13/365

My Business Card

Here is one more post before I hit the road, I designed this business card the other day to try and create a more artistic outlook on the Community of Christ. Plus youth ministers are supposed to look cool right?
anyways, feel free to email me or call me
if you want to know the stories behind these photos
or if you just want to talk.

ZV

12/365

Nearly finished painting

finishing up my previous painting before I take off for camps. One week at Jr. Camp, one week at Sr. High camp, and one week at Reunion. Then two more weeks in the Midwest for more camps. The campground I'm going to doesn't have internet so it will be awhile before I put up new posts. I plan on sticking to my word though and posting a picture for every day I'm at camp.

love you all
ZV

11/365

The Start of a new painting

So I've never actually looked at the aspect of a great painting, but from my last one I now understand that you should work from the back of the depth perception to the front. I have no idea why I splattered paint on that canvas but I hope it makes a good background. This one will be for my parents. the progress will be posted soon.

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Outdoor Theater at Artpark

Taken during a concert, this place has some real hidden beauty to it. You just have to look for it... 2 more days then I'm off to camp for a month+

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8 bags of clothes and a cat

So my friend Nate said he had some clothes that he wanted me to sift through and see if I like any of them. I don't remember the part when he said I have 8 garbage bags full of clothes for me to take but I'm alright with that.

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This is Stanly

I'm currently staying at a older couples house that is gone for vacation and one of my jobs is to clean up after their cats. There is two of them. One likes to throw cups on the floor when he wants a drink of water from the sink. This one likes to eat too much and puke in unseen spots. Its always a fun scavenger hunt.

7/365

Still me.

One day closer... one day closer to camps, one day closer to seeing Allie, one day closer to engaging with the youth from around this area. I moved to Buffalo, NY not knowing a single person around these parts. I'm an outgoing person so meeting strangers has not been a problem, but its hard to grasp and understand what your supposed to create here if you have yet to understand the youth here. The camp season begins in 6 days and I cannot wait to embrace and understand the joys and the hardships the youth around here deal with.

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I look like a badass but I'm really not that cool

Sometimes one gets bored during the nights. I refuse to watch more than an hour of t.v. so I usually resort to the many forms of art. This picture is just a result of taking a lamp and having the bulb inches away from my face. I did some editing as well

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I adore her

I miss her so much... she is currently in Ukraine and I cant wait to hold her again. We've been best friends ever since I was a chubbed up High Schooler. 2 and half months ago we both expressed a transcending love that we have for one another.
I will love
this best friend
for the rest of
my life.

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The BGMC Choir performing, Color Out Colorado

On part of my job is going beyond the weekly Sunday service and supporting the community around me. Nate, The tallest one in the back row is apart of the Clarence Community of Christ. He's been practicing for this for months now so it was a great experience to see Nate perform. Oh and this guy is absolutely hilarious so I have a feeling we're going to have a great relationship. I'm eating dinner with Nate and his partner Clyde on Wednesday so that should be a great oppertunity to get to know them.

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A painting of my friend Myles.

I wanted to try to display how he utilizes his hearing so well with music and with relationships. You'll be seeing at least one more photo of this when the final product is done.

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A Window to an old coffee shop in the town of Lewiston

During the summer this small town attracts thousands to their free outdoor concerts. I was able to stay with a family in Lewiston to see one of the many events.

1/365

A Leaf I Found at Letchworth State Park, NY

One Photo for the next 365 days.
From now until June 17th 2010 I will display one picture every single day that describes the experiences I am going through. There will be places where I do not have the internet so I will play catch up at times but I will strive to keep up.

The mindset I have in the beginning states of my job as a youth minister is to simply be in the background and observe. Understand peoples personalities as well as the environment around me. This leaf is from one of the many forest preserves that New York has to offer.

My Goal...

I am currently a youth minister, and it will be in my best efforts to write about my experience with the youth. It is my goal to show as many youth as I can that they are the ones that have the ability to shape the way this world views the environment, politics, religion, and many other aspects of life. With all of my ability, I will try to empower the youth to become an agent of positive change for this world.

I am also interested in your stories as well, if you have any experiences that brought about social change, empowerment, or any other positive interaction please write them to me and I will post them for all to see.

ZV

Let Us Begin

This is my life.
and my life affects your life.
as does yours to mine.

ZV