Well well well, If you haven't checked it out I updated my blog, aka the look! Hope you like it, that is a picture from last year when I was in the DR at what we call the Hole, a dump where people live in, as cool and nice as it looks, it's a pretty sad place. This is just one of the places I will be working in! I head to Louisville, KY in a week from Friday for an intern retreat where I will meet the rest of the intern's there, and find a bit more about what I will be doing for sure while down there!
I'm def getting excited as my equipment is all here, and money is slowly trickling in for my raising of funds! Pictures of my packing and setting everything out to come soon! Also pictures of intern retreat!
Oh and incase you were curious, I have finally been informed on my flight path down there! I will drive to Ft. Wayne, then from there I will head to Chicago, the get on my next flight to Miami,and from Miami I head to Santiago!!! Then the flight home will be Santiago, to Miami, to Dallas, and then to Ft. Wayne. First time In the Dallas airport, should be a good time minus the Miami airport, never have been a fan of that airport.
Ok well that is all for now, updates to follow more and more as I get closer to leaving and while I'm down there and not working, editing photo's & video, or I guess having fun too! ;)
Keep on living!
~Doug
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A new Adventure
Why hello all! Well since my last post, I have had the opportunity to work with Apple and also go on a few missions trips to the Dominican Republic. Well with that said, while I was down in the DR i had the opportunity to talk about an internship with G.O. Ministries. Well one year went by and I did not want to leave my job at Apple. Well another year putting us at this year, I have taken the internship and been accepted so I will be heading to the Dominican Republic this summer for two months!
Well you may ask what is this crazy internship you will be doing down in the DR? Well I'm posting this to tell ya, It's a photography internship. I'll be taking photo's for missions teams that come down for missions trips, and then putting photo's into a slideshow for those groups! It's going to be a 2 month internship from June 5 - July 31. I'm very excited to get the opportunity to do this, doing two of my favorite things, Art through photography and travel. I will also be working alongside the groups down there and helping in some areas and times plus recording their memories! It's a really exciting time and please leave a message or let me know if you have any questions more about my internship!
Keep on living!
-Doug
Well you may ask what is this crazy internship you will be doing down in the DR? Well I'm posting this to tell ya, It's a photography internship. I'll be taking photo's for missions teams that come down for missions trips, and then putting photo's into a slideshow for those groups! It's going to be a 2 month internship from June 5 - July 31. I'm very excited to get the opportunity to do this, doing two of my favorite things, Art through photography and travel. I will also be working alongside the groups down there and helping in some areas and times plus recording their memories! It's a really exciting time and please leave a message or let me know if you have any questions more about my internship!
Keep on living!
-Doug
Monday, January 11, 2010
Missing It...
So this is a first post in a long time. With that saying, this time last year I was in New Zealand... warm warm New Zealand. Today has been a real shock as I see people from last spring semester that went on the trip with me. Also talking to a friend that is there right now, that got lucky and got to go on it again. I really do miss it, and I hope to go back sometime, in the near future. Is it bad though, I'm actually looking for job opportunities there to move there for a job for awhile. The other thing I'm looking at is the weather in the winter, cause well I'm allergic to the cold, but it looks like as long as i stay on the North Island of NZ, then I'll be ok.
After I graduate, my goal is to convince Brent to let me go with him again, and do a sort of internship with him on the Pac Rim trip. I really hope he would let me do that, it would be another trip of a life time, going into it knowing what i would be getting myself into, i could prepare more, and enjoy it a bit more, yet have a blast doing an internship of video while doing the one thing I love traveling.
Someone from the old group wrote this on a friends facebook page, and I do agree with this and the other list another friend commented on this post. So if your ever in NZ do these things.
1. Put sweet thai chili on EVERYTHING
2. Go to pak'n'save in just your shorts, no shoes no shirt.
3. Get pizza from Hell.
4. Get a Bastard burger
5. Wear sunscreen
6. Wear sunscreen again
7. When you go to Piha explore the crap outta it, its fun
8. Raglan is the most beautiful place on Earth. You will see.
-Noah Nehls
1. play ping-pong with any korean students at laidlaw
2. go for runs down along the river walk at dusk
3. drink any ginerbeer you can...i personally enjoyed the cheapest kind at pak n save. its like 90 cents for a liter
4. don't skype too much or you'll spend a buttload for internet
5. go play the crappy piano in the girls lounge
6. wear shoes in the grass
7. consistently tell brent you want ice cream
8. get an apple pie at Mcdonalds, theyre so much better than home...also, go to Mcdonalds to get 25 cent ice cream
-Caleb Hatfield
As I write this I am on a plane heading to Denver, Colorado for a western retail dealers market. So I am on a plane, and it is so nice to be up here in the air on a plane again, I know it's not to a different country, but it will do for now. I do miss flying and traveling, like I did this semester last year. Again like I've stated before I can't wait till i get that chance again to go travel and all that again. But for now that is all, I plan to start blogging more, so if you are one of the few people that follow, you may be seeing more posts, at least that's my goal, until next time...
Keep Living.
After I graduate, my goal is to convince Brent to let me go with him again, and do a sort of internship with him on the Pac Rim trip. I really hope he would let me do that, it would be another trip of a life time, going into it knowing what i would be getting myself into, i could prepare more, and enjoy it a bit more, yet have a blast doing an internship of video while doing the one thing I love traveling.
Someone from the old group wrote this on a friends facebook page, and I do agree with this and the other list another friend commented on this post. So if your ever in NZ do these things.
1. Put sweet thai chili on EVERYTHING
2. Go to pak'n'save in just your shorts, no shoes no shirt.
3. Get pizza from Hell.
4. Get a Bastard burger
5. Wear sunscreen
6. Wear sunscreen again
7. When you go to Piha explore the crap outta it, its fun
8. Raglan is the most beautiful place on Earth. You will see.
-Noah Nehls
1. play ping-pong with any korean students at laidlaw
2. go for runs down along the river walk at dusk
3. drink any ginerbeer you can...i personally enjoyed the cheapest kind at pak n save. its like 90 cents for a liter
4. don't skype too much or you'll spend a buttload for internet
5. go play the crappy piano in the girls lounge
6. wear shoes in the grass
7. consistently tell brent you want ice cream
8. get an apple pie at Mcdonalds, theyre so much better than home...also, go to Mcdonalds to get 25 cent ice cream
-Caleb Hatfield
As I write this I am on a plane heading to Denver, Colorado for a western retail dealers market. So I am on a plane, and it is so nice to be up here in the air on a plane again, I know it's not to a different country, but it will do for now. I do miss flying and traveling, like I did this semester last year. Again like I've stated before I can't wait till i get that chance again to go travel and all that again. But for now that is all, I plan to start blogging more, so if you are one of the few people that follow, you may be seeing more posts, at least that's my goal, until next time...
Keep Living.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Soccer Season Has Begun!
Sitting here in my apartment at Bethel College, watching some Television. Figured I would update this, so people can see what i'm up to these days, now that I'm not traveling anymore.
Soccer started, early this year, have 3 weeks of preseason, which have been grueling... A specialized strength/speed training coach this year, which has put us into shape. Had two scrimmages during the pre-season which has shown us what this year has in store for us as a team. Everyone still hasn't been back to 100%, but everyone is working at getting there so we can be a healthy team, and enjoy the season, which is in store for us.
Our first game was this past Friday at 8:00 pm. vs. #20 Madonna University. The game ended in a 1-1 tie, after 90 min of regulation time. It was a lot of fun getting to see the team in real action after a hard working preseason from all the boys... So now it becomes determination and hard work, after getting the first game and not getting the nod for the start. So now, I'm working to get that start this next game or in the very near future. I can't wait for that moment coach says it's time Doug... your getting the start. I'm just praying that it will be sooner than later.
Other than soccer, I've started reading David Crowders book, "Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets & Sushi" So far I have enjoyed it just started reading it, but it talked all about the psalms, and gives very good insight to a lot of things and makes you think and look upon things. These are the books I love, and I have a feeling as I get further into this book It is going to challenge me, and hopefully change me. Feel free to ask me about it, and I can give you info, or if you would like to borrow it, let me know, I'm more than willing to let you borrow it...
Well that's all for now, so until next time,
-Keep On Living...
Soccer started, early this year, have 3 weeks of preseason, which have been grueling... A specialized strength/speed training coach this year, which has put us into shape. Had two scrimmages during the pre-season which has shown us what this year has in store for us as a team. Everyone still hasn't been back to 100%, but everyone is working at getting there so we can be a healthy team, and enjoy the season, which is in store for us.
Our first game was this past Friday at 8:00 pm. vs. #20 Madonna University. The game ended in a 1-1 tie, after 90 min of regulation time. It was a lot of fun getting to see the team in real action after a hard working preseason from all the boys... So now it becomes determination and hard work, after getting the first game and not getting the nod for the start. So now, I'm working to get that start this next game or in the very near future. I can't wait for that moment coach says it's time Doug... your getting the start. I'm just praying that it will be sooner than later.
Other than soccer, I've started reading David Crowders book, "Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets & Sushi" So far I have enjoyed it just started reading it, but it talked all about the psalms, and gives very good insight to a lot of things and makes you think and look upon things. These are the books I love, and I have a feeling as I get further into this book It is going to challenge me, and hopefully change me. Feel free to ask me about it, and I can give you info, or if you would like to borrow it, let me know, I'm more than willing to let you borrow it...
Well that's all for now, so until next time,
-Keep On Living...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Almost 2 Months?
So I haven't updated this in forever... The end of the trip got a little hectic so I never got around to updating on the end of the trip on here, sorry if you checked this often hopping for an update and seeing what was going on over seas. The ending of my trip was bittersweet. I was ready to get home and away from the entire group and see old friends that i missed, but at the same time didn't want to leave, cause I wanted to travel more and see so much more. O well.
Anyways i can't believe it's almost already been 2 months since i've been home from my trip, it feels like just 2 or 3 weeks ago that, i walked off the airplane in Chicago, and jumped on a bus to head back to Bethel. I def miss everyone, and the trip itself, and at times catch myself kinda sad about being home and all that. It just makes me want to travel more and not be home.
But other than that my brother's wedding is coming up only a week away from this coming Friday, crazy to think he's going to be moved out, and married, and i'm going to have a sister. It should be a good time, i'm getting to make their slideshow, and all that, plus i have the duties of being the best man. So that's all the excitement right now in my life, planning the bachelor part, which for him is going on for two nights, wed and thursday before the wedding. A good time is planned for that. His apartment is coming together very nicely, they just bought a couch, and they are slowly getting their apartment all set up. I keep messing with him that I am going to be over there all the time... which I might be over there sometimes, but not that often. O and I almost forgot, being the Best Man, means I have to get a darn speech, YEAH!!!... not. Not to excited never been a fan of microphones, and speeches, so hopefully that goes well. I convinced my brother that I was just going to wing it when i got up there and made him nervous. I was completely messing with him cause there is no way I would get up infront of a whole bunch of people and wing a speech infront of everyone... cause knowing myself I would mess up or say something I didn't want to. Anyways that speech is slowly coming together.
So yeah my life since being back has been going non-stop, a three weeks class in May, working 4 days a week, and just getting ready for my brothers wedding, and all that jazz. It's been fast, and it saddens me cause it's been forever now since i was over seas having the trip of a life time. So hopefully someday I will get to experience all that again, in other countries and some of the same ones. I can't wait for that day, but until then, I can deal with the US, and good ole' Indiana... Until next time, and I promise to try and no let it be 2 months,
Keep on Living...
Anyways i can't believe it's almost already been 2 months since i've been home from my trip, it feels like just 2 or 3 weeks ago that, i walked off the airplane in Chicago, and jumped on a bus to head back to Bethel. I def miss everyone, and the trip itself, and at times catch myself kinda sad about being home and all that. It just makes me want to travel more and not be home.
But other than that my brother's wedding is coming up only a week away from this coming Friday, crazy to think he's going to be moved out, and married, and i'm going to have a sister. It should be a good time, i'm getting to make their slideshow, and all that, plus i have the duties of being the best man. So that's all the excitement right now in my life, planning the bachelor part, which for him is going on for two nights, wed and thursday before the wedding. A good time is planned for that. His apartment is coming together very nicely, they just bought a couch, and they are slowly getting their apartment all set up. I keep messing with him that I am going to be over there all the time... which I might be over there sometimes, but not that often. O and I almost forgot, being the Best Man, means I have to get a darn speech, YEAH!!!... not. Not to excited never been a fan of microphones, and speeches, so hopefully that goes well. I convinced my brother that I was just going to wing it when i got up there and made him nervous. I was completely messing with him cause there is no way I would get up infront of a whole bunch of people and wing a speech infront of everyone... cause knowing myself I would mess up or say something I didn't want to. Anyways that speech is slowly coming together.
So yeah my life since being back has been going non-stop, a three weeks class in May, working 4 days a week, and just getting ready for my brothers wedding, and all that jazz. It's been fast, and it saddens me cause it's been forever now since i was over seas having the trip of a life time. So hopefully someday I will get to experience all that again, in other countries and some of the same ones. I can't wait for that day, but until then, I can deal with the US, and good ole' Indiana... Until next time, and I promise to try and no let it be 2 months,
Keep on Living...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Let's Speak English!
So on today's event's we headed to a college, where we visited an English class and got to help the English students speak english and work with that stuff. I'm not the most outgoing person on this trip and was afraid of going and having to talk the entire time. Let alone my throat was sore, my head was draining, and I was not very coherent. So with all that on my plate didn't really make me wanna go anymore badly than I already didn't want to go. Not sure if that last sentence made sense, but yeah i hope you all get the idea. Anyways, today while at the college we walk into the classroom, and we get applauded. A very interesting way to get introduced to the class if i do say so myself. While there we got to be involved in 2 classes, both doing the same thing, which was sitting in the class and getting to talk to the Chinese students and learning from them. We were able to help them learn more about America, and the English language. In the end I'm glad I got to go to the college and do what we did, it was very different and interesting, but very nice to get this experience.
On other hands I'm not the healthiest at this moment in time... kinda sucks. My head has been plugged up the entire past 2 or 3 days so that's rough for me. We have a few days here left in the apartment before we leave for Xi'an, which I'm very excited for I can't wait to see all the country and the history of china outside of Beijing. This trip has been something I've been waiting for and needing since we've gotten here, something to get out of the same routine of doing everything. The studying, going to classes, and all that jazz we've needed a good trip that we haven't had yet, like we had every single week in New Zealand or Australia. So we leave Sunday around 6 pm and we won't be back for a week. I prob will have limited to no internet access so I won't be able to got on so that's all for now. Take it easy, and we'll talk to you all soon. Until next time Keep On Living!
On other hands I'm not the healthiest at this moment in time... kinda sucks. My head has been plugged up the entire past 2 or 3 days so that's rough for me. We have a few days here left in the apartment before we leave for Xi'an, which I'm very excited for I can't wait to see all the country and the history of china outside of Beijing. This trip has been something I've been waiting for and needing since we've gotten here, something to get out of the same routine of doing everything. The studying, going to classes, and all that jazz we've needed a good trip that we haven't had yet, like we had every single week in New Zealand or Australia. So we leave Sunday around 6 pm and we won't be back for a week. I prob will have limited to no internet access so I won't be able to got on so that's all for now. Take it easy, and we'll talk to you all soon. Until next time Keep On Living!
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