40 Hour Famine experience

Hi all,

My fast ended yesterday(16th September 2012) at 12pm.

I didn't eat anything at all, and only drank water(and a honey drink on 16th)

I didn't sit on any chairs, except once when I was tricked by a friend(felt betrayed, it was only 30mins before my fasting was over)

Anyway, I just want to share some similarities differences I've noticed between my "famine" and the famine of the people in Ethiopia

I slept "on the floor" in my sleeping bag, with a pillow and a blanket, in a well-insulated house.

They may not even have good blankets or a good house!

It gets as cold in Ethiopia at night as where I am.

I had a honey drink, which they may not even have

I had nice carpeted floors to sit on, and simply stood when I felt the ground where I was was dirty.

They sleep on dusty floors, even sweep the dusty floors that don't become clean.

I knew when my famine would end, and that helped me persevere.

When will it end for them?




You decide.

40 Hour Famine

Hi all!

I am fasting food, computer games and furniture for 40 hours to raise funds for the people of Ethiopia, who are fighting hunger.

My fast started last night at 8pm, and will end on Sunday 16th September at 12pm.

Since 8pm last night, I have sat on the floor, slept on the floor, read books on the floor, sketched on the floor(homework), used my computer on the floor, and not had anything to eat, and no drinks other than water. I decided to share this journey here as well :)

Sleeping on the floor wasn't too bad because I had a sleeping bag, my pillow and a blanket.

But it got me thinking.

The kids in Ethiopia may not have any of that. While I'm still relatively comfortable in my sleeping bag, they may be sleeping on the floor, in the cold.

Here's a brief introduction to Ethiopia:
The population: 82,101,998 (2011 est.) [Christianity 62.8%, Islam 33.9%, traditional faiths 2.6%, others 0.6%]

90% living in poverty, 39% living on at least $1.25 a day, 61.5% deprived of adequate schooling ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/03/the-10-poorest-countries_n_668537.html#s122175&title=10_Sierra_Leone)
Children are around 20 times more likely to die before turning five compared to Australians.
Children have a 50% chance of having stunted growth because of hunger.
Most of them do not have clean water or a toilet.
Life expectancy is about 59.

So please support the event, whether or not you donate through me doesn't matter!

My own target is to raise $100 for the people of Ethiopia!

Here's the 40 Hour Famine homepage

Here's my Faminer profile(if you want to donate through me)

And here's my church's Famine Village profile(if you want to donate there :D)

$40 can feed a family of 5 for a month! So I hope $100 can support them for two and a half months!!

God bless Ethiopia, and God bless all of you :)

The great porn experiment

I'd just like to share this video with you guys called "The great porn experiment". My friend shared it with me. Don't be a test subject!

The guys mentioned in the video are stopping for health reasons, and that's great, but I think the main reason should be that it's wrong in God's eyes(of course, what's wrong in God's eyes can't be any good to us). I'll let the Gary tell you all about it :)

God bless!