Hey all! So it is wednesday evening here in Suley and I just finished work for the day. I am ex(tra)hausted. Here is a recap this week so far (as quickly as possible).
Monday
I spent the majority of Monday working on tshirt designs at the office. So far they have been pretty fun and overall have been received quite well by my supervisors Jeremy and Cody. I had a deadline to have 3-4 shirt designs done on Monday afternoon for a meeting. I ended up having 5 done (for the most part) of which 2 were chosen as solid directions for an American audience, and 1 was chosen for the Kurdish audience. We discussed possible changes and direction for the selected designs.
When we got home we had delicious enchiladas and salads for dinner, which was followed by home group. Our talk at home group was centered around giving to the poor. We discussed when we should give, what we should give, how we should give, and why we should give. It was a lengthy discussion and I won't bore you with too many details but I will give you the conclusions i have come too (pending revelatory revision)
As believers we are called to always give to the needy, but I think that there are times when I feel called to give in one way versus another. I have been so greatly blessed by gifts from others, and from God (the giver of all things), that I should never not give something. Sometimes I feel called to give monetary, or to give time, or love, or prayer. And I was convicted of this through our talk. I am going focus on giving something to those in need... whether its 250 dinar, or 2.5 minutes of prayer.
Another thing that I need to work on is giving for the right reasons. As a human, I am inclined to be selfish, and I have the amazing ability as a member of this flawed species to turn a selfless act into a selfish act. Sometimes I give to appease guilt, sometimes I give to look generous, sometimes I give for no other reason that because everyone else is giving. What I need to be is Christ centered, not self centered. I need to focus my attention on serving the mangod that came down from heaven and let us (man) brutally murder him so that we could be washed clean for that act, and every other act of sin ever. Giving because of my own guilt, or desire to look kind, or be one of the giving gang, is so far below giving because the love of my life proclaimed that I must love all as he loves all, and give to all as he gives to all. This is the ultimate task. It doesn't matter what I give (unless its destructive, that's bad), as long as I am giving it because of my love for Jesus and my desire to obey his commands. Sorry if that got a little preachy, it just amazes me how a simple hour long talk can convict me of the truth and help me to course correct.
On a funnier note, I fell asleep during prayer. Yup. Snoring and all. Right in the middle of home group prayer. Thank goodness I am forgiven.
Tuesday
Lots and lots of design... ridiculous amounts of design.
Then dinner, arrested development till 9
and 5 more hours of design.
Wednesday
Needless to say, I am exhausted. But, overall today was great. Spent the day working on a postcard handout for PLC to put in with their orders for shirts and other things. WIN. I also discussed with Cody and Jeremy some slight revisions to the PLC branding, and I am now going to working on further streamlining and developing logos, iconography and branding guidelines for Preemptive Love! I am super excited about this, as branding and PLC are two things I am very passionate about! After work I stayed late in the office (where I am now), to write this blog and catch up on work!
Now for dindin!!
Monday
I spent the majority of Monday working on tshirt designs at the office. So far they have been pretty fun and overall have been received quite well by my supervisors Jeremy and Cody. I had a deadline to have 3-4 shirt designs done on Monday afternoon for a meeting. I ended up having 5 done (for the most part) of which 2 were chosen as solid directions for an American audience, and 1 was chosen for the Kurdish audience. We discussed possible changes and direction for the selected designs.
When we got home we had delicious enchiladas and salads for dinner, which was followed by home group. Our talk at home group was centered around giving to the poor. We discussed when we should give, what we should give, how we should give, and why we should give. It was a lengthy discussion and I won't bore you with too many details but I will give you the conclusions i have come too (pending revelatory revision)
As believers we are called to always give to the needy, but I think that there are times when I feel called to give in one way versus another. I have been so greatly blessed by gifts from others, and from God (the giver of all things), that I should never not give something. Sometimes I feel called to give monetary, or to give time, or love, or prayer. And I was convicted of this through our talk. I am going focus on giving something to those in need... whether its 250 dinar, or 2.5 minutes of prayer.
Another thing that I need to work on is giving for the right reasons. As a human, I am inclined to be selfish, and I have the amazing ability as a member of this flawed species to turn a selfless act into a selfish act. Sometimes I give to appease guilt, sometimes I give to look generous, sometimes I give for no other reason that because everyone else is giving. What I need to be is Christ centered, not self centered. I need to focus my attention on serving the mangod that came down from heaven and let us (man) brutally murder him so that we could be washed clean for that act, and every other act of sin ever. Giving because of my own guilt, or desire to look kind, or be one of the giving gang, is so far below giving because the love of my life proclaimed that I must love all as he loves all, and give to all as he gives to all. This is the ultimate task. It doesn't matter what I give (unless its destructive, that's bad), as long as I am giving it because of my love for Jesus and my desire to obey his commands. Sorry if that got a little preachy, it just amazes me how a simple hour long talk can convict me of the truth and help me to course correct.
On a funnier note, I fell asleep during prayer. Yup. Snoring and all. Right in the middle of home group prayer. Thank goodness I am forgiven.
Tuesday
Lots and lots of design... ridiculous amounts of design.
Then dinner, arrested development till 9
and 5 more hours of design.
Wednesday
Needless to say, I am exhausted. But, overall today was great. Spent the day working on a postcard handout for PLC to put in with their orders for shirts and other things. WIN. I also discussed with Cody and Jeremy some slight revisions to the PLC branding, and I am now going to working on further streamlining and developing logos, iconography and branding guidelines for Preemptive Love! I am super excited about this, as branding and PLC are two things I am very passionate about! After work I stayed late in the office (where I am now), to write this blog and catch up on work!
Now for dindin!!
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ReplyDelete"Hi its me daniel"Who woke you up was it one you've spoke of? Have you given any dinar yet or converted anybody? Sorry I deleted the comment it was spelled wrong and it was dumb so I removed it.
ReplyDeleteBoy these posts would be even greater with pictures! Pictures of the food. Samples of what you are working on. Pictures of the office you stayed in to update this...
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