30 Hour Famine

Well, let's just say it was hard... but totally worth it.

It gave me something to think about, people in Africa (even in America) mostly eat without food for days even weeks. i don't know how they can do it. it's hard even drinking TONS of juice and i mean TONS. and starving people aometimes don't even have juice or any other drink.

While, before, and after the 30 hour famine my youth group and i raised money for children in Africa. We played a "survial" game in which you got a card and it told you what tribe you were from, what "disese" you had, and then you had to play an intire game without using a part of your body. i lost my foot, so i had to hop around on one single foot through the whole game. that was hard. and on the card it told a story of a child that had the same "diesese" has you. it hurt to find out that a little girl that was 7 years old had lost a leg because she drank "uncooked" water.

25,000 kids ages 5 and under die everyday from poverty, hunger, and disease. 14,000 kids die from hunger alone everyday. Every seven seconds, another child dies from hunger.

I'm very glad i did the 30 hour famine.

<3,
Sami

Friends

Friends... (mostly best friends) but they are special aren't they? They are close to you and always there for support.

Have you ever thought about how special they are? i certainly have... all my friends are really my "bestest" friends. my friends are one of a kind... they are special... very. basically like sisters... they help me through the day. they help me with almost everything and i really try to help them too.

God has given me amazing "bestest" friends... i'm thankful for them... very much. thank you, friends :]

Check out my "sister's" blog...

mbgsblog.blogspot.com (awesome blog)

<3,
Sami

Life...

There's a word that has a meaning... it's called life...

When you hear that word, what do you think? what do you do? what do you feel?

You may think nothing.... you may do nothing... but what about feel??
Feeling- the capacity to respond emotionally.
Do you feel emotionally when you hear/read the word... life. well... do you?
Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I don't even stop and think about it. I thought about it today. And, after i thought about it for a couple a minutes, i got all these words that involve life. How about love? forgiveness? family? friends? joy? sadness? What is in your life? Does it involve God, most importantly?

<3
Sami

Blog...

I guess the reason in starting this blog is to well... Share my opinons... On life, God, friends, family, love, and... books... and of course... being a homeschooled teenager :) sometimes life is well... life. so, i may as well write my thoughts somewhere and share them. so, let's see how this blog goes...
<3
Sami