Around The Flat
A few images from around the flat today…
[ View from the window ]
[ Window decorations ]
[ Pretty light ]
[ My favourite reading chair ]
[ My current workspace setup ]
East Africa 08
I think it’s safe to break this news now…
It looks like I’ll be spending next summer in East Africa.
I’m going to be working as a volunteer photographer for a Northern Irish charity called Fields of Life in Uganda for 6 weeks or so. I’ll be based in Uganda, most likely Kampala, and travelling with FOL staff to visit various projects around Uganda, documenting what they do, and connecting with short-term teams they will have out at the time. I will also get the chance to travel into Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya with the staff if any are going while I’m out there.
I’m so excited about this… to watch how God has brought this together… from chatting with a friend who’s been in Uganda with FOL, to a phone call, to a lunch-time meeting… to now I’m going! FOL are involved in a lot of great things: child sponsorship, education, health care, microfinancing, providing clean water…
I’m now trying to find ways to finance this. I need a job. And I need to start fundraising. I’m thinking of selling some prints of my pictures to fundraise (much like Connor did). I also really need to get a few things for the camera (wide angle lens, really good tripod) before I head off, which will incur more expense! If you know any ways for me to earn/get some money for this trip, please let me know!
I’d like to do a bit of travelling at the end of my time in Uganda as well. I’m definately going to spend a few days in Rwanda at least. I’d like to visit Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia while I’m out too. We’ll see…
Excitement!
It’s Not Enough
It’s not enough to have a dream unless I’m willing to pursue it.
It’s not enough to know what’s right unless I’m strong enough to do it.
It’s not enough to join the crowd, to be acknowledged and accepted.
I must be true to my ideals, even if I’m excluded and rejected.
It’s not enough to learn the truth unless I also learn to live it.
It’s not enough to reach for love unless I care enough to give it.
[It’s Not Enough by Jace Chaffin, from the voice ]
The Science Of Sleep
Watched this amazing flim the other night with my flatmate Rosie. It’s written and directed by the same guy who made Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, one of my favourite films. It’s such a superb little quirky film, I loved it. I really like that artsy, thinking kinda film (like Eternal Sunshine, and Punch Drunk Love). There were some genuis quotes, some quite profound as well…
Stephane: Tonight I’ll show you how dreams are prepared, love, friendships, relationships. All those ships.
Stephane: The brain is such an amazing organism, and it sits just behind your nose! (Couldn’t quite re
Stéphanie: Everything will turn out the way you want, if you stop doubting that I love you.
Stéphanie: Why me?
Stephane: Because everyone else is boring. And because you are different.
Less Really Is More
You have to read this post by Joshua, “Less Is More”.
Man. I’m so challenged by this. I talk a lot of changing the world. I talk of living simply. I talk of prioritising people and relationships above things. I talk of giving it all away. I talk of laying down my life.
I talk a lot.
And yet there is such a dichotomy between what I say and what I do.
Longbrake challenges me so much. Thank you, Longbrake, for the reminder to live what I say, to pursue integrity.
“I am in the right place. If being in Seattle at Mars Hill means losing all my things then so be it. I have gained more than I have lost. I believe that it is true that less is more. To lose is to gain.”
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