I am doing this and thought some others might like it. Entering my steps daily on a website, if I average a little more than 4,000 steps a day, for three months it will be like walking a trail in China. It can be many trails that's just the one I choose, because it's less steps.
While walking with a Pedometer, most adults should average about 10,000 steps a day, I hope to someday do about 8000 all things considered if I do 6000 it will be a huge deal, since I am not likely to be able to get to the point I can do more.
The site listed below is one of many where you can enter your amount of steps each day, and it will tell in three months how far you or a group has walked, either a trail or other long distance, and also giving tips to add more, and other health tips. Pedometers are around $4 if anyone wants to try, and they just clip on your belt.
http://aom.americaonthemove.org/site/c.krLXJ3PJKuG/b.1524889/k.BFFA/Home.htm
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Amber Alert - Hser Nar Moo
A 7 year old girl is missing, and just hoping for prayers for her and her family. There is an Amber Alert out, and volunteers searching, I would give anything to be able to try and help search, physically I can't so am posting a prayer request since the family has asked about that.
Any missing child needs to be found, this family has an added barrier that no doubt isn't uncommon but is the first I have been so aware of. They are refugees that have recently come to the USA living the last 20 years in Thailand.
Although another country a family that were refugees from Laos moved in and became part of our family when I was still a baby. I remember very clearly what it was like for them when they first moved here. To be in such a different life, circumstances, and not understanding the language. Everything was new for a long time, and to imagine if one of the children were lost or worse, it would have to be the most frustrating thing of your life, being in a country where people don't understand what you are saying, and you don't know what their saying and you know too your child doesn't know beyond the area or much of the language. I just keep thinking of the people I watched experiencing the US out of a refugee camp, and all that they told me about life there. Then to have a child disappear just breaks my heart for the family, and little girl, and they can use any prayers or positive thoughts let alone being aware, possible.
People coming from a Refugee camp have had mostly only family, and I know they have to fight and already care so much, it's not like here they already have made a choice long ago on family being so important, for them to be here together was huge, really amazing. They made it here, and had just had a baby, and now when they are here their only daughter disappears, it is more than I can think about.
Please pray for them!
The little girl has had some conflicting information reported, maybe due to language confusions. The dad through interpreter has said the same all along, and the photo was taken the day she went missing so that dress in the picture is the one mentioned. She has asthma, which is worse with cold, and when she is stressed. It is cold and the air isn't good for asthma right now, she doesn't have her inhaler and really needs that help besides the obvious that she is a little girl who needs help. There is a billboard that says something like an abducted child is every ones child, I really believe that is true.
Below is a link with her information.
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=54373
Well now the sad news and that she was found is confirmed. I set up a candle group where anyone could go, kind of hard to explain but kind of a virtual candle memorial.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Hser
Any missing child needs to be found, this family has an added barrier that no doubt isn't uncommon but is the first I have been so aware of. They are refugees that have recently come to the USA living the last 20 years in Thailand.
Although another country a family that were refugees from Laos moved in and became part of our family when I was still a baby. I remember very clearly what it was like for them when they first moved here. To be in such a different life, circumstances, and not understanding the language. Everything was new for a long time, and to imagine if one of the children were lost or worse, it would have to be the most frustrating thing of your life, being in a country where people don't understand what you are saying, and you don't know what their saying and you know too your child doesn't know beyond the area or much of the language. I just keep thinking of the people I watched experiencing the US out of a refugee camp, and all that they told me about life there. Then to have a child disappear just breaks my heart for the family, and little girl, and they can use any prayers or positive thoughts let alone being aware, possible.
People coming from a Refugee camp have had mostly only family, and I know they have to fight and already care so much, it's not like here they already have made a choice long ago on family being so important, for them to be here together was huge, really amazing. They made it here, and had just had a baby, and now when they are here their only daughter disappears, it is more than I can think about.
Please pray for them!
The little girl has had some conflicting information reported, maybe due to language confusions. The dad through interpreter has said the same all along, and the photo was taken the day she went missing so that dress in the picture is the one mentioned. She has asthma, which is worse with cold, and when she is stressed. It is cold and the air isn't good for asthma right now, she doesn't have her inhaler and really needs that help besides the obvious that she is a little girl who needs help. There is a billboard that says something like an abducted child is every ones child, I really believe that is true.
Below is a link with her information.
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=54373
Well now the sad news and that she was found is confirmed. I set up a candle group where anyone could go, kind of hard to explain but kind of a virtual candle memorial.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Hser
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