planned

So I finished my first goal of the year by achieving my Sihing rank on Wednesday night, which many will probably agree, is about time. Another thing I'm working on is a planned trip to Nicaragua at the end of March where me and a group of about 20 other people will be installing bio filters into homes as well as other humanitarian work such as delivering school supplies and helping out with a local orphanage. I was hesitant to write about the trip due to the fact that it's not 100% a for sure thing. First off as the date grows closer there seems to be many things that are still not planned and the other thing is that I have to raise about $2000 to go, though that is a lot less of a concern things usually work out for me. So fingers crossed that everything works out and that in a couple months my blog entry will be written on a nice sunny beach.

Another thing that happened this week is that I was asked if I would volunteer my time teaching photography classes at the Africa Center which is an inner city after school program to help kids stay out of trouble and give them a place to get their homework done and get some exercise and meet other children. This is also in the planning stages, but I am going to try and make it work out since it is a great opportunity to give back to the community and share my knowledge.