Hungry?

Hey!
This Past weekend I was involved in the 30 hour famine at my Church. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a bunch of teens who Raise support money for World Vision and then stay up all night and don't eat anything.. for 30 hours. The money goes to starving families in poverty stricken countries. It was a really fun time. After 8 hours you hardly feel anything. I had 4 hours of sleep... which was a lot compared to the rest of the youth group. This Famine though has really just made me think about the Kids in Africa. As part of the Famine, World Vision sent us some clips of the families that they help. Many of the families don't have parents alive and they must find their own food. They grind up tree bark which has no nutritional value to it whatsoever and it takes more calories to grind up then it actually gives when you eat it. I can't imagine. In Canada, we eat when we are full and we say we are starving when we hardly feel hunger pains. We Live in a country who spends more money on trying to lose the weight we put on from the food we eat then we do on Children who have no food to eat. I think it is self-ish and wrong. It really breaks my heart.
During the Famine, My Friend Jonathon started thinking about how we are fasting and yet we are hardly thinking about God. So when he brought this up we announced that we where going to have a prayer meeting (this was at 3:50 in the morning). So about 12 of us just sat in a circle and prayed for 20-25 mins. It was really amazing, some of the thoughts and prayer requests that where brought up where really self less. One guy brought up that we go through this famine thinking about the end of it when we are actually going to eat again... the Kids that are starving don't know when they are going to eat.
Just a thought to close. If we as a nation are soo hungry why don't we fill it up with something that will actually satisfy the hunger, something Rather than food. God wants to fill us up, why aren't we letting him? I'm not saying quit eating.. I'm just saying that we need to listen to God more intently and let him fill us...This goes for more things than food... it may be media, material, substances , etc.
Think about it.
Lanah

Jer 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, " plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you strength and a future." Jer 29:11
I am so thankful for an all knowing God because I know that I can't do it on my own.
Lanah

Whats new

Wow I haven't posted in a month!! Thats a really long time and lots of stuff has happened since. Hmm... let me see. Well for starters for the February break my family and I went to Fairmont and rented a condo there. We did some skiing/snowboarding in the mountains it was soo much fun. And then in the evenings we went to the hot springs, which felt soo nice!! I will have to put up some pictures of that soon even though by the time I get them up they will be a little out dated.. but thats ok!!

Late breaking news. On Tuesday I got my braces off!!! Finally hey?? It was pretty exciting I must say! I put up a picture of me with my braces off.

The picture is of Me and my really great friend Andrea. She is the Mexican exchange student this year and I love her so much!! She and I get along really great and have really great memories together!!

But I should go!

Lanah

ps... Lauren if you read this I miss you tons!!

Coming soon.... HOME ALONE 5...!!!!

So as some of you may know, my parents left me at home all by myself so that they could go to a pastors and wives retreat. They left Monday and come home Wednesday. You all may be thinking, ooo you poor thing... all by your lonesome. And others are more like, RIGHT ON ... WHENS THE PARTY!! Well sorry to dissapoint you but.... there is no party.. that is unless you invite me over for one!!! No I'm just teasing. But really, when I got told that they where going for three days I was more ...meh!! I'll miss them but I'm not going to be desperately lonely either.
But I guess the reason why I am blogging about this is because the whole situation just kind of reminded me of Home Alone. Personally I like the ones with the original Cast and not so much the newer two. Sorry to dissapoint you all though, no creeps have tried to break in to my house yet, but one thing that is for certain... my whole house is a booby trap waiting to be set off!! Yup I even did the whole egg yokes in a pale over the door trick and then once that is dumped on them a huge feather pillow will smack them in the face!! MWAHAHAHA oh the things I do!! So If any of you feel sorry for me I do ask you to come visit me but please know that it is at your own risk!!
Lanah
ps...I still have one more day of home alone the fifth so if any of you have any more ideas of what other traps I could set up please feel free to comment!!
pss... do you think they will make a movie of me too???

ALMOST AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!

Only 288 school days until I graduate!!! Ok so who's the nerd for counting?? hahaha
And today marked the last day of my first semester that means that I only have three semesters left!! how exciting!
LANNIE!

Friends like these.....

Hey everyone! So this week is exam week and I only have to write one exam...biology. I have to write it tomorrow (tuesday) at 12:30. It covers alot of what we did through out the semester so that means that it will be a long test... but the teacher that I have for bio gives very good study guides so I think I'll be alright.

But anyways I decided to post a few pictures of my friends. As you can tell alot of theses pictures are silly and may not make very much sense... but that pretty much describes how me and my friends work....well we don't lol! haha. Just kidding! But it is friends like these that make me smile and I care about all of you soo much!

Lanah

Admiration

This is just a picture of some trees in my yard last year. We haven't seen too much 'horror frost', as they call it, this year but I love seeing it when it does happen. It is just soo pretty! When I was a little girl I would go outside, stand under a tree and shake a branch while closing my eyes and feeling the frost fall on me! Hey it feels neat! But the reason why I love this picture so much is because my Heavenly Father set each crystal on those banches.... INDIVIDUALLY! That tells me right there just how much He loves me and cares for me!

Resting in His promise, Lanah