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Name: Joy
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Dallas
Birthday: 3/4/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: People. Helping. Advocating justice and compassion. Trying to be a good person. Spending more money than I have. Laughing, a lot. Graduating. UYM. Being Disciple-ish. Loving you. Hoping for miracles. Working for peace.
Expertise: Pretty much none of the above.. but that's why they're interests. Maybe one day I'll get them under expertise.
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Member Since:
12/15/2003
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| it's soooo hot.
i know that we all complained it was too cold when it was like 55, but this heat is unacceptable for the first of march. i'm moving to canada, or somewhere not hot at all. | | |
| Tonight we saw a film called "Invisible Children." It's the true, horrific story about children in Uganda who commute every night to the center of the town, Gulu, to sleep hospitals and bus stops to avoid being abducted by the rebel army. They fear for their life every night, and they know the only way to escape this cycle is through education, which none of them can afford.
It's the single most disturbing thing I have ever heard of. This man, Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army is abducting young children between the ages of 5 and 12 during the night to train them as killers. In turn, they abduct and kill more children. This wasn't in the film, but I talked to someone from Uganda afterwards, and she said they tear limbs and skin off these children, it's not a single stab wound. At one point in the film, they interviewed these 2 brothers who had escaped from the LRA. They have to hide out during the day as well because they're being hunted by name. They talked about how they would rather be dead, because they have no life to speak of. Their older brother was shot by the rebels, and when one boy, Jacob, tried to speak of it, he just started sobbing; his cries were haunting.
It was incredible how the children in the film acted. They didn't cry, with the exception of Jacob. This is their life, they walk every evening to a safer place, and praise God as a group that they have made it through the day alive. It's amazing that something so disturbing can be happening to them, but they still manage to smile throughout the day.
So this group called Invisible Children is running around the country showing this film to anybody willing to see it. Check out their website, www.invisiblechildren.com, they're on myspace too, Texas Roadies. Another awesome thing they're doing is setting up a night, April 29, when kids all over America can commute just like Ugandans. I know there's one in Dallas, and TCU is trying to get a global night commute set up in Fort Worth. All the info is on the website.
In this world of hate and despair, sometimes we can do something significant. All it should take is one U.S. representative to go to Uganda to stop this 19 year long war, write to your congressmen and women. Take action, stand up for others. Silence=acceptance.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy this movie, so if you'd like to see it, I'll loan it to you, I'll burn it for you.. anything to spread the word. There are so many awful things going on in this world, and we are ignorant to so much of it. This, in addition to the crisis in Kenya (Uganda's neighbor), has been named the most significant world crisis. How come it's not more well known?
At the end of the film, they showed an interview with another boy, and the only thing he kept saying was, "Don't forget us. Just don't forget us."
Do something.
Get mad. Get active.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | | |
| how about a recap of the break?
- lots of work
- nice, relatively quiet Christmas
- some awkward moments
- good catching up with friends I haven't seen in a full calendar year, it's nice to know that some things don't change.
- lots of time spent with Jeremy, still not enough.
- peace out, 2005.
- TCU BEAT IOWA STATE!
- TEXAS BEAT USC!!!!
- moved into our new house
- visited a new church in Dallas
- Kelli visited me!!
- got a lot of recreational reading done, for once.
It went by really fast, but I feel like it's been forever since I was in Ft. Worth!
I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to, but hopefully there will be more chances over the summer.
As for now, I'm moderately excited about school, definitely ready to be with my horned frog family again.
How was your break? | | |
| so here's a good story:
one time i woke up and i heard flapping...
so i looked over and there is a PIGEON IN OUR ROOM.
 i hate my life sometimes.
so what did i do?
first, i hid under the covers and called jeremy freaking out. when i hung up with him, i didn't see it. not positive that it flew out the window, i proceeded to make bird noises and lots of commotion to lure it out of its alleged hiding spot.
that's right. i'm incredible.  | | |
| I'm sooo tired. 
This is the time of year where I know a breakdown is coming... 
I just have to wait for it.
Today I made a list of everything I'm stressing over... don't try that.. it doesn't make you feel better, but at least you're aware of everything.
Anyway... if you don't hear from me in 2-3 weeks... I didn't make it through finals.  | | |
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