30 Hour Famine!

Well this past weekend was the second annual 30 Hour Famine at Hamline. I think it went over pretty well. Friday evening there was a simulation of what it would be like to be a child in Africa and then we cut out a whole bunch of paper people to represent how many kids die in a day due to hunger and preventable diseases (29,000 a day). Next was the 1st annual 10th Hour Concert - Feast your Ears. It went over quite well. We had a lot of really great acts and the attendance was decent as well. Saturday morning the group split into 4 and went seperate ways. I went to go work on a house for Habitat for Humanity. It was really great! I'd like to share a moment that I had while at working for Habitat. It was about 1pm and I had gotten less than 2 hours of sleep the night before. I had been working in a garage where the only heat was a massive propane torch which filled the room with a lot of fumes. We were sanding, sealing, and polyurathaning trim, doors, molding, etc that was supposed to go in a few of the houses. The group of houses that we were working on was a block of 6 houses across the street from a block of 4 houses. So, I am extreemly tired and the fumes are making me sick and nautious and I haven't eaten for over a day. I realized there are people who live like this every single day of the year. And unlike us, they don't know where or when their next meal is coming. Every year I do the Famine I learn new things. This year that was my realization and I think the number of 29,000 was made more real to me through some of the things that we did and my reflection upon them. I will post a total amount of money raised as soon as I get that number. For now - I'm off to class to learn about the brain!