Well YWAM has been incredible! Lots of awesome friends made, lots of great lessons being taught and an all around good time! In the past couple weeks we have learned about Spiritual Warfare, our Beliefs and how they matter, Godly Relationships and now we are studying theology and how to evangelize cross-culturally!
Other than studying bible courses, taking photos and making videos, my day is pretty awesome! Here are some of the photos I've taken recently.
Unfortunately, disaster has fallen.
Nothing too drastic, just my computer going kaput! For all you who want to know details, here's an image of the screen....
Sooooo. I think I need a new hard drive. If any of my tech friends read this and are all "Nope! You just need ABC and D" then great! Let me know! Otherwise I need some new parts! Especially when it comes to a media school that I'm in, where the focus is on producing photos and videos to highlight injustice around the world, a computer is somewhat vital!
Prayer that I would get the parts is awesome, but if you feel led to donate some cash so I can purchase them, feel free!
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Thanks a ton for your prayers and please keep them coming! I can't wait to see what the Lord does in these next couple months!
In Christ,
Nick, the Towheaded Rambler
Wow, been a while since I posted on here. Since it's been so long I think an update on both what I've been doing and where I am going from here is in order.
Our family arrives back in California on November 4th, actually only four of us do, the other six will arrive on the 5th. Once in the US our family is there to stay! Sort of.
In January (I'm super excited to announce this) I'll be going to a six month Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Discipleship Training School (DTS) called "Voice for the Voiceless". The focus of this school is documentary filmmaking and showing the plight of those who otherwise wouldn't be heard.
Three months are spent in Kona (really tough, I know) and the other three months are spent putting everything I've learned to use. I'm really excited to see what this has in store for me and all the possibilities for God's work.
I'll get back in late June, but then it's off to college that fall for me! Still praying on where the Lord would have me go, but I know it's all in His hand.
Enough of the future, what have I been up to?
Other than helping out at Agape with work projects, loving the kids, and Saturday morning bible study and activities, I am also tutoring some of the kids from a local international school. The most recent "trip" I went on was down to Agape's Farm, the vocational training center.
It teaches three different professions: carpentry, masonry, and mechanics, in addition to farming skills.
Spraying the Sukuma with insecticides.
Plus it's right on the shore of Lake Victoria and has amazing sunsets.
In addition to all of that, I've been working on a promotional video for an organization based outside of Kisumu. It's a great ministry with lots of different areas it works in. I'll be sure and post the finished video when it's ready.
Overall it's going well here and I am thankful for all that I have, seen and learned.
In Christ,
Nick
The other day I was a bit bored, so I decided that I'd try and build a pinhole lens for my Canon T2i.
If you don't care about stuff like this, skip to the bottom, otherwise here is a summary of what I did.
First of all, you'll need the following:
A needle (the thinner the better)
A pencil with an eraser (optional, but it sure makes it easier to make the hole)
Thin metal (aluminum foil, brass sheet, etc. The thinner the better!)
A spare camera body cap
A drill
Some very fine sandpaper
A vise (also optional, but it will make drilling the hole in the cap easier)
And tape (to attach the metal to the camera body cap)
The needle/pencil combo, much easier to use.
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I ended up using the bottom of a Pringle's can as thinner metals were not available.
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The process is fairly simple, but a bit time consuming.
- Cut a small piece of metal out of whatever material you are using.
- Taking the pencil and /or needle, carefully poke a dent in the metal, you don't want it to go all the way through.
- Sand the very tip of the dent off. The goal is to make as small a hole as possible.
And that finishes the lens! Now for the mount.
- Take your camera body cap and tighten it in the vise.
- Drill a hole in the center of the cap. The size doesn't matter all that much, just make sure it's quite a bit bigger then the pinhole.
- Sand off the rough edges if there are any.
Finally, combine the two pieces by taping the pinhole piece inside of the camera cap.
And that's the finished product!
Below is a photo with the lens, without any editing or anything.
Of course it needs a bit of touchup work, and maybe a couple settings tweaked. But overall it's fun to play around with!
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Now the part completely unrelated to the lens, or even photography for that matter.
If you are particularly observant, you may have noticed a new page of my blog up top called "
The Bookshelf". Basically it's a spot for me to put books I've read recently, and what I thought about them! I don't know how often I'll update this, but I'll try and update it a couple times a month depending on how many books I can find in Kenya!
Hope you all have great weeks!
Nick, the Towheaded Rambler
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