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I’m two days into the new blog. I feel like I didnt do anything today and I didnt start going through emails until I got home. That is not a good day. I had a little freak out moment when a bunch of the guys were in my office. Switching between creative…administrative..managerial…well you get the point. I felt I wasnt doing either of those well.  I just finished writing couple video ideas that I hope my partners will make better and I’m thinking about working on some photos.  I probably won’t ….I’ve been thinking of working out before bed but I think I will leave it for the morning and keep on my routine. As you can tell I’m starting to shut down.  I’m planning on visiting a church this weekend.  More on that later. (That’s what you say when you doing really want to talk about it but you like bringing it up)

So they’ve been saying that people more easily talk about financial problems. I’m not about to start but I was talking to Hannah the other day about a great This American Life that gave us a great break down of how we got to where we are. Dont worry it’s not a partisan thing. I’ll link it here. Giant Pool of Money Then once you listen to that. Here is one on the banking system real cool. I’m actually in the middle of this one. Bad Bank Well I hope this helps. Hey keep you chin up.  I’ll tell you about my dating life in the next post. That’ll cheer you up.

I remember what I was going to write about my friends AAron and BUsh are in Haiti doing something very ultra cause driven for compassion. Well they told us to tell others so here is me telling others.  If you want to follow them

BLOG & TWITTER LINKS:
bush blog: www.stevenbush.org
bush twitter: www.twitter.com/stevenbush
ivey blog: www.aaronivey.com
ivey twitter: www.twitter.com/aaronivey

I just got word that they didnt make it to Haiti today…weather.

Some things are black and white

Today I met the child that I sponsor. Oliver. Sorry not much to say. Didn’t really take any photos.  Didn’t really feel like it. Brokedown during in interview of one of the LDP students. Brokedown visiting Oliver’s home.  We gave some gifts and we brought food for the mom and dad.  Yeah so this is tonight.  Yes compassion is real. No there is no grey.

Kenya Baby

I first wanted to show you the woman who kicked me in the teeth. This my friends is Faith…My Hero. She is a LDP student which stands for drum roll… Leadership Development Program.  She is the best of the best…. Making a difference. When We interviewed her one of the questions I asked was “So what’s the LDP program?” She said “Its more than a program its a family.” This compassion thing works.

I dont have too much to write. We were in Maasai country today. They are probably the most famous tribe in Africa. If you have seen any doc on africa you’ve seen them. We had a chance to visit a traditional home.  OK this is where I just start posting pictures.

Kenya_day 1

OK there is a story behind these pictures I will try to tell them. You may want to skip reading and just look. They tell a whole lot more than I do.

This is a mother daughter who have tested positive for HIV.  I wrote no stigma because one of the things that compassion does is teach people how to live with the virus without shame. This is a strong family.

Here we are being shown the daily regiment of pills that they each have to take. 9:00 in the morning and 9:00 at night.

Jared met his sponsored child today. His name is Paul. They became fast friends.

OK last one. This is how i feel right now. Got to get to bed. I’ll get some more on tomorrow

We saw some pretty cool stuff today. It ended with meeting the LDP students that will be heading our way soon.  Them being excited is an understatement. I spoke with Faith and I’m exhausted. I also had the biggest convicting question asked of me. She asked “What do you do at your church”  I said, “what do you mean?” She replied “How do you serve at your church?” I said “I go” How about that for a kick in the teeth” I would cuss here but I hear that I may have some visitors. . She then ran down the list of what she did. I am a failure.  Faith. How about that?

Disgusting

Disgusting. yes I Called it disgusting. I dont usually discuss shows in this venue but I feel the need. Ive been watching a No reservation marathon all week. Its been great. Dude travels around the world tasting local food. eating many things i would not. he is one of the reasons I like to travel….But during that time they have been playing this commercial for Man vs Food.  Ive taken the time to watch about 15 mins of that show a couple of months or weeks ago. That’s all I could take. The premise is to taste local foods and learn their customs blah blah blah. What it turns into is this dude trying to eat as much as he can as fast as he can.  There is always some challenge where he has  Why do I call it disgusting.   How do you watch that when you know this.  Not a food show but a show that crescendos with this dude pigging out on crap.  I’m not telling you to avoid the show. Watch and enjoy  But how do you watch this.

And know this.

Whoo Hoo. I ate a 8 Pound burger look at me.

PS im watching the bachelor.  What have I become. How can I watch this knowing that.

New reading project

In celebration of not having to read what a professor tells me. I will begin this book.

What I’m wondering is if there is anyone who would like to join me on this journey. I’ve never actually done that before. Ah I dont think I have.  You know I just noticed something. Ive been spelling his name with one “s”  Uh oh I just wrote an article for our newsletter I better check that.  As I was saying.  Wess is the president and CEO of Compassion International and this is his story.  What I know of it is an incredible story.  Let me know if you are in.  I’m going to get into it to night or Friday unless you let me know.

Last class

I know many of you have had to endure as I complained about going to class and etc. Well Tomorrow is the last class and I’m ready for it to be over. I took last friday off so that I could write a final paper that is due thursday. A buddy of mine Andy (sorry andy until update I can’t link you) is editing it for me. Its good to have friends like that.  Since Tv has started to bore me I have taken to watching netflix movies on instant watch. Mostly documentaries. Real good times. In fact in just a few minutes I will retire to my bed to take in a good time at the movies.

I’ve approached Taylor to see if he would be intersted in working on a project with me this year. Something to do in the off time.  I told him not to humor me in it if he wasn’t interested. We will see how that goes. I think he’ll be honest with me.  What else. On a side note something else I would like to work on this year. I bought the url changed by one the other day for this reason. I know that many of my friends and friends of friends sponsor kids with World Vision or Compassion or by some smaller outfit well I’d like to tell those stories. What I would like to do is create a place where we can tell those stories you know. Even if it’s not sponsorship. I think many of us have changed the life of one person or have been changed by one person. There is something about the power of one on one interactions.  We’ll see how that goes. I guess I would need to set that up soon.  Last class and a new day. Maybe I should study? Naw Signing off. oh and here is your monday moment of zen.

This just in.

So today I received my compassion url http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/default.htm?referer=28624 Yes. Yes. Very exciting. Well anyway you can use that URL if you would like to sponsor and you heard about it here or even if you didn’t. It randomly selects so if you want to see more just hit the old refresh button and a new set will come up.  Going to be a good day.  So lets start sponsoring.  you can do it here….or here.….or here.…..or

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