Debt

Throughout college I have volunteered a lot with a program that is very similar to the Church welfare program in many of ways. It is called the Heber J. Grant Program. It offers a scholarship to people from disadvantaged backgrounds, a class to teach them life skills, and other opportunities to serve in leadership roles, develop skills, and grow as individuals. The point of the program, the scholarship, and giving in general is to help people help themselves and become self reliant. I believe that in many cases this program has broken a chain of generations that have perpetuated bad lifestyles.

I am working on the curriculum for the class right now and wanted to share a video on debt. The things this class teaches, by the way, are not just for "disadvantaged" people. I do not consider myslef "disadvanatged" but have learned principles that have changed the way I live. If anyone is interested in learning more about it, let me know!

Enjoy the video-

California

Last week was spent in California with family. I went to Peter-O's wedding, went kayaking down the Yuba River, and went to the beach. I made a video of our trip to the beach, enjoy!

Christmas in July

Picture this: Christmas tree's, stockings hung by the fire with care, lights, caroling, wreaths, Mannheim Steamroller playing in the background, hot chocolate, pajamas, presents, ham, potatoes, green beans, corn, and hot apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to top it off.

All on the 19th of July.

Last Sunday our apartment had a end of the semester celebration and two of my roommates decided that we should make it a Christmas theme. We had a blast. I am going to miss some of my roommates a lot (the others are staying ;) Michael and Peter are getting married and Taylor will be back in CA for the fall.

The celebration was thought out really well, every detail was covered. Except maybe what it was going to be like eating a hot meal with the oven on wearing flannel pajamas in the summer with no AC. Oh well. It was worth it.

Enjoy the pictures.