Isn’t this what we do?
Sometimes I wish our copy editor worked for us personally but since she does not I’m on my own here. My hope is that I am clear and you read the need between these lines.
On November 11 we will leave for my 4th trip with Compassion. We are heading to Haiti to shoot another video on Compassions work. About 4 years ago I got the travel bug. I think it was the Amazing Race or something. Anyway I got into a habit of traveling to different parts of the world each year sometimes with my company sometimes by myself. The trips that seem to affect me the most were the trips where I’ve been given the opportunity to work with Compassion. I was introduced to Compassion through my Company. They had decided to partner with compassion to raise sponsorship in the student world which gave me the chance to find out what its all about. I had never heard of Compassion before that and couldn’t really tell you about a single child sponsorship program other than having the phrase in my head “Wont you help Manuel?” I’m getting a little sidetracked or is it sidetrack. Well I’m a creative director so it meant that it was my job along with my team to develop some type of promotion for Compassion. Oh a little plug the video you see to the right is my company special. Yeah so the first project in which I left the country for was Guatemala. We were taking a girl named Sarah Drake down there to meet a child she was about to sponsor. I’ll try and post that video later.
You ever have those moments in your life when you realize that your life has to be more than a day to day routine until you die. Here is what I see at every Compassion project that I visit. A fight against poverty, Jesus’ name being proclaimed, and an organization that does what they say they are going to do. . I saw kids that were connected to others around the world. I saw nationals who were in charge. Which for some may not be a big deal but to me it’s a very big deal. Too many times we in the west become super heroes wielding our super powers and ideals on developing nations without regard to tradition or history. So lets change that.
Trust me. You can change the life of one single person. I was watching poverty being fought from a distance and while we haven’t beaten it yet Compassion is beating the crap out of it in Guatemala and it’s giving it a couple bloody noses in Peru. Because of what I have seen in those countries I decided this past year to become a Child Advocate. It’s a big deal to me. One because it causes conviction in me to do something and two it was time for me to stand for something. I can’t just travel and not do anything about the places I visit. Oh so if you are looking for a child to sponsor look me up and I can connect you with one. I can explain to you why poverty and its externalities affect us in the U.S. but I’ll put it this way. Mark 16:15 says Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. This is doing that. Matt 28:19 says to make disciples of all nations. Folks this is what we are suppose to do. Lose your life.
Oh and his name is Elinuru Lazaro Laizer and he was born Sept 20, 1999 and he lives in Tanzania.
Trick or Treat
So today we had some great festivities at the old office today. First I interviewed a guy for a position at work then we had hamburgers on the porch and a parade of costumes. Some enjoyed others looked like they would rather be sliding down a razor blade into a pool of lemon juice. Pictures will follow this blog. I have resurrected my twitter account. Im trying out some more social interaction. We here at the office are also trying to be more social in our working. You can see in the side I have added a new widget. I know very exciting for you. Scott is my inspiration to it all. The chair went on craiglist last night no hits yet. I’ll lower the price in a week. if you would like me to place your stuff that you need to get rid of because it is no loger useful fill out the Dear Drew and I’ll put it up here and just maybe someone will need it. I’m hoping someone with no couch is looking for a couch.
Below is the pumpkin we carved.
That poor duck.
Wasted time
So I have wasted at least one hour trying to change the color of my side bars. I have given up. Now on to the great sell off. The next item on the chopping block will be this couch. Its been a great couch. I bought it because it was red and I always wanted a red couch. Now I have come to realize that I don’t need an extra couch because I have and extra room. Craiglist here I come. Oh and welcome back to the folks who have joined me in my new home. Still needs a little work a little fixing up. I’m sure many of you didn’t know that I had a domain name. Well I bought it for the day I became big and famous. Since that is not going to happen What a better way to use my name. If you choose to join me in my quest to live simply. I used to have a xanga called simpletoday. Anyway as I was saying. To live a minimal life you know. Or at least a life where I own what I need and use what I have. Lose my life.
Tell me that doesnt make you feel something.
This was too good to pass up.
What sold today
So today for the price of two cups of coffee. I sold this to a young lady who worked for JH ranch. She seemed really happy about it. Something that I found in my attic that I wasn’t really doing anything with is now in the hands of a new owner. I never know what is going to be next on the chopping block. I’ve been eying this couch of mine. It is is in this den office work our room. I have not sat on it in weeks. Don’t know why I need two couches. It may be next.
New Digs
So. I have moved. Ive told a couple people that I’m here. I think I needed some perspective. So here is what’s going on in my life. So my pastor…hmm have’t said that in a while is really opening up my thoughts on what life is supposed to be. I went through a couple years when I kinda of started living that way then I started to see stability and house and blah blah. So now I sit in a house with stuff that I got so that I could have stuff to put in the house. Well lately ive been cleaning out the closets and attics and etc. to get read of this stuff. So I plan to lose my life. And maybe just maybe I’ll find it. Lets see if I can get broke.
An apology
I feel that I must apologize. I apologize to the readers of this blog that I have given you no food for thought. I apologize that I have filled it with silly videos with no commentary and pictures that make no sense. I apologize that this has not been a very good experience for you and anyone that you had referred here. I apologize for not writing comments on your blogs or even referencing the great profound things you have said to me. Sorry for being lame. I think Im realizing that I dont have pages and pages on the matter of faith. So many of my cohorts have much better things to say on that. I dont have family stories…I dont really work out my issues in writing so what to do. Maybe silly clips are the extent of my thoughts. May sound like Ive lost my passion. Need to find that. Find that and i’ll write again. The thought of a new relationship sometimes does that. Hmmm. Well like I said sorry. Going to think about maybe making this the last entry. We’ll see.
