The Deed of the Week Challenge

What is "The Deed of the Week Challenge"? Well, its as simple as this- each week at the end of our Youth Group meeting, we sit together and pick a goal or deed to accomplish in the coming week. For example: read one page of Quran each day or do athkar after Fajr, etc... Each week we will add on a new goal/deed to accomplish in the next week! InshaAllah in no time our list of 'deeds' we do as a group will grow!
Simple enough? Excited to start now? Are you up for the challenge?
I thought so!!
With that, I would like to present this week's "Deed of the Week"- Fast on Monday and Thursday. If you already do it, thats wonderful! If you don't, then try it this week! If fasting on both days is a little too difficult to start, just start with Monday, or with Thursday... slowly the habit will grow insha Allah!

If you weren't at the meeting today your homework is this-- find out why we picked this goal. Why fast on these specific days?