Wednesday UPdate

Isn't that a great title - UPdate... wow that’s great - Get it? UP-date ... UP... ok, sorry, you get it

Moving on!

Stained glass is amazing. Example These windows that were installed in our atrium! They are a great design. I get to build one of these lights soon for our coffee shop.

That’s Duane on the right; he wouldn't get out of my picture. But these are the great windows we installed. These are brand new windows, unlike the 100 year old window I took out today 4 stories above the ground. That thing was falling apart, and in absolutely horrible shape. But this weekend, we have 50 middle school and high school kids coming into the UP to do some volunteer work, and they are going to clean 4 windows for our stained glass class.

Enough of that. Today Duane and Justin and Margaret went to CompUSA and bought a 50 inch Plasma screen TV for out board room. Maybe you don’t understand the size of that. Here is a good way to describe this thing. Reach out your arms side to side, now curl in your hands. That’s about how big this TV is. Now why in the world would you need a thing like this. Well, this is the board room where we have professional meetings with power point presentations, movie and digital media showings, and other Video needs. This TV needs to be seen by everyone in the board room, and also needs to be flush against the wall. Therefore, flat screen TV is in order, and boy oh boy is it sweet! I’m really looking forward to wiring up the rest of the equipment to run the media. The best part about this is that this is part of a Technology grant that the government gives non-profit organizations to successfully run their technology in their programs, specifically, The Union Project.

So tomorrow night is our first volunteer meeting, and I’m really hoping that we have a nice turn out of people interested in joining the Union Project Group. It should be fun. I get to take a leadership role in explaining what we would ultimately like the UP to look like and how we see that the volunteers can become specialized and help us, while also giving them personal benefits, experience, and success. - quick side note... I'm 21, I have a Mohawk, I dress all funny, and I’m in a rock band Worship band... and I've been getting emails from students, student service groups from universities, and business professionals all saying, " Hello Mr. Verdesoto, my name is...” I think that is so formal and so funny. I mean, look at the picture, I’m a nut!

Other then that, this is me working on one of the windows, you can actually see much, but that's me with my crazy hair. It has been great to hear from many of you that emailed me, or posted comments. Hope you all are doing well. I would love to hear your thoughts about whats going on, or hear your questions as to what ever I am doing at the UP or at The Open Door, or at Cornerstone, Ultimate, or School, or anything else.

I hope you are all doing well, and I cant wait to see you all again.

Take care, and God Bless

~Reed