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My name is Christine (I’m the one on the far right in blue in top picture) and I met my idol on July 9th, 2013 in Chicago, IL . Ever since I became a Belieber in 2010, I always told myself that one day I would meet Justin and tell him how much he means to me. Every night I would pray that one day, my dream would come true. I always knew that it would but I never thought that it would happen so soon. The way it happened also makes me smile because my friends and I worked for it. Ya see, myself and my 6 other friends competed in the 2012-2013 Schools 4 All competition hosted by Pencils of Promise. We did it in 2011 as well and ended up raising over $13,000 so we were excited to give it another go. We weren’t just participating because of the grand prize of bringing Justin to our school, we were doing it because knowing that other kids and families out there in the world are smiling because of us is the best feeling ever. At the end of the competition, we raised over $21,000 and ended up winning! I still remember the day I found out we won. Knowing that all of our hard work was going to pay off was amazing. Justin also ended up seeing the video of us finding out that we won. He tweeted that he was looking forward to meeting us! That put the biggest smile on my face. My idol was looking forward to meeting me. Still get chills from it all. Time went on and we found out that Justin’s scheduling couldn’t allow him to come to our school and that we were going to be taken up to Chicago for the whole thing to play out. We also found out that Justin was giving us free tickets to his show that night, too! Fast forward to July 9th: I woke up to Never Say Never and realized that today was the day that I was meeting my everything. I got my hair done and what not, had a few anxiety attacks (ya know), and finally was off to Chicago! Once we got up there, Pencils of Promise put on a presentation for us just to say thanks for what we did. We even found out that our fundraising group had the most donations on our site than anyone and that ever since we started raising money for PoP, we’ve raised over $35,000. Since that is over the $25,000 amount to build a whole school, we ended up getting a school dedicated to us in Nicaragua!! I can’t even describe the feeling. After we got done thanking the PoP workers, it was time to go down to the meet and greet. I was shaking so hard at this point, I was surprised I was even able to go down the stairs. Once we all lined up, all there was left to do was wait. While we were waiting, we saw Kenny, Dan, DJ Tay James, and Justin’s dancers. Then our group of 7 had to get split up since only 6 were allowed in at a time so we just went in with our parents but they just didn’t get in the picture, if that makes sense. After our first group of 3 was done, security ushered us 4 in. Then, I see him. My idol was standing right in front of my eyes. The first thing I notice was his smile. It’s so beautiful. We all went in for our picture. It all happened so fast that we don’t even remember seeing the camera. Right after that, security comes up and starts pushing us out (and I legit mean pushing), but I had made a promise to myself that I was not leaving with out hugging him. I got passed like a 9 ft. tall security guard and walked up to Justin. The next thing I knew, I was in his arms. I was holding my whole world. I was getting ready to cry so I heard my voice crack when I said, “I love you so much.” He then replies back in the sweetest, kindest tone, “Awh, thank you, it means a lot. I love you too.” That hug was probably about 2 seconds but it felt like a lifetime. Right after I walked out, I started crying my eyes out. I couldn’t believe what just happened. I finally stopped crying about 10 minutes later and found out that my friends and I were told that Justin was looking forward to talking to us, to tell us thank you for our fundraising, but confusion with security/not knowing who we were couldn’t allow that to happen. However, when one of my friend’s moms was back receiving our concert tickets from Scooter, he told Justin that the tickets were for the Pencils of Promise girls and he signed them just for us! Regardless of what happened that night, I’m still extremely thankful for what I got and that I got to spend the most amazing, memorable day with my best friends. I know that this story was long but I hope that it reminds you that dreams do come true. Also, just a reminder that one day, you will meet Justin. Keep telling yourself that and one day, it’ll happen. I promise. Believe. -Christine              Read the original post: My name is Christine (I’m the one on the far right in blue…

My name is Christine (I’m the one on the far right in blue…