30 Hour Famine

Well the shots are over and Tanzania is soo close that it is driving me crazy that we have to wait just a little longer! But something pretty cool is going to happen at our school on the first weekend in March. We are partnering with World Vision to endure a 30 hour famine to raise awareness for hunger in 3rd world countries. Now this may sound crazy and you may be thinking "why not eat for 30 hours just to know what its like when if those people had food they would eat it too." (Yes i actually have heard that from a few students) But are you not more affected and moved to action if you have somewhat experienced the cause that you are trying to support and raise awareness of? This is our goal for the school, not to make them starve from enduring a little over a day without chickfila but to recreate as close as possibly what people just like us are enduring. This is so exciting for me because i know that i am about to personally witness hunger and poverty in a less than 2 months and i am praying that God will use this experience as preparation for what i will encounter in Dar. Along with the "famine" we will also be getting donations towards poverty and hunger and any gifts that students want to donate (Bibles, Tshirts, etc) will be collected and taken over with us! Only a small group is able to take the trip to Africa so i feel that it is important that the rest of the school gets involved as much as possible in the event so they will learn from this experience just as we will. We already have a bunch of kids signed up to take part in the famine, but we of course need more so make sure to encourage your friends to come and be apart of it. I strongly feel that this is just another of God's big movements at our school to work in the hearts of us all and to reveal Himself in a new and powerful way! Please continue to pray for all of us that we will feel prepared and confident in the fulfilling the path that God has laid before us!

~Kaitlyn_