It was extremely hard to not eat for that long. It made us cranky, tired, confused, and our stomachs hurt. We live in a society where, unless we are below the poverty line, we can almost always get food. Even during the famine, we knew we could simply break our fast by walking into the kitchen and grabbing something to eat. We also knew, that after 30 hours, we could eat again. Many people and children, don't know when the next time they are going to eat will be.
We met up at our church at 5pm that Friday, and had our last feast together, we then stopped eating at 6pm and went home. The next day, we arrived back at our church at 3pm and stayed the night there. We had guest speakers who work to rid the world of hunger come and talk to us about their jobs. We played simulation games to see how hard it is for people to live, and most of all, we talked about what we felt.
Finally, at 12am Sunday morning, we broke our fast.
We raised money by going around our neighborhoods, and asking our relatives to donate $30 to World Vision. In total, I raised around $380 and my church raised over $1200. All this money will be dedicated to feeding hungry children.
People go without food for many different reasons, but it doesn't matter, because they are still hungry. By doing this famine I was able to truly understand what it was like to be hungry, but not to the extenet that many people feel everyday. Yet, there are lots of things we can do to help. Visit World Vision's website and donate $30, that can feed a starving child for a week. Little things can become big things, which can change the world.
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