This is it, guys: my last blog post of the 2010s. I thought I'd join the fun of recaps and share my top moments of 2019, my top 3 moments of the 2010s, and some goals for 2020. Recap 2019: Top 10 These are loosely in order of their occurrence.…
It's Christmas. I just had dinner with my family and got some writing cubes as a gift. Time for some rest until school starts up again. Before I got home, I had 5 days to finish writing a sermon, give a presentation, do prep research to write 2 exegetical papers,…
I have until Friday to finish another milestone of illustrations. And, as I was recently working on this project, I found myself in an interesting situation: I was drawing the pictures for "Song of Songs". For those of you who aren't familiar, Song of Songs is like the wild romance…
We had our own little second-hand-store at our school. Students brought their good second-hand clothes, we (I and a team) sorted the stuff and set it up with some decorations and tea and cookies. Apart from saving money and material on clothes, we wanted to raise money for the non-profit…
A couple of days ago, I was looking for random word combinations as an inspiration for a new story. There were at least ten combos, things like "cabbage, comb, observatory", "Not a paper clip", or "bottlecap, conspiracy, house cat". I liked the combo "operation, cheddar, easter" most. So, I thought…
This Wednesday, it was time for our third "Open Mic" Night in Ewersbach. We had Christmas lights and cookies and punsch for the guests. 40 people came. And of those 40, around 10 people shared a piece of creativity. One group made a "mystery cake" (chocolate, but without a recipe),…
The classroom was divided into three parts: a classic "classroom" with the projector and student seats, a stage area with random props, and a craft area with colored paper and other art supplies: Yesterday was another round of my "creativity in the church" seminar - during which a participant called…
I haven't posted about the illustrations for a while, but I have silently been working on those. And now, there's something worth showing for it. The commission is for 70h of work. I have about 20h to go. Ruth and Boaz (edited)Family TreeJob and his FriendsGod's Voice in the StormJob…
I dreamt last night that I was at the airport with my dad. We were waiting at the gate to board our return flight home. Nothing unusual. There were not too many people, nor too few, not too much noise. Actually, nothing was going on, at all. And even though…
I went to Uganda last week to visit a small NGO I am involved in. In my last post, I described some travel impressions and some of the projects we do there. But when you put all these projects together, what do they add up to? They change lives. For…
Church, Africa-Style: Uganda's society is quite religious. No one would call themselves an atheist. Most are either Christians, Muslims, or follow Tribal Religions. There are prominent Pastors, "prophets" and "healers" all over the place. When they say something, people take their word for it. For better or for worse. While…
I have been working on my illustrations, but haven't posted about them for a while. So, here's an update on the project: 40h in, 30h to go. JobConquering CanaanKing David and the PsalmsRuth and Boaz Also, I remade my baboon mask, my own "Rafiki" (based on the "Lion King"). The…
School started today. You might think that I had vacation time before that. And technically, that is true. However, I was at home for the past 2 weeks, and there was a lot going on. And all this stuff comes together in a story about weeds, Luganda, and "Coconut Galaxy":…
I have one more week to go on my internship. We have the day off. So, I took out my sketchbook and drew the next thing I could see. In this case, a teacup. I decided to fill the page with as many versions of the same cup as possible.…
I am currently at a 2-week internship. But that doesn't mean I can't bring a sketchbook along part of the time. In particular, I was able to draw some new friends at a grill party event. They were from Ethiopia and Iran. Also, a few days before, I went to…