Thanks to everyone that gave to charity:water for my birthday. The final update that founder Scott Harrison sent out lists the amount raised at just north of $140,000!
Not only were they able to dig the well for the hospital… but they had enough to dig wells for a couple of schools in the area, too!
Below is a video highlighting what the hospital’s water supply looked like prior to the well being dug for them.
When I see news stories about people all over the world who are experiencing hardships, I worry about them, and I rack my brain wondering how I can make a difference. So I decided to start my own blog. That way I won’t have time to think about other people.
People who are trying to decide whether to create a blog or not go through a thought process much like this:
The world sure needs more of ME.
Maybe I’ll shout more often so that people nearby can experience the joy of knowing my thoughts.
No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.
I know – I’ll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.
If only there was a description for this process that doesn’t involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.
What? It’s called a blog? I’m there!
The blogger’s philosophy goes something like this:
Everything that I think about is more fascinating than the crap in your head.
The beauty of blogging, as compared to writing a book, is that no editor will be interfering with my random spelling and grammar, my complete disregard for the facts, and my wandering sentences that seem to go on and on and never end so that you feel like you need to take a breath and clear your head before you can even consider making it to the end of the sentence that probably didn’t need to be written anyhoo.
If that doesn’t inspire you to read my blog, I don’t know what will.”
We had some pictures taken by our friends Adam & Yvette Blick from adam & eve photography. If you’re a close friend or family member, you’ll be getting one of these in the mail for Christmas.
Click on any of the pictures to see more on our Flickr page…
