With the Holy Spirit

Monday, August 20, 2007

24 Hour Fast

That's what I did over the weekend. Fasting:
For Asia Solidarity Together.

Through this 24 hour FAST, we youths learn how we can play a role to eradicate poverty in Asia and be witnesses of Christ's love.

I starved for 24 hours!!!! But praise God that He fed me...spiritually. I learnt something, I can actually be hungry and my tummy growl like mad for the first few hours, then feel no pangs of hunger for 15+ hours...hee. Ahh...that's how people go on hunger strike.

I can never see goldfishes the same way again. They looked so glorious and delicious swimming just from left to right in the fishtank...as my tummy just complained like crazy.

And hunger really does do things to people. Plus smelliness, and yuckiness mixed in with hunger. We gave up our clothes, and bathing stuffs, and we wore the same clothes that we came in for 2 days 1 night. Thanks to Father Terence's inspirational talk of how we can become one of the poorest of the poor by giving up our clothes, handphones, washing stuffs. Aiya, basically everything that you bring to a camp. And cuz of our want to experience what the poor experience, we volunteered to do just that - become the poorest of the poor, sleeping in slums (we did our own cardboard-made homes).

The story of the Ugly Toads and the Princes.

For one, my mei became more figitey and action-belek.
Wan became more grouchy and loud, plus weird.
Van became more whiney and complained to the high heavens.
Reginald became very very quiet.
And I think I became more talkative than never before, quite mad at times, and also doing strange things.
But no one really could shut me up, save for only one. Eh, sorry for talking too much, I'm asking Papa to grant me the gift of quietness and listening =D

During fast: We're ugly toads.
After fast: We're princes.

Umm, one more thing. Sorry mei, for my smelly feet disturbing you...haha!

I wonder what 30Hours of Fasting will do to us. U people ready for it? I say, let's go try this out...heh. Anybody game to join? It'll be a greeeat experience!

Gooo Fish!

=D

-Yours truly ;