5-9-14 final blog

     Write now I am sitting outside of the mouth of our cave. It's so nice outside. The temperature is perfect. It's warm with a. I've breeze. I feel like I could stay here forever. I love being in Gods nature soaking up all of its glory. It's absolutely beautiful. And I can't wait for Him to come and take us home. If it's nice here I can't even begin to imagine what it will be like in heaven. It's going to be so great when we finally get there.

     Yesterday as we were eating our lunch we heard a Noise coming from the woods. We all froze in fear. We had no time to run from what we thought were the police. All of a sudden Brain popped out from the bushes and came towards us. We were all in shock. He had been taken to prison and we thought we wouldn't see him till Jesus came to take us home. We gave him food and water, and asked him to tell us all about his experience. He had escaped from prison. He has the perfect opportunity and he took it. The most amazing part though was that God had led him to our camp. Not only that but during the journey here an angel came to Brian and fed him. Brain said that that food fills you for days. Something about heavenly food restores your body, and sustains you for many days. We all thanked God for freeing him from prison so he could be with us.

     It looks like it might rain. I can see a dark cloud off in the distance. I better go tell our group to bring all of our things into the cave that are outside that way they don't get all wet. Wait a second that's not rain. That's Jesus coming to take all who are ready to go with Him I must go tell our group so that we can wait for Jesus. He finally came to take us home. I'm so excited. Bye.

5-6-14 blog food ran out

Our little supply of food is for sure going to gone by tomorrow. But the good thing is that God is the inenthatnhas been supply all of our needs. He is the one that has given us the food that we have. What is running out is the food that we brought from our homes when we first went into hiding. So now we have heard that Also one of out neighboring camps are also losing their food. So now we have taken it upon ourselves to supply them with food that we have as well. And since God is the one supplying our food it's really filling, and we have lots left over. So with the left over food we are going to transport it to our neighbor camp so that they won't starve to death. We are all thanking The Lord that he is our Lord and that he has and will sustain us through our hardship.

A storm is coming

Today I woke up early and waked out of our secret cave. I looked up into the sky and was in awe. What I saw frieghtend me. It was a huge storm comming. It was just close enough that I could see it a far off. I ran and woke everyone else up in our camp. I told them that a strom was coming and we needed to get ready for it fast. some didn't believe me and they just went back to sleep. Once some of the other adults relized that they were sleeping they woke them up. We had to go and grab all of our belongings and take them far back into the cave so that the wind wouldn't blow it away. We all started to carry the belongings into a back room the cave had that was well protected from the entrace. I went  back out to see how close the storm was. It was almost here. Then suddenly a tornado started to for in the sky. It strated ripping trees up out of the groud, and sucking everything else. We rushed to the back room and waited hoping the storm wouldnt leave our hidding spot exposed to the town. We all prayed but the storm seemed to have no end.

Martial law

Today we got word that martial law had been passed. Luckily for us that won't affect us because we don't have any connections to the inside.mit won't affect our food becuase God is our provider. Unfourounaly for some of our friends camps the have been affected by the law. Their  food supply has been cut off. So we have been having to be transport some of our food to them. Hopefully the journey will come to an end shortly becuase I am ready to go home were there Weill be no more violence.

Relocating

Once again we have to move to another camp. We have to move because there had been guards near by our camp. It wasn't close enough to see the guards but it was close enough to make us moves. We only found pit of this because of our spies that are out hidding in trees and bushes. Without them we would have all been discovered sooner or later. We are having to move even farther into the mountain. The place we are going has a good sized cave with mountain water running through it. It should fit nice for our relocation. We will have to move late tonight so that it will be harder for anyone to see us. Our new living conditions seem to be better because it will cover us with the natural  out crop. We are all moving to the new camp. None of us are ready to leave the truth just yet. It looks like it's going to be a nice and easy trip to the camp thanks to God we are all ready to go.

conflict amidst our group

Today and all this week their has been some conflict in several different areas. One of the main ones is that we are runnng out of food. everyone is fighting over the little that is left. Its gottten to the the point were we need to hide it becasue some will go and eat it all up. I have been telling them along with the rest of the ones with enough faith right now that God will provide. He has taken care of us this far He won't abandon us. We are His children and He loves us. So we know whether He gives us food soon or not we will survive. The other part of the conflict is that some of our members are starting to get tired of waiting for The Lord to come. They are starting to lose faith in that matter. We are praying for them to have their faith strenthed all we can do is pray.

illness

today is a not so good day in our camp. Three of our people have gotten very sick. We have been watching over them very carefully. But we have to be very careful because we don't know if this illness is contagious. If it is it could spread like wild fire among us. We are very fortunate that we have a doctor in our group. He is trying everything that he can but to no avail. We can't go into town anymore because it has really gotten bad down there. Which means we can't go down and buy medicine. The doctor thinks that they won't make it through the night. We have all been praying for them. Thats all we can do for them at this stage. They seem to have only gotten sicker. If they die its because it's God's will. We have placed our trust in Him and he has guarded us thus far, and will continue to do so. Hey you'll never guess. The sick patients have just gotten better. They are waling around. Praise God.

Tech-gone

We haven't had digital communication since we left home. At first the lack of communication affected us. We were always in suspens. We all wanted to know what was happening. The only communication we have with the world is when we go into the city out of our hiding to by food. When we do go we have to be very carful. We don't talk much because some people might recognize us and report us to the police. So we try to stay away from civilization as much as possible. Now not communicating doesn't affect us. Hopefully we will stay surreptitious.

4/8/14 reading

Today when I read the main thing that I read about in he book was that they were having problems at night hearing sounds in the attic. Multiple times at night they heard noises up in the attic and thought that there were burglars. One time they went up to the attic and saw a bunch of rats. What they did us put their cat minus hi up in the attack and after that there were no more rat problems. ( at least a night.)

4/7/14 reading

Today as I was reading two parts of the book made me stop and  think. I had questions on these spots. I asked my self how I would have felt if I had been in that situation. One of them was how must it have felt to be living with so many people in a house were you can never leave. For me I would die. I love the outdoors. It couldn't stay inside a home all the time, were I can never see my friends, have to talk quietly, not even have the sun shining in because there were big thick drapes over the windows. And having to stay inside would mean I couldn't exersice which would mean that I would have lots of energy. And I couldn't excersise in the house because it would probably make lots of noisy and there was nothing in the house that I could use to exersice. Also I came upon a spot were the book said at they went over there limit of electricity. When that happens their electricity was cut off for fourteen days. I couldn't live without electricity now. It would have been a little easier to do back then but it still would have been hard because they were using electricity for their light because the windows were drapped. For me I use electricity every single day. Without it I couldn't call into my classes, couldn't turn the lights on at home, couldn't have hot water to shower in. Reading the book made me stop and think of the situations. Which reminds me of how blessed I am to have what I have.

Later on I read about how Ann doesn't like that she is compared to Peter and Margot. She says that they are to boring and quite. She likes to have more of a spunk side to her. She likes the strong willed, positive attitude.

Guardian Angel

This past week, on Friday to be exact I was woken up by a voice calling my name. I looked around and saw a man. He told me that our camp was to go even farther into hiding because the soilders were expanding their searching ground. And they were very close to were our camp was. After that I just sat there not knowing what to do. Then it hit my. It was a warning and I was to tell our camp to leave. I jumped up and woke my dad up. I told him what had happend. He then went to tell the camp. We all started to quietly pack our belongings. That very night we left out camp to search for a new one. That night my Angel saved us from a huge mayhem.

My happy room

Today is a day that hasnt brought anything new.  We are still trying to think of someway of rescuing Bryan. I have been comferted today thinking of our house that we once lived in. I have been especially thinking of our living room were so many times my family gathered there to just spend quailty time together. In the winter we would start the fire and stand close to collect as much warmth as possible. We would sit together and would just talk about the day's events. I especially liked it when dad would tell stories from his childhood. They always made me laugh. He was a wild kid. I would have never guessed that my dad was like that when he was younger. Just thinking of those time s warms my heart and I feel like my day got better.

Friend taken

Today we are still at the same hiding spot. We still haven't been discovered. We still have to hang low though just because you never know were the soldiers might be. I think we're going to have to move again because Bryan (My friend.) got taken by one of the soldiers. Both Bryan and I were out in the woods looking for some food when we heard someone walking in the woods as well. We started to head for cover, but Bryan slipped and fell. The guard looked over and saw him. I was hiding in the bushes. I didn't know what to do. I just sat in the bush. After they left I ran towards camp. I went up to the people and the people started to think. They soon after started to tighten up security. Our group started using its collective ingenuity to think of ways to save Bryan. I got to go supper time.

Going into Hidding part 2

These past few days have been really hectic. We have almost been descovered three times since we have been in hidding. Therefor we have decided to go further into the hills for hidding. We are a tired but the strenght of The Lord is with us and He has been sustaining us. Every morning and evening we gather together to have worship. All day today and yesterday we were walking to our new hidding spot. Until now I haven't had time to write. We are jsut waiting now for the rest of the group to get here so we can set up camp. Speaking of setign up my family is needing my help. Till next time.

Going into hiding

All Seventh Day Adventist are going in to hiding because the non christians think we are a threat to them. We had fist been restricted to do many things such as buy and sell produce, free worship, and even speak freely about our religion. Those were all signs for us to flee and go to hiding. I am a little scared, but its almost nothing. And thats because I have God on my side. He promised he would be with those who believed in Him. Even though we are hiding in the hills, He is ever present and is near me and my fellow companions. He is the one that is sustains us. Even though we are in hiding we are all joyous because we know that Jesus is on His way from heaven to come take those who are faithful to Him Home. It's an amazing feeling. No its a feeling that can't even be described. That's all for now for Jesus is calling me to join Him in his kingdom.

Holocaust

The Holocost is somthing horrible that happend a while back. The holocst strated becasue Germans hated Jews. They thaught that the world would be a better place without them. So the Germans leader Aldolf Hitler was the one who started it all. Hitler was a very cruel man. He hated concentration camps every where, he had soilders every where. All armed with guns. The Natzis which are the Germans. They would do anything to capture and/or kill the Jews. The camps were the Jews were kept were very unsanitar, rough, and horrible. Those camps were the dath of thousands of Jews. Sometimes the soilders would tell the prisoners that they would go take them so that they could take a shower. But really they were taking them to a gas chamber. After that the soilders would but them in ovens to cremate them. I learnd about the Holocost by reading many books. I really like books that have to to with the Holocost. Also I have gone to a museam were I learned a lot about it. Alos I have seen a few movies about it. I would like to learn more about the holocoust its self. There is so much information on this topic.

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers  is a movie that has to do with a woman who wants to get a job as a teacher. She gets the job, but what she doesnt know is that almost all the kids in her class are all part of a gang. She then makes it her mission to try to help these kids become better people. She gives all of them a journal so they can write. She told them that she wouldn't read them if they didn't want them to. But if they did them she would. At the end of the day all the students had left their journals for her to read. After reading them she then knew how to help them. She played games with them that made them all interact. ( Becasue they used to not get along.) Over time they all became like a family. The next school year went by and they all had great experiences meeting survivors of the Holocoust. They went out to eat with them. Then the surviviors would tell them stories of their experiences. That was actually one way of the teacher to get the students to learn.
    Because she was spending so much time with the students, her husband started to feel like he was not important to her anymore. Which eventually led to them to be divorced.
     The students were looking forward to their junior year in highschool to be with their teacher Mrs. Gruwell. But the problem was the she only taught freshmen and sophmore English. After lots of fighting and meetings with the school board she was allowed to teach English for them for junior and sinior.
    This movie was a good one to watch. I really enjoyed it.

Project experience

Our project on raising enough money to build a well for a whole community was something that exited both John and I. Just the fact that because of our project we could save thousands if lives made me happy. Working in a group has made it a little easier just because we could work together. Putting both of our thoughts together was a help. We could discuss the places and things we were going to do and were we where going to do them. I hope that this project will turn out to be a success.

The importance of writing

     Writing is very important. Many times we may think that we won't need writing in our lives. But the truth is that actually we do need writing in our lives. For example; there was a story of someone who was applying for a job. For that job she had written a resumé. She went for the interview and she didn't get the job. A few weeks later the business which that person had interview with called and asked if they could meet. In the end they did get the job and that's because the business was impressed with the soon to be employ. So there we see that writing is important. It may be the reason we get a job someday. One day I want to do something in the medical field. Something to do with babies. To get that job I will need to write a resumé, that means I'll have to write. Also I'll be writing things for the babies I see. I know that sometimes I don't enjoy writing but if I start to enjoy it know it well help me later.

Blog about celebrities

When is was writing the formal letter I was writing to a celebrity about their advertisement on bottled water. I think that if I write to a celebrity about how we should start drinking tap water instead of bottled water, it would make a bigger impact than if I were to go out and have my picture drinking out of the tap. I think that they would have a much higher chance to persuade people to drink out of the tap. That's because people look up to them and to some you might say they're someones god (which isn't good.) I hope they will one day persuade the world to drink out of the tap so that people in third world countries.

Celebrities water advertisement

Anthony Villegas 

197 Douglas Branch Ln.

Pioneer TN. 37847

423-494-3143

Anhony.villegas@aaa.edu

February 10, 2014
Jennifer Aniston
c/o Brillstein Entertainment Partners
9150 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 350
Beverly Hills, CA 90212


Dear Jennifer,
I am a student at Atlanta Adventist Academy. I am writing this to you because of the water bottle advertisement you have. During school we have been learning the problems bottle water has on humans and on the environment. Many people in third world countries don't have access to clean water. Even though they don't have access to the clean water they still drink it. The women have to walk many miles in dangerous conditions to go get water, which is contaminated water. Then when they bring it back to their families they have a choice, to drink e water and have the chances that they die, or they do t drink and die of dehydration.  It's something that's big problem. Along with that water companies are going into towns and practically stealing all the water the people had. Then they sell it to the people who once had it for free. Some water companies just use regular tsp water for their water. Bottle water is no healthier that tap water, and tap water is almost free. I was thinking that since you were a celebrity you could be a big help to redirect the people in drinking tap water. That way people in undeveloped countries could also have access to the clean water.
Sincerely,

Anthony Villegas

Tap Vs. Bottle

     Watching the videos I thought that the bottled water was cleaner, healthier, and tastier than the tap water. Once I started to watch the videos and they started talking about how the water companies were lying about how their "spring" water was way healthier than the tap water. But really the majority if the percent of the water was just processed tap water. Then when they tested the tap water and the "spring" healthy bottled water for particles and germs and other chemicals that could hurt our body, they found that there was absolutely no difference between the tap water and the bottled water.
 
     Earlier we had done a water taste test, the difference in the water was almost nothing, the only one I could tell was the tap water, it taste like if it has chlorine in it, ( Trust me I know what chlorine taste like, because sometimes when I'm at swim team i swallow some.) but other than that I was all water to me.

     If we stop drinking bottled water it will help stop pollution, toxic gases in the air, huge mountains of water bottles across the countries. And the difference in the water is no different. So let's see if we can help stop all the pollution in the world.

What if I had been born in Africa

     How would my life be impacted if I were born in a developing country like Africa. Being born in a country like Africa  would be a life that I couldn't even imagine. Having my mother and sister have to walk many miles and hours in a dangerous place would be unthinkable, and then when they get back its water that can't be drunk without having many negative sideaffects. It would make my life totally different, not knowing when the next meal would come from, or whether I would have something to drink, and the water that I did drink would upset my stomach or maybe even lead me down the road of death. It's something that would be pretty scary.
       To help with this problem that they are having you can give just twenty dollars to build a well in village, that's it, not only will it give these people water but will open so many doors for the Africans, they will be able to use the time the spent getting water in school, then eventually they might get a job or even start a business. It's a great opportunity that they will have if they can have a well in their village.
       As a Christian my role would be to donate money to help build wells in a village. That would help not just with water but for education especially for women and girls. Also it would be to send Bibles and bible studies to them so that they could also know of the living water, along with the physical water.

How to tell if water is portable

     When I first started to think on how to tell if water is portable I new something's such as seeing if you saw little particles in your water. ( if you see that you shouldn't drink it.) but I also knew that that want the only way to tell if water was really portable. As I kept reading I found out that sometimes there are very harmful chemicals and minerals that could be in your water. Like lead thats toxic, you don't want to be drinking water with that in it. Its pretty bad if you have lead in because its toxic and enough could kill, and for a parent because you tell your kids to drink water, and if it has toxic things in it you harming your child. So to get your water detoxified you have to have a professional come to your house and change your filter and work on it till its detoxified.

DHMO

     When I initially heard of  DHMO I had no idea what it was, I had never even heard of it before. Once I started reading on it I slowly started to realize that this was something serious, it wasn't some chemical that was just something minor. DHMO is a chemical that has many effects, both on the human body and on our planet. It causes global warming, acid rain, soil erosion, hurricanes, tsunamis,  and much more. Not only does it have horrible affects on the planer, but deadly affects on the human body, such as cancer, tumors and many other diseases. My feelings towrds, DHMO was that it should be used very carfully or not even at all. Then when I foud out the what DHMO was simply water I was stunned, because  hadnt read anything on that. And then thats were I figured out what DHMO had to do with the freeom of water.
       After my experiance on reserching DHMO and reading false information, that made me realize that  I shouldn't just check one website for a piece of information. I need to go to multiple sites to find out what that topic really is. Because if I have no knowledge on a topic and I go and just use one resource, the chances of me reading the wrong information is pretty high. So if I had done a report on what DHMO was, it would have been totally wrong. Me doing this assignment has changed my thinking on digital information. I now no the importance of checking multiple sites to find my information.

Freedom of Water

     Water to me is one of the major things that is so vitally important for the human being. Water is the cure for so many symptoms and sicknesses. Without water we would dehydrate, sure there are other drinks that help keep you hydrated that give you energy. But water is the best hydration method that their is. After all God is the one who made and provides water for us.

     There are so many uses and purposes for water. Like I wrote earlier. You can use water for drinking it, well actually your supposed to. You use water to wash your self, you use it when you cook.  Its even used to relax the body, for example of  like soaking in hot water.

     Swimming is a great why to have fun and even exercise. While swimming you work your whole body, you have to use your arms and legs, even muscles you didn't know existed. After swimming you feel refreshed, something about water just refreshes the soul. Even if you just did a hard workout you will still feel refreshed.