40 Hour Famine

21- 23 August is the date.
A 40 Hour fast is the action.
The world's BIGGEST food crisis is the cause.
The Hungry get fed, the cold get warmth and the weary get rest is the vision.
That they will come to know God's love is the hope.

I'm sure that most of you know wad the 40 Hour famine is about. For most of you who don't,
its about a donation drive to help those in need around the world. In return, donation collectors
will give up something important to them for 40 hours! between 21-23 August.
There are many things in life that we can give up on that seems to have a grip in our lives. Some people fast on technology, some fast on the use of furniture and i've heard about fasting the use of the right hand! And to think about it, sounds pretty darn difficult.

And me.
I shall give up, surprise surprise food.
After days of contemplation, i realise the one thing i could never give up is F to the O to the O to the D. F-O-O-D. No eating for 40 hours. Now i have done the not sleeping for 70 hours, as some of my architecture friends can testify to. I could easily go for 40 hours without technology. Just give me a fishing rod and im pretty much occupied for 2 days. The right hand? Alright! the chance for a 40 hour SLUMBER. But food. Now that kinda scares me. Some people say we live to eat. I think im on the contrary. I eat to live! Every 45 mins too i think! It feels like a furnace in here. Gotta keep throwing in some fuel to keep going! So what happens when the coal stops coming in. oh yeah. thats some scary ....!

But the point is. we've got people out there, very REALLY TRULY eating to live. Getting by on
the most minimal amount of food on days on end, even weeks. Its really crazy how we take all these for granted, Woolworths, morning cereal, Supper at Northbridge at 2am. Take all that out of the equation. SO PLEASE!!
donate!!



The 40 Hour Famine
21-23 August 2009
Contact me on msn or call me at 0421156712 to donate!
Or any others who come up to u with that 40 hour famine booklet please!
The video pretty much says it all.


Yes, 40 hours of famine, thats a far cry, pitiful even in comparison to people like Sam and Esther.
I know ill be glad when i start eating at the 40th hour and 1 sec after the fast but for people like them, its a lifetime of struggle, just to get more food to carry on to the next day. I pray that we can ease their burdens, ever so slightly. An effort in itself is better then no effort at all.