30- Day Challenge

So I am probabaly going to do this- :) any one want to do it with me???? Any way, I am going to add NO computer/tv other than school and family things, so I won't be answering and emails sorry :). whew! this is going to be hard. Susie Mag, did this last summer, but I am just going to do it know. :)-

EMOTIONAL
• Do something kind for a neighbor three times a week for 30 days.
• Hug someone in your family three times a week for 30 days.
• Volunteer to do an extra chore (or someone else’s chore) at home three times a week for 30 days.
• Take a bubble bath at least one time in the next 30 days to help you unwind.

Besides completing the above, CHOOSE ONE of the following to complete:
• Snail mail two handwritten notes of encouragement to someone in ministry during the next 30 days.
• Make a snack for your family three times during the next 30 days.

STEWARDSHIP
• Tithe 10 percent of your income or allowance for 30 days. (If you don’t receive any allowance or income, tithe 15 minutes of your time to help someone do something every day for 30 days.)
• Help organize an event for your youth group or closest friends to volunteer at a charity (e.g., soup
kitchen, thrift store, pregnancy resource center, church nursery, etc.) one time during the next 30 days.

Besides completing the above, CHOOSE ONE of the following to complete:
• Donate your old clothes, CDs, books and other items.
• Tithe your talent three times in the next 30 days (bake cookies for a neighbor, mow someone’s grass, babysit for free, send a handmade card, etc. In other words, whatever you do well, do it for some- one else.)

SPIRITUAL
• Read five chapters of Psalms each day.
• Read the Gospel of Mark once.
• Memorize 1 Corinthians 13 in any version of the Bible. (Yes, the entire chapter.)
• Keep a prayer journal for 30 days.

Besides completing the above, CHOOSE TWO of the following to complete:
• Volunteer one day at your church to help where needed.
• Listen to a sermon you’ve never heard before on tape, podcast, the internet or CD.
• Verbally share your faith with someone who’s not a Christian.
• Invite a friend to church or youth group who does not regularly a??end.

MENTAL
• Read any book by Lee Strobel. (Make sure you read the student version.)
• Read Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard.
• Use a dictionary to learn the meaning of muckrake. Then use it in a conversation one day.
• Use the dictionary to learn the meaning of zeppelin. Then use it in a conversation one day.
• Go one week with no television.

Besides completing the above, CHOOSE TWO of the following to complete:
• Play one of the following games with your fam- ily one time during the next 30 days: Farkle®, Scrabble®, Trivial Pursuit®, Monopoly®, Pit®.
• Go one week without using your computer.
• Plan a movie night with friends or family, and create five questions about the movie to discuss afterward. Choose one of the following movies to watch: The Ultimate Gift, Left Behind, Amazing Grace, Anne of Green Gables, Hangman’s Curse, Facing the Giants, Expelled, Secondhand Lions.

PHYSICAL
• Walk briskly for 30 minutes a day five times a week for 30 days.
• Avoid all caffeinated drinks for three days out of every week for 30 days.
• Lift 10 pounds of weights 25 times three times a week. If you don’t have weights, lift the same amount in something else (sacks of potatoes, bags of flour, etc.)
• Eat at least one fruit and one vegetable every day. (A tomato is a fruit, by the way.)

Besides completing the above, CHOOSE TWO of the following to complete:
• Jog 20 minutes a day three times a week for the next 30 days.
• Jump rope for 20 minutes three times a week for the next 30 days.
• Swim for 20 minutes three times a week for the next 30 days.
• Bicycle for 30 minutes three times a week for the next 30 days.

FAQ's
What if I’ve already read one of the books listed? Can I count that?
No. Read it again.

To whom do I say my memorized verses?
Say them to a parent, because Mom or Dad will be signing the paper stating you completed the entire challenge.

What if I’ve already memorized 1 Corinthians 13?
Then memorize it in a different version of the Bible.

I play sports and am already physically active. Does that count?
If you have sports practice or games, you may count that as your exercise for that specific day.

My painting/planting experienceswa

So I wanted to put some flowers in my room, but all we had was a pot that wasn't very pretty, so I decided to paint it....

My pot-

The blue paint I used

After the first coat

You should paint the inside too, just in case you don't put the dirt all the way up to the top.

The second coat

Yellow paint

dipped in a strip of sponge

Then I just pressed it onto the pot in a line

the finished pot,

my dirt :)

Mix with some water (this is when mud pie making skills come in handy)

Tada! perfect mud!

The seeds
Put it all in the pot

Put some plastic wrap over it and put it by the window to create a little greenhouse.

I will put some pictures up later of how the flowers turn out