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Taken at Starbucks - Mililani
Taken at Starbucks - Mililani
Sometimes, as a part of natural changes that occurr in the landscape of Photography, equipment needs to be changed. And it's late, I've got a short weekend because we're out on a location cover shoot on Sunday through Tuesday so this needs to go up fast.
I'm selling off a Canon 1d Mk III and a nice Canon EF 300 f4L IS lens. I have already upgraded or am in the process of doing so, so these two items have gotta go. Check out the Craigslist listing (http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/pho/2532696964.html.) if you're interested and text me your offers. Just remember I have an aversion to loballers and scammers. Never been that type myself and don't have the time to mess around.
Let me know what you're thinking, Aloha and blessings
The NHDH Thailand Impact team is now back in Hawaii, thanks to Korean airlines flights from Bangkok and Seoul. Everyone agreed that we'd left nothing to give but we'd all given everything we knew to give while we were in country in Thailand. We left Stephen there to attend a wedding and now the team begins to head off to different parts of the world. Who knows when we'll be together again like this? Only the good Lord!
It was a busy trip but so worth all that we were able to do. But then again, Sinatra was right when he sang ... "It's oh so nice to go traveling to Paris, London or Rome , but it's oh so nice to come home!"
It's been a whirlwind visit to Bangkok and Our Home Chapel in Thailand. It's wonderful to know that a small group of people from an island of just 544sq miles am have a positive impact on Amarion many miles away. For all the details and lots of images you should check out http://thailandimpact.com. Tonight we head over to Seoul with a day layover, then on to Honolulu to arrive around 8:00 am Monday morning. What a great way to travel! Going b a c k i n t i m e babbeee!
It's been a while but wifi was intermittent. We were at Penburi for the church camp and here's a little teaser of our performance there.
Our team was back at the slum community today ... this time working in the small school house that serves to reach into the community to work with the children that have little chance of being educated.
Perhaps that needs an explanation ... the slum areas in the outer areas surrounding Bangkok are a prime area for the sex traders. Apparently in the slum areas, children are born to sex trade workers and then either abandoned or "thrown away". In the west we find that hard to reconcile. Here, while not accepted as the general rule of thumb, children are often left at home to fend for themselves. This is where Our Home chapel has stepped in. They have established a school and a foundation to educate the younger children so that they will be less likely to be the "targets" of the sex traders. That's where our team spent the morning.
Today we were also privileged to take a small break and traveled to a tourist area park that has displays of all the significant architectural points throughout Thailand, in miniature. The gallery from today has some of those items
For the photogs looking in ... all the images are being shot o a Canon 1d MkIV, using either the 24-105/4L IS or the 70-300/4-5.6L IS. These two lenses were chosen for their compact, yet good coverage, not necessarily their speed. Note to self ... I've learnt from this trip that I should always bring along my ThinkTank Double wide. Everything I needed for this trip packed into my ThinkTank Speed demon, but that's just a little to big to haul on trips where I can get away with one body and a couple of lenses. Next time I'll pack the doublewide for the walkabouts. Lesson learned.
Tomorrow is a "chill" day before we head north to a 4 day camp. Here's a bunch of images from the school ... be aware you're gonna fall in love with these children. If you feel like spending just a little cash - about $45 per month, you can underwrite a child's education and help stop some creep messing with a child's life - forever - I'd say that was bargain! Contact me if you're interested or click through the link for Our Home Chapel above!
And thanks!!! I pray you'll be blessed!
Aloha!
The day started out heading into one of the slum communities that Our Home Chapel, the Foursquare denomination's church in Bangkok, Thailand is reaching into.
The area is a large chunk of land owned by a single man, who leases out small plots to individual families. People who can afford the lease are able to erect their homes on the piece of land that they've been able to obtain. The price is quite low and many low income families have taken advantage of the availability. But inside the communitiy the opportunities to educate the children are slim at best.
Our Home Chapel seeks out children who have not been enrolled in any school system and helps to educate them through their foundation.
The New Hope Diamond Head Thailand Mission Impact team is attempting to bolster the aspirations of the church in their efforts to survey the slum area and find the children who presently have no chance at even the slightest of educational opportunities.
Here are a few of the sights we saw on our journey through the area today.
Free ......that's FREE WiFi everywhere throughout the airport. And .... A miniature golf course too!
Layover in Seoul - 9:30pm HST. 4:30 - 7.8.11 Korea time. Heading to the Bangkok flight.
Everyone is doing great!
