Are You Hungry?

Yesterday and today, our youth group participated in the 30-Hour Famine, raising awareness of world hunger. They had sponsors for the event, slept in cardboard boxes, and didn't eat for 30 hours! I will take a moment to brag on Kerstin...she took this whole project very seriously and managed to raise over $500!!! Way to go, Kerstin!
Tonight, we met up with the group in our church gym to have pizza with them to celebrate the end of the 30 hour "famine".
Kerstin and her friend, Karin, showing me just how hungry they were! The last 30 minutes were the longest and they kept asking us "How much longer?" every 5 minutes...but they made it!
One of the teens (an exchange student from Italy) went all out on her cardboard "house". Rick, our youth sponsor, referred to it as the Italian Hilton! Anna Claire got to bring this one home, and she is thrilled! She and Hannah had a blast playing in it at the gym!
When we got home, Kerstin went right to work making a "drop off box" for me to collect Easter eggs and candy in for our annual crawfish boil and Easter egg hunt at the church (only in Louisiana would those two events be combined and it be accepted as "normal"!) Anna Claire supervised Kerstin and then they both celebrated the finished product! Have I told anyone just how much we are all going to miss "K" (as our family calls her) when she leaves at the end of May?