T-14 days

So I just checked out the Calendar. I am so excited to go to the airport and get on a plane. If I could, I would do it right now... I'm just not packed.. so that would be a small problem.

What is going to make this trip so amazing is the fact that I get to live with all the orphans in the village for 5 weeks after everyone leaves to come back to the US. I need a computer to take over there so that I can work on all of video editing that Christian Life Ministries wants me to do for them while Steven Gosvener and I are there. I am thinking about getting one of the really small little computers that I can take on the plane and put in my backpack. I talked to a buddy that was telling me that those little computers dont come with CD drives though, so I am thinking that I wont be able to do much video editing till I get back.
I still have tons of things yet to do to prepare, I like to make Jerky before I go, I have to put together all the pants and some shirts that wont stretch when I hand wash them, boots, shampoo for my noggin; I don't plan on getting a full on shower except once a week for the last 5 I'm there.. Just a ton of things that I havent started doing yet. ..and Ive only got another 2 weeks...

Camp Winema

June 14 through June 19 I went to Camp Wi-Ne-Ma.


Camp was really fun, I had a better time than I thought I would. All the campers were really awesome and ended up doing an amazing amount of donating to missions. The total that I heard from Chris Jones was around 2000 dollars.

Pictured above is the wonderful Water Zone that I got to experience. This being my first time at Camp Winema, I wanted to give everything a shot. I must say that some of the most fun I had was pushing and throwing kids off the dock. I also have to say that I got pushed off my fair share. Unlike some of the other counselors, I dont weigh very much more than some of those kids. they could pack a mean punch if they picked up enough speed. I distinctly remember having two other counselors on the the dock with me and the kids attempting to get to me to knock me off at the end. I would stand in the very corner of the dock and bait them, and as they would run to me, the other counselors would just bump them off (casually).

This is a picture of my Cabin. From Left to Right. Standing: Brendon, Graeme, David, and Jeff. Sitting: Tommy, Conor, Me, and Wyat. David(counselor) was taking the picture, so here is a picture of him too. Unfortunatley, the only shot I have of him was one that i think Wyat took when he was sleeping.. (sorry David)



David actully did some cheer-leading cheers from his High School days in front of the whole camp. it was pretty amazing. David if you read this, you should post it on youtube, so I can link to it.

My thoughts about working the camp and working with kids... Love it, I recommend it, I want to do it again next year. =)

Austin's Graduation

Well, I just came down to Gold Beach with Elliot and Greg, then we went in to see Austin Graduate. was a nice ceremony; fast ceremony. =) Then we all crashed at Uncle Mike's and Jenny's Place. I took some video of it, hopefully to make him a nice little DVD. Spent some time down at GB HS Football/Baseball field playing some catch and cranking some balls with a bat. that was nice, I dont think I have done that in like 10 years... Drove around and took some nice pictures today of some scenery down here.
Now we are about to head over to Tim Yantis's place to have a little BBQ. should be cool; I saw Mike fixing up some ribs and I know that we are going to be BBQing some Oysters too.. mmmm, Delicious.

Extended time in Uganda

Jackson and Eve visited, tonight we met with them at the church, I actually have a DVD of them both speaking if anyone would like it, just email me or comment, or something. During their time here, I found out that I get to stay an additional 5 weeks there in Uganda. This means that instead of coming back on August 5th, I will be coming back September 10th. Pretty Crazy!!! I am really stoked.

Truck Gone

Sold the truck. God is amazing. I even made enough on the sale to buy a car when I get back from Uganda. I will be riding my bike, and borrowing cars for a short while. As far as the house goes, I was able to get a property manager on board, and am moving into a house with my friend Andrew presently. I am really excited to live with him, he is an awesome friend that has the same interest in Africa, and a wonderful heart for God.

Finding work

I am still looking for work. I have a part time job with the Church, but it is not enough to support me. I do enjoy working at the church, I get to do a lot of work outside with landscaping, and maintenance. I do some work in the church. I just painted the Women's Restroom, I stack chairs, arrange chairs, repair toilets, replace burnt out lighting, vaccum carpet, things of that sort.
I think that if I were able to get a part time job on top of the church job, I could keep my head above water.

Still looking to sell my truck, I havent had a ton of people calling about it, but it is a great truck. the prices are just so low out there. I need to sell though.

Also still looking to get some renters into my house. Its a great little 2 bedroom place. Just cant quite afford to be making the full mortgage payment on it. ...

Uganda getting Closer

We are having a Bowl-A-Thon on Monday April 27, 2009 to raise money for Uganda some more. Since we have gotten the container shipped we have all this time to raise money to pay for it all. We still have shipping costs and Individual support money to raise. The Bowl-A-Thon is setup so that sponsors may pledge x number of dollars or cents per pin. We play 2 games and whatever our score ends up being is the number of pins that we knock down. In the past week, I have gotten some donations from various companies to provide prizes for participants who bowl. Each bowler is responsible to get 10 sponsors at a minimum. There will be teams of 4, and we have the capability of supporting 24 teams. We will be bowling at Rosebowl in Portland. Click Here for Directions.

We are also planning an even downtown in the George Morlan Venue to host a dinner and concert event. We are still working out details about this.