The worst thing in the world, that anyone can ever imagine has just happened. My best friend has died. To a stranger, this would not mean as much but to a relative or someone as close to her as I, it would mean time of depression, not being sure of the weeks or maybe months that would come to follow. Telling this to you, with tears streaming down my cheeks, is a horror that one should not be summoned to do. I feel as if I had known her my whole life. She was so young and she loved to help me or anyone else with anything we did. Anyway, I must start telling you of this tragic tale before I get caught up in my happy memories and forget to tell you her story.

      ‍It all started in 128 AD in the country of Italy. That was when Charity was born; a year earlier her sister, Hope, was born; and her oldest sister, Faith was born two years prior to Hope. I didn't know her very well because we didn't have much time together but she told me that it was a truly special time because now they had a family. Their father died shortly after Charity was born so they did not know him well. The sisters helped their mother, Sophia, around the house and did their chores along with their studies for each day. Charity and I liked to go out and listen to the Apostles and Prophets preach, but could not go very often because of our responsibilities to our separate households and families. Occasionally we were able to sneak away and listen. Having Charity with me made it seem like treat!

      ‍We were both baptized and believed faithfully in God, like trusty servants. While we were growing up, many people sought the wisdom that Charity learned from her mother. Then as time went on, people sought her faithfulness to God as well. It seemed as though everyone wanted to talk to her. They wanted to test her by seeing if she was as smart as some had said. When they sought her wisdom, and she would give it to them, hoping that they will use it for good and not evil. She was very polite about it though and cared enough to explain the meaning of the words to them.

      ‍We got to spend more time with each other because of the permission granted to us by our mothers when we asked. We would go on long walks but never too far because of our shared fear of thieves. We talked about everything from family life to the interpretation of the message we had heard from the Prophets. Charity told me about her visit to Eparch Antiochus that went very well and how pleased the Eparch was to see the wisdom that was passed down through the generations. It was only until the most heartbreaking day, in all of my nine years, two weeks after that conversation, that when I was on my way to Charity's household I heard the pounding before I saw what was going on. I quickly hid behind a bush so I was not to be seen. On that very day, I saw two guards breaking down Charity's household door and carrying her, her sisters and mother out while they prayed loudly to God for protection. That melted my heart and I started to cry. I knew that they would be taken to Emperor Hadrian, who was ruler at the time. I was never to hear from Charity, her sisters, or her mother again so I assumed the worst had happened to them. It was not until the following week that I knew what had truly happened to her. She had been placed in a furnace and when the guards saw nothing had happened to her, they took her out and beheaded her.

      ‍For the time that we were together, Charity was my best friend. We did everything together and had very emotional talks about different topics. She taught me and many others that God was always there for us, even during our times of doubt. I mourned her loss years after that tragic day and was usually left alone by most people for the tragedy had left me sensitive. I will always cherish everything we did together; all the happy memories will stay with me forever and I cannot wait until the day we are reunited in heaven. Charity will always be in my heart no matter where I go or whatever will happen to me. If Charity was alive today, she would tell me that I should respect and love everyone, no matter what wrong doings they had bestowed upon me.

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   Post-Script

      I choose Saint Charity because she never stopped believing in God and died being a believer. She was immensely wise because her mother, Sophia, was incredibly smart too. I also like that she is a named after one of the three main virtues and with that, her name will encourage me to do great things for people all over the world. Saint Charity is truly an inspiration to me and I would like for her name to be with me forever.

Image: Karp Zolotaryov Sophia Faith Hope Charity from Wikimedia Commons public domain

           The Stock Market is kind of like a scale. It has it's good days when a lot of people get money for the shares they have invested in a corporation, but it also has it's bad days when people lose their money. People don't realize how much work and time it takes for a business to turn into a corporation. It has to go through a long system of approvals from different committees of officials, wait for people to buy shares into their equipment, tools and all of their assets and corporation and to turn in all the paperwork during this process. They also don't know about the trouble these corporate leaders go through to make certain all of the orders stockholders place are filled. All this information was a summarization of what I learned watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnJCOof2HJk">How The Stock Market Works. All of this information concludes that the stock market can be like a person with it's good days and bad ones, except most people don't lose a lot of money on their bad days.

     The Millennium Development Goals are goals that are going to help people all over the world with problems like money or health care. These rules have a deadline for 2015 and are supposed to make the world a better place to live. The Millennium Development Goals are also going to help people all around the world get motivated to start helping people who are less fortunate. To learn more about the goals watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p2VLTowAA">Millennium Development Goals for 2015.

          The Millennium Development Goals are eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/Aids, malaria, and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development.   

           One project that is working to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger all over the world is the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). Who is a computer-based tool that gives governments and health-care providers guidance on how to rack up life-saving nutrition interventions and erase all forms of malnutrition. WHO also launched a program called e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA), which is another computer-based tool but this one will give you the latest advice on how to work with and destroy the three main types of malnutrition which are: under nutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. To learn more about the United Nations World Health Organization and the e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions go to www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp

The picture I chose is called the Food Pyramid by nutrition education under CC license.

Summer is the my favorite time of year beacuse it is a time to relax and to have fun. Mulitple events happened during my summer-some were sad but most of them were fun and happy. I am writing this blog about my summer now because I didn't have time to do it during the summer. Blogging is one of the things I have to catch up on. I've been blogging for a few years now and I am a memeber of the Class Bloggers' Challenge. Blogging is fun because you can write an article about anything you want or you could write an article about a required suject or topic. I would recommend blogging to anyone looking for something to do.

This glog is about Italian Artists from the Renaissance periods. It shows pictures of the Artists and one of their multiple paintings that make them famous today. My glog shows a little information about each artist.

These are some things you should know about dealing with Internet safety:

1. Do not use your real name as a screen name and if you do change it.

2. Do not give your password for anything to any of your friends.

3. Do not give out your real name, your address or your phone number.

4. If you receive a threat over email, through text messaging or something else make sure you tell an adult or call the police before it turns serious.

5. If you click on a link make sure at the bottom it is the same link you clicked on before.

6. Do not give out your own or your parents social security numbers.

7. Don't give your picture to any social networking site or to anyone you don't know.

8. If you meet anyone through social networking make sure there are a lot of people around in a public place during the day and make sure you come with a parent/guardian or friend.

9. If you or your parents receive a email that states that the bank lost some of your information, delete it because it may not be true.  

10. Never open an email from someone you don't know.

There are many things about my school that are great but I only choose the three I like the best out of all of my choices. One thing I like best about my school is that are a lot of kids in all different grades that you can be friends with. Another thing I like best about my school is that we are always doing different things to help different charities and other organizations. And the third thing I like best about my school is that we have different sport teams and organizations we do to support our school like soccer, basketball, cheerleading, and track and field. Some different organizations we have are glee club, mathcounts,and some other organizations. And those are the three things I like best about y school.

 Count Out One- The first blog I visited was called 5/6 KM in Australia.

 Count Out Two- The second blog I visisted was called Room 227’s Blog in Thailand.

Count Out Three- The third blod I visited was called Huzzah! in Canada.

I can't believe I have two tickets to go anywhere I choose and bring anyone I want! Where will I go? I will go to the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. When will I go? I will be going to the Neuschwanstein castle during the summer so I don't have to make up any work when I get back from the trip. How will I get there? I will get there by taking a German airline called Lufthansa.  Why will I go to that place? I will go to the Neuschwanstein Castle because I have some relatives that are German so it will be helpful to learn about my culture. Who will I go with? I will go with my grandpa because he would make it more fun and I love to spend time with him and he would make the trip enjoyable. What was the best part of the holiday? The best part of the holiday is knowing that I have learned something new and a little about my culture. I found this place at www.hillmanwonders.com/.

A hobby is something you like to do or something you like to collect. I have a lot of different hobbies like sports, drawing, etc because I could go on for a while. Everyone has different hobies and some people still haven't found those out yet. Its okay if you haven't found yours yet but soon everyone will have all different things you like to do.