I’ll be back with the “who speaks…” theme later, but tonight I wanted to give a shout out to my 30 Hour famine peeps. This weekend was a doozy! 30 hours without food to raise money for World Vision, a canned food drive to stockpile the State College Area Food Bank, sleeping in cardboard boxes (inside, due to thunderstorms)…
4 churches (Christ Community, Park Forest Baptist, State College E Free, and Calvary) got together for the famine. About 80 students participated. The leaders from each congregation were incredible–teamwork like you wouldn’t believe! The games were fun and helped students focus on the issue of world hunger. CCC’s worship team (all students!) did a great job of leading us in worship, and CCC’s building was a great place to have the famine.
Thank you to those of you who helped (and gave) to make this a win for us!
We didn’t get much sleep, but I didn’t expect that we would! I’m not a fan of the all-night event, and haven’t been for a long time. But the biggest surprise of the event was the fact that I rarely heard any complaining about hunger. We had juice for students throughout the event, and they had access to water. But I don’t think they kept their bellies full with liquid.
We broke the fast with UNIMIX. It was not a highlight! Here’s the info from the 30 Hour Famine site:
In response to a great many requests, we have found a recipe for UNIMIX, a ‘food’ that is often provided in emergency feeding centers to extremely malnourished children. Due to their fragile digestive systems, children are given this type of food that they can easily absorb into the body until their strength starts to return.
Many groups have asked about using UNIMIX (or some variation) for the Break the Fast meal. That’s a great idea, whoever, please understand that UNIMIX is not exactly a delicacy, if you take my meaning. In both taste and texture, it’s not the nicest thing to eat for a person who is used to the food of Western culture.
The following recipe is based in percentages. I have not been able to locate suggested quantities for relative serving numbers.
30% maize (or corn) meal
10% oil
10% milk powder
40% beans (mashed or ground)
10% sugar
Overall, the 30 Hour Famine was a great event. I heard so many students talking about how they had a new perspective on hunger, their faith, and their responsibility to make a difference in the world.
Now if we can continue to help them live differently, that’s a win!
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