For those who do not know I am a Reality Tv junkie..... I am alittle embarrased by that but what can I say I love it!!! There are not many reality shows that I have not atleast seen once. I recently discovered that Dish had added the Reality Channel to our package and we do not have to pay any extra! Andy knew this about a week before I did but he did not tell me because he was afraid I would never turn it off. He can not say to much because he is an espn junkie :) ANYWAY.... back to the whole reason for this blog. I am a HUGE American Idol fan I have watched every season except the very first one. I think some great singers have come from the show and some not so great singers have gotten there 10 minutes of fame from the show. Last year American Idol started Idol Gives Back. I remember last year watching it and tears streaming down my face.... I have never traveled very far out of the south and so it has never been brought to my attention the poverty that is literally in our back yard! I get upset when I can not go buy a new pair of shoes.... these people just want to feed their children. When the show was over last year I remember looking at Andy and declaring "We have to send them some money!" He did not object..... he knew that I was not asking if we could I was telling him we would :) I am a pretty up front person but I feel like I have a tender heart and when you show me children who need help..... there is nothing that could break my heart more. Last night was this years Idol Gives Back and they sure do know how to tug on some heart strings! This whole season they have shown where the over 70 million dollars went last year and some AWESOME things have been accomplished and I am honored to say that I am a part of it. I can not believe the things that kids go through over in Africa. If only they had a net to put over there head to protect them from the mosquitos..... They showed 4 brothers who had lost both of there parents to AIDS.... the oldest brother was only 15 the youngest was 3.... I will be totally honest if they had put a phone number up and said call this number to adopt these children.... I would be on my way to Africa to pick up 4 boys who did not ask for the life that they have been given. I am proud of American Idol for realizing the wide span of people that watch the show.... and not just asking for people to watch but for making people aware of what is going on around the world, and for asking people to do something about it! I had to Tivo the show because of church so I watched it last night kindof late and I did not realize that my Tivo did not record the whole show, I woke up this morning and saw alittle video with the 8 finalist singing "Shout to the Lord". I have to admit I was SHOCKED! I am so proud of the contestants and the show.... I shouldn't be, I wish it was normal to hear these songs on the show but unfortunatly it is not normal at all. I thought I would share the video with everyone just in case you missed it like I did. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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you are right.. it is a shocker when ya realize how blessed we all are in our comfy lives...
also, i love that they did the song... i hate that they took Jesus' name out of it... but hey - its a step forward right?
:)
I sponsered a little boy from South America once. He was 7 years old and lived with 12 other family memebers. He would draw pictures and even write letters to me. He was so thankful for my $35 a month. It was amazing how far that small amount went. What is consider to be a small amount of money means a huge deal to others in need.
OK- I had a type-o in the last comment so I deleted it and proofread this time!
WOW- thank you so much for putting this up. I watched it last year and was blown away and very moved as well by Idol Gives Back and I missed it this year so when I read your blog and saw that they sang this song, I had to watch it. Like Julia said, it's a shame they had to take Jesus' name out and add shepherd instead BUT I bet so many people needed to hear that song that night. That song was one of the first contemporary christian songs that I heard when Lee & I started going to church together and I was blown away by it then just as I am now.
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