March 28th thru April 10th Starting Sunday, March 28th our Jr. High Mexico team is participating in a two week challenge to unplug and abstain from media and entertainment. We're doing this to make a personal sacrifice for a short time so that we can refocus our busy lives on Jesus.
Believe it or not our society is immersed and addicted to technology, but its scary how much of a distraction it can become. Studies show that...
- 61% of Facebook users check their accounts at least once a day
- 18% can't go more than a couple hours without checking their Facebook account
- 28% of iPhone owners use Twitter before they even get out of bed
- 40% don't mind being interrupted by a text message during a meal time
- Teens watch an average 1500 hours of TV each year and 900 hours in school each year
- 6 million movies are rented in the US each day
- By the age 65 a person will view an average 2,000,000 TV commercials
- 76% of 8-18yr olds own an iPod/MP3 player
- 66% of 8-18yr olds own a cellphone
- Almost 30% of American households own 4+ televisions
- 54% of American households own a videogame console
As a response to these startling statistics our Jr. High Mexico team is avoiding media consumption.
We're saying NO to...- TV
- Movies
- Music/Radio/iPods
- Facebook/Twitter/Myspace
- Internet Use for Entertainment Purposes
- Videogames
Instead we're saying YES to...
- Praying for our mission trip
- Reading our Bibles
- Listening to God
- Spending time with people
- Getting outside and enjoying God's creation
Please pray for our mission team as we are out of the country from April 1st thru April 10th. We would love your prayers and support, and would like to encourage you in participating in the Unplugged Challenge.
sounds like a neat challenge. Guess there will be no updates on what you all are doing or how we can pray then? It was powerful to follow the team last year, see pics and pray. The "positive" side to technology.
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