HourChallenge

9/13
I was out of town most of today for a work strategy meeting and didn’t get around to doing much of anything.

9/14
Wow, looking back today was another busy day!
I met with a good friend over lunch to catch up and pitch a harebrained idea I had to raise money for our orphanage in [...]

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Today, with many others, I participated in a rolling fast to promote debt cancellation.  I visited Brian Bilbray’s office to ask him to vote for the Jubilee Act (HR 2634) which expands debt cancellation to many countries that were not included in the 2005 G8 agreement.  He is planning to vote for the [...]

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I had an encouraging lunch today with a pastor of a very large youth group in Escondido.
Time spent = 1.25 hours
We hosted the planning group in our home for the alternative Christmas market we’re planning. We have a final vendor list and are close to booking an African band for the event. We’re [...]

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The Children of COAP are pictured above.
Here’s something new and exciting. We have decided to partner with God’s Kids to help with an orphanage in Liberia. This project has been in the works for some time. We very recently received a packet of information from Mark Leonard, the Director of Ministry [...]

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9/6 
Catching up on emails related to various projects
Time spent = 20 min
Blogging
Time spent = 1 hour
Alternative market planning with Crissy
Time spent = 15 min
9/7
Now this is a little point of contention between my wife and I.  It’s nothing major really, just a disagreement over semantics.  As many, but not all of you know, our family [...]

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Last night I stumbled upon a video by journalist John Pilger that really challenged me. Pilger investigates the realities and impacts of globalization using Indonesia as a case study. The video is about an hour in length but is worth watching. In it, Pilger visits factories in [...]

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Please join us for the 2nd (hopefully) annual Christians Ending Poverty alternative gift market.
Date: Saturday November 17, 2007
Where: San Marcos Community Center - San Marcos, CA

Time: 1-4
As you might have figured out from previous posts, we are planning the Christmas market this year. It should be a great [...]

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9/3
Spent a fair amount of time responding to an article on a blog but then found out the author didn’t allow comments.  Leave it to the hyper-Reformed folks to block comments on a blog.
Time wasted spent = 30 minutes
Reading feeds
Time spent = 45 minutes
Reading a book titled The AIDS Crisis that was sent to me [...]

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Had Mom and Dad over today. We mostly just visited and did manage to spend some time talking about poverty issues. I’m hoping they will be in our JustFaith group this January.
Time spent = 30 min
Blogging
Time spent = 15 minutes
Update email for our alternative market and minutes from our last meeting.
Time spent = [...]

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Today was a busy day. I had a meeting this morning with George Jonson who I’ve written about several times. We talked in depth about the Audiobook project and about podcasting an upcoming sermon series he will preach later this year. George is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Time spent [...]

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