African thunder storms = EPIC

Sunsets and rice

We have finished another week in Africa. It blows my mind how fast the time has gone, this past week went especially fast, and I have been 10,000 miles away from home for nearly a month now.
This past week was spent shooting with both KEZA and Remba. With KEZA we are trying to get some fresh images of the products as well as a few images of models showing off the latest up on the website and ill be sure to keep you posted as to when that happens. With Remba we have been going to a few salons shooting and getting images for the website and getting footage for the upcoming video that Ricky is putting together. We'll be sure to keep you all in the loop.
I got a bed today so Ricky and I are no longer sharing a bed. Also this evening there was a beautiful sunset, I like cloud, and dinner was especially good.
till we meet again,
sj

Meet the Family

It has been brought to my attention that I am not the most consistent blogger. I apologize. Now, having internet in our house, I will do my best to throw some more updates and photos your way on a regular basis.
We have just finished day 27 in Africa and its only getting better. The other night night we got to go to a soccer game! Rwanda played an all star team from South Africa and of coarse Rwanda won. It was a cool experience for sure and hopefully we will be going to more. Also in attendance were a LOT of bugs that hung around the huge lights.
So I got lucky and I live with some pretty cool people. Let me introduce you…

Ricky (bottom right) says, "I burnt the rice."
Amanda (top right) says, "Were having breakfast burritos!"
Natalie (top left) says, "Just give me second..."
Rachel (middle right) says, "I'm not saying anything."
Erin (middle left) says, “Uughhh I hate this!”
Seth says, “Hello”
They are all pretty cool people to live with.

Till we meet again,
sj

More to come soon

Rwanda is Beautiful

Goodbye Uganda Hello Rwanda

We are now in Rwanda! After a few hold ups with delayed luggage we were able to get one the 1am bus which put us in Kigali at around 10am. This will be home for a while. The country is beautiful and our house is quite nice. It is a fully furnished four-bedroom house no more than two blocks away from the US embassy. At the moment the house if full and everyone here is either working or interning for KEZA. We just had a meeting Jared Miller, one of the founders, and got a good idea of what needs to be done visually this summer. We walked out of that meeting pretty excited. Right now it looks like I will start shooting products early next week and then sometime in the near future we will be doing a shoot with women modeling the products. Stoked. Talking with Jared I also came to realize how powerful and different this organization is. The last few days in Uganda were fun visiting coffee houses, chasing monkeys and just hanging with the crew around town. I consider it a privilege to be working with such a solid bunch of people who are so passionate about what they are doing and what can be done. God is good and I am blessed to be able to do what I love to do with such a fine group of people for such a good cause. If you just can’t get enough info of what we are doing you can follow the blogs of the rest of the crew down here. Rachel- http://rachelinrwanda.blogspot.com/ Ricky- http://www.africa.rickynorris.com/ Natalie- http://nataliewarne.blogspot.com/ Amanda- http://amandainrwanda.blogspot.com/ We should be getting internet in our house sometime next week so I will be able to update more often than I have been. I know you are all wanting to see some photos so here are a few plus a stop motion tour of our new home. Till we meet again, sj

A Mysterious Place with a Personal God

Greetings for Africa! We have made it and are now on day 3. As the days pass we are getting more and more comfortable with the area which is always a good thing. The rest of our team will be getting here on thurs and then we will take a bus down to Rwanda early fri morning where we will settle into our home for the summer. Your prayers for the rest of our team as they travel and for all of us as we head to Rwanda would be coveted. Today I think we will be heading into town and doing some more exploring. Perhaps try some new food and after that, who knows. We are glad to be here. A few photos from the plane and the sunrise this morning.

till we meet again,
sj