felege hiywot

So I promised I'd tell you a little more about the organization I'm designing for. Felege Hiywot means 'finding a direction for life.' It is a not for profit organization run out of downtown Indy. The lady who started the program is a wonderfully sweet Ethiopian woman named Aster. It's kind of tricky to explain exactly what they do but the most basic way I can try to explain it is they run summer and after school programs for the Indy youth where they teach gardening, environmentalism, nutrition, ect. They also celebrate the Ethiopian culture and support an orphanage over in Ethiopia. So the work I'm doing for them consists of creating a new logo, a presentation piece (which is basically a pamphlet with different inserts of all their different programs, ect.) and a program template (which is basically a letterhead more or less that they can use for their weekly lesson plans). So maybe that gives you a little better idea of what I'm doing here.

Conclusion of the day: I'm not cut out for real life.

I really need to figure out how to not be so awkward in new situations lol. I don't even know! It's awful haha. So yeah, I'm overwhelmed with a lot right now. And I kind of have a bad attitude about it all right now as well haha. I would welcome any prayers. :)

OH! But I need to tell you about some great new discoveries!

1. Stock photography sites ...why did nobody ever tell me about these! It's like google searches except only with the good results. You can find some great images this way.. granted you have to pay to be able to download or use them but it's a good resource for getting ideas. istockphoto.com and shutterstock are good sites.

2. Cajun food! Yats = soo good! Next time you're in Indy, please go.

I also want to tell you a story. So today when my 'boss' took me out for lunch at Yats, well first of all the guy working the counter referred to me as 'sugar'. I feel like it was mildly inappropriate considering he was definitely in my age range like 23-27ish.. but whatev. Anyways, but then my boss realized that they only took cash and the 'sugar' guy at the counter was like 'it's cool we can make an I.O.U. Just come in later this week sometime and pay.' It just made me so happy! I love that kind of trust in a total stranger. It's the way the world should be.