LIFE: observed: April 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Celebrate with Mercy Ships (www.mercyships.org) plastics patients as they spontaneously break out into a celebration of song and dance while waiting their turn to be seen at the Plastic Reconstructive Surgeries screening on the dock in Lomé, Togo.

If you cannot see the video, click HERE!

Friday, April 13, 2012

Perfectly Timed Photos

I was recently reminded of a neat little website called perfectly timed photos where people upload, well, photos that were perfectly timed! :-)

To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium they placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then they waited...

If you cannot see the video below... click HERE!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Concrete Boardwalk!

Yay, we are getting concrete walkways! The strip of offices my office is located in is called the Boardwalk and had this very old and warped wooden walkway forming a 'porch' on both sides of the building. It was becoming dangerous and I have witnessed many people tripping and falling over popped out nails or warped boards.

Here is the process in pictures! A HUGE THANK YOU for the maintenance team for this Herculean task!

Caution:

My ramblings might not inspire you.

You might not be emboldened to attempt anything more than making a fresh pot of coffee. There are plenty of blogs out there written by very courageous souls who have poetically broken away from main stream society to achieve their goals.

I am a South African serving with Mercy Ships currently stationed in the United States. Mercy Ships, a global charity who has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978, is following the example of Jesus, by bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all people without regard to race, gender or religion.

This blog is simply the ramblings of a middle aged man viewing life from the sidelines and might not always be about my work with Mercy Ships.

Disclaimer: I serve with Mercy Ships. Everything here, however, is my personal opinion and is not read or approved before it is posted. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercy Ships.

Frequency

I will put some things "up," so to speak, on some days, and on other days, I will not put things up. Whether or not I put things up will depend largely on whether, on a particular day, I have anything to put up. For example, let's say that on Monday I have something which I want to put up. On that day, I will put that thing up. On Tuesday, though, I might not have anything to put up. I will worry for a moment about not having anything to put up. "Oh no," I might say, "another day has come, and I have nothing to put up. What will happen if someone visits this site and there is nothing new to look at? Will people be angry?" But then I will realize that, chances are, people will not be angry -- that, chances are, people will understand. Most people are pretty understanding. Then again....