the Lord, as we take communion, thanking Him for His awesomeness.
Now please excuse me while I briefly talk about funds (I promise I'll put in some interesting stuff after it) The following is a direct quote from this snazzy email update that Miss Karen sent out to all SMO (Summer Missions Opportunity) Students:
"60% of funds raised will go to Haiti while 40% will go towards the trip expense. Cincinnati team members are expected to raise $60 while LIFE team members are expected to raise $100. "
The 60% of the funds going to Haiti part is enough for me to start raising money! The fact that it is more funds toward the total trip expense (which by the way is shockingly large) is awesome too. Also anyone from our Youth Group can do the Famine, and believe me it is SO worth it.
Could you comment or send me an email if you could help to sponsor me for the Famine? If you are gracious enough to pledge just $1 for every hour I go without food, then I will have 30 'bucs raised, from you alone, for the Famine. Thats 18 dollars for food in Haiti and 12 dollars for the Life Conference expense. Just one person giving $1 for every hour. Wow. Thats pretty amazing.
I love this 30 Hour Famine best of all of the fundraising activities we do to prepare for the summer missions trips. We have a chance, not only to raise funds for our personal trip, but for God's people who are in need.
Here is a passage from 2 Corinthians 9 (Which I will be quizzing on in a few weeks):
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."
You can imagine the look of excitement on my face as I tore the wrapping paper off of this book this past Christmas! I had asked for this book for a number of reasons, one being that Francis Chan, the author, is speaking at the Life Conference this year! So far I have dove into the first chapter. It already is amazing! The author reminds us that God's call is not to be dull average followers of Him, He want's us to all out fall in love with Him! I love you Jesus!
The 30 Hour Famine is coming up! Will definitely post more later. To see what happened last year and what the 30 Hour Famine is all about see the following posts: 30 Hour Famine After Thoughts Official Site
One thing that I am especially excited about is that 60% of the donations are going to Haiti Earthquake Relief. The rest is going to other starving Also the church is going to match a percentage of the funds that we raise to go toward the conference and missions trip.Your prayer and support is unbelievably appreciated!
Hey everyone, this is Sema speaking. This is my new missions blog for the Life 2010 Conference that I will be attending this summer. Not only will it be an amazing conference, but after words my church is going to do a short term missions trip right in Louisville. This blog will not only document my preparations for Life but will also serve as a journal. You can follow how I am doing funds wise and just see what God has been doing in my life and others'. See you soon.
