baby!
So, I haven't posted this yet because I am a blog-neglector, but Steve and I are expecting a baby! I will try to post these faithfully every week. click to enlarge.
Christchurch.
In this Grassroots News report my friend, Naomi, talks about the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (our Monday).
Read more...
Coffee + Action
Act Here. Love Now: The Change Begins With You follows the journey of 11 student photographers who had a vision to change the world. They traveled through 36 countries documenting the lives of those they met. As they took photos and heard stories, they were overwhelmed with the needs that confronted them along the way. But as the days wore on, the girls realized they could make a difference, every day, with simple acts of genuine love. This book is a culmination of their stories, photos, and practical ways to impact your own community, city, and world.
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| Sample Pages from Act Here. Love Now. |
One way that you can get directly involved in helping to spread their message is to buy some great coffee and help them raise funds! The Act Here. Love Now. team has partnered with 35 North Coffee Co., a well-reviewed coffee roaster that fairly-purchases from growers and roasts it the same day you order it! You can go straight to the Act Here. Love Now. page on their Web site to order your coffee [whole bean or ground]. And if you're interested in partnering to sell in your church or workplace, contact lindsayblake@gmail.com about purchasing wholesale.
Love your enemies.
In the videos below a friend, Dan Baumann, tells the story of the 9 life changing weeks he spent in an Iranian prison. He writes in detail about his experience in his book, Imprisoned in Iran
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth OFFICIAL Trailer
>> February 1, 2011 –
documentary,
interview,
photogenX,
Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth,
Trafficking,
USA
For more information visit www.sexandmoneyfilm.com
Grassroots News Piece- Flooding in Pakistan
>> January 31, 2011 –
breaking news,
Grassroots News International,
natural disaster,
Pakistan,
photogenX,
Steve Schallert,
YWAM
Since the massive floods hit Pakistan in 2010 more than 21,000,000 people have been affected making it one of the worst natural disasters in human history. Nearly 2 million homes have been destroyed leaving over 8 million men, women and children internally displaced and homeless. Over the past months dysentery and other waterborne illnesses have begun to run rampant among refugee communities.
PhotogenX International received a phone call from our friends in Pakistan asking for help. The result has been the creation of Pure Hope Pakistan, a newly formed cooperative NGO dedicated to distributing 100,000 pure water filters to Pakistani flood victims.
In this piece for Grassroots News International, my husband Steve interviews those affected by the flood. Thanks to Greg Althoff for putting this piece together.
Dad's reply.
I know, I know, some of you have probably been waiting on bated breathe wondering, "did he write back, did he write back?" he did. my favorite is the part about the nap.
I had no idea what "See you in the AM" meant but I played it cool.
"The greatest dad in the hole world"
Since I travel a lot and am usually in a different time zone from my family, l gave my Dad a journal last year that he could write in and then give to me and I could write in and then give back to him...you get the idea. I thought it was an original idea but it seems that I have done this before. He recently sent me this entry that I wrote to him back in '93. I was seven years old. I still have an affinity for office supply stores.
Oh, Tenebaum.
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Our first Hawaiian Christmas. In fact, this is our first Christmas on our own "turf" (whatever that means). For the past few years we have been on the mainland with our families. This year, Steve's family is coming to the island for the first time since Steve & I got hitched. We won't be staying at our apartment, so we didn't go all out decorating (PLUS, the craft store* here didn't have any of the materials for a few projects that I wanted to make...and the vintage Christmas lights that I bought at a thrift store for a dollar only worked for 30 seconds...and the sewing machine I was borrowing broke right when I started to sew those stockings. Phew, just needed to get all of that out there). |
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| Since Steve and I have never had out own Christmas tree before, I wanted to get him an ornament that paid tribute to our tropical Christmas and his infatuation with sea life/Shark Week (yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is why we do not surf). I found this wooden shark carved from Bali wood with Misie on the mainland. |
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| Happy Christmas, everyone. Charlie Brown, if you are reading this, you know you are jealous of our tree. |
friends five thousand miles away #2
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