Through the hard work of Jack Butler (he organized the event) and the rest of us who diligently promoted throughout Rumiloma, we had anywhere between 150-200 people stop by, most of which children. We organized games such as tug-o-war, a water balloon toss (that yours truly put together), and a three legged race. We also had a face painting station and a blow up bouncy house, both were huge hits with the children. As you can see from pictures that accompany this blog post, I opted to get my face painted. What I thought was going to be a tiger turned into the hybrid of a tiger with an off centered mouth, a lion, and a butterfly. Oh, did I mention the DJ who played reggae tone to which I tried to learn how to salsa. Unfortunately it was to no avail.
On another note, all three Manna Project sites decided to participate in a 30 hour fast in order to raise awareness of world hunger. It is also proving ot be a valuable tool for me to reflect upon the sturggles of the 1 billion people affected by this. It began yesterday (Jan 27th) at 1, and thusfar has been a mental battle. Yes, I'm grumpy, tired, light headed, and hungry. I could not imagine my life soley based on the effort to find food, or to have had my physical or mental capacity be affected by malnutrition. I have been very blessed, this I know. Here are some links to articles and videos that we all looked at before partaking in the fast. I highly recommend checking them out.
http: //www.30hourfamine.org/images/stories/PDFs/FamineTrivia.pdf
My water balloon toss partner
Jack interviewing tug-o-war participants
Crazy game of duck, duck goose
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