A bunch of pics from the first day of work at YNIA 2007 – St. Louis, MO: Participants help with a relay race at the Griffen Center in East Saint Louis, Il. Clearing out a jungle of a backyard in north-city St. Louis. This group did a lot of tasks, including moving a refrigerator from…
Month: July 2007
travel, YNIA
YNIA STL Day One Pics
Once again, connectivity this week is high, so I (Orin) hope to put up a few pics every day from YNIA St. Louis. This is the same program I did a couple weeks ago in Tijuana MX, just a different time, location, staff, and participants. I am prayer and music coordinator again this week. Participants…
travel, YNIA
YNIA – St. Louis!
Once again this week, Orin is Young Neighbor-ing, this time in his own back yard, St. Louis. I’m not sure how much connectivity I’ll have, but I will try to update y’all on the week as best I can. Pray for us all! PS – I’m not sure where the “Recent Comments” in the sidebar…
keytar, poll
Update on the Polls
So, a healthy 20 folks have voted on our new Oddwalk Poll (over in the sidebar) as this is being written – and the inanimate object, the Oddwalk Keytar currently holds a slim lead, tied with Oddwalk’s Wives. We wanted to bring to your attention a couple aspects of the poll that may not have…
family
Yard of the Week!
So, Orin is pretty sure his folks’ yard has pretty much looked like this for at least 10 years now (except for the sign, of course, and it’s usually in color), but a couple weeks ago, it won, for the first time, Yard of the Week! Dad reports things have been growing well, due to…
family, friends, odd, video
In a world where wedding videos get creepy little trailers…
Orin’s wife Erin’s friend Stephanie got married to Patrick a couple weeks ago, and Erin was the whatever-of-honor. The videographer made this little clip montage for them. It’s funny, if a little weird. Watch for the amazing talents of co-star Erin!
keytar, poll
Oddwalk Polls
So, Blogger has added (in beta) an ability to add simple polls to the blog. Check out the first one, over there in the sidebar. It will be active for two weeks. You may select multiple answers (unless you only have one answer). I guess having no answer is acceptable too, but if that’s the…
travel, YNIA
YNIA Tijuana – Wrap-up
Just a few pics from the end of the YNIA week in Tijuana, MX: The beautiful stained glass window in the chapel. Program Director Cathy at the closing session. Site Coordinator (and fabulous musician) Sarah. And the whole group poses for a photo at the large outdoor cross: