Rain Rain Go Away

If it was possible I wish I could push rain clouds to other parts of the world like Ghana. They need a stronger wet season in order to produce enough electricity to keep the power on and trust me in the warm months you want power. Granted there isn't air conditioning but fans are more influential than you think. It also plays into the purification of their drinking water which is vital.

I know that was random but I just thought about that as I was walking to my car today.

I'm leaving tomorrow to go on the WSYG Girl's Retreat at the Double Head Resort in North Alabama. I'm excited and eager to see all of the girl's that I've been missing these past 2 months.

The past week I have been researching all of my options for the summer. Basically that means I've e-mailed every non-profit organization I can find inquiring about the need for a graphic design intern. I would equate this process as the same that one encounters when "searching for a needle in a haystack" - frustrating and quite exhaustive.

I'm still not sold on if I even want to do a design internship. I feel like I "should" but I'm not closing any doors especially when so few are open.

I have found only one design option that is very appealing to me (besides Invisible Children). It's a firm in Memphis called Disciple Design. They're a Christian based firm (needle) that does non-profit design (haystack) and a few corporate things here and there. The entire staff are designers so I would be right in the middle of a professional firm without suffocating from corporate mentalities. I e-mailed them yesterday and they responded in less than 8 hours! Incredible. They sounded interested in me and wanted me to send on a pdf of my work as soon as I could.

If you want to check them out their website is as follows: www.discipledesign.com

In a perfect world I would like to combine all of my passions: Africa, ministry, and design. That's a lot harder than you think it would be but who knows, maybe something will work out.

Well I'm going to take a power nap before my 3 hours of painting class. Thanks for stopping by!