Pay It Forward 2013

Every January, Xfactor Youth has a volunteer camp called 'Pay It Forward' where young people help others in our community (and sometimes in other regional town's - Mildura) who can't help themselves or find difficulties in completing a job or task. 

This camp has two objectives, firstly to share God's love with others by paying it forward and secondly,  growing in your own faith in God in your spiritual journey.

We spent 5 days this year; weeding, cleaning, painting, gardening, mulching, putting bikes together, moving furniture, moving chicken coups, learning, throwing paint, getting our lunches eaten by goats (well only my sandwich got eaten) and pouring water on people's heads. 

These photos have been taken by Ben Young and others.

On the first day, I went to Doreen Primary School to move bricks.

Tom carried 13 bricks. 

We also made a fence of logs.

We also kept finding chicken heads everywhere.

Day 2 - helping the Northern Austistic School

We had a competition to see what group could make the
best dessert for $10 or less in 45 minutes. 

This is what one of the people we helped said.

Day 3 - Cleaning around the church

We also went to the pool

We had paper stuck to our backs and people could write 

things that we like about that person. 

Pay It Forward was a fun experience and I hope to go to Pay It Forward next year. 

Links: 

Xfactor Youth FaceBook (if you want to go to Pay It Forward next year)

40 Hour Famine 2012

This year I decided to do 

(40 Hour Famine)

and spent 40 hours without

(food)

(but liquids allowed). So my diet was mainly...

(water and barley sugars)

I thought going without food would give me stomach cramps but it affected my brain more than my stomach. If I forgot to take a barley sugar I would start to slur when I spoke. I also felt pretty light headed too. I also had vegetable and chicken broth (stock in hot water) for dinner which tricked my stomach into thinking I ate. By the end of the 40 hours I actually didn't feel like eating but I ate a balanced hot brunch (chirozo, egg, toast and tomato).

 My goal was originally $50 (because you need to raise $40 to feed a family of 5 for a month) but now it's 

$

(200)

Because I would legible to be a Youth Ambassador for World Vision. Please help fight global hunger (especially in Ethiopia where there has been a drought) by sponsoring me. The donations will go to World Vision on the 30th of September.

My 40 Hour Famine Profile (with a 'donate here')

Biller Code: 199745
Ref: 600828529

Thank you.