38/365: UH InterVarsity Alumni Website

On Monday night Sarah, Jeremiah, Callina (yes, you helped), and I hammered out the finishing structural touches to the WordPress powered UH InterVarsity Alumni Website which can be found at http://alumni.uhintervarsity.org. Beautiful job everybody :)

Our dream is to reach the 32,000 college and university students at the University of Houston. By establishing witnessing communities of students and faculty that impact the campus with a love for God, God’s word, God’s people and God’s purposes in the world.

As Jesus comes into the lives of students and faculty in the University of Houston we desire to see skeptics become seekers, seekers become followers, followers become leaders and leaders become world changers. 

Check it out! Comments? Suggestions?

Depth of People & Flowers

After months of reading reviews & price-checking, I finally purchased a new lens for my Canon Rebel XTi DSLR, the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS telephoto zoom lens (Amazon.com). Accompanied by my kits lens, I can now go full zoom range 18-55mm & 55-250mm.

I have enjoyed my Rebel immensely since I bought it last year, but felt limited with my zooming power especially when Samuel would run so far away so quickly! Megan let me borrow her Sigma 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens for InterVarsity’s One Night in Heaven, over Spring Break, & during the InterVarsity Car Wash last weekend. I was able to get in some good practice & take some sweet candid shots.

I picked up the new zoom lens last Sunday, and, of course, took it for a spin around my parent’s house. What do my parents have lusciously enveloping their house? Numerous gorgeous flowers & roses. Normally, people don’t take pictures of flowers with a zoom lens, but I wanted to break it in. I love the depth & clarity of the following photos:

I’m in Austin this weekend to celebrate Easter (Praise God for loving us so much!) with my family. Today, I took several depth emphasizing shots with ease while exclaiming, “I gotcha now, Sammy!” from across the yard inciting a joyous squeal from my subject.

Guessing At Teahouse

Sunday night, before a busy work week, I met some friends over at Teahouse off of Shepherd and Westheimer to drink some tapioca and play games. The game of choice was Guesstures.

Strawberry Lime Slushy with Tapioca, #92

The crazy fish bit, thankfully Steven used his pen instead of his finger.

Lovin’ Chick-fil-A in the Summer

After InterVarsity’s Summer Lovin’ Bible study last week on Philippians 2, the spiritually filled, but physically hungry group of college age students trekked to Chick-fil-A to enjoy a delicacy with super service.

Come join us at the InterVarsity Houston area office tomorrow Thursday, August 6th for our last Summer Lovin’ bible study on Philippians 3. Can’t come? Read chapter 3 & 4 and feel free to ask for notes.