Finally an update!
I have been volunteering with Koinonia in Americus, GA for the last couple months managing the Heart to Heart program there. I will be returning to New Orleans Sunday after Thanksgiving to work through the winter.
I plan to continue doing tech support and web design, however I will no longer be staying with Common Ground Relief. I have been accepted as a Minister of Hospitality at Contemplatives in Action. Be sure to check out their website for more information including my mailing address.
Last weekend Pete, Otis and I brewed up 165 Gallons of Cafe Campesino Coffee for the attendees of the annual SOA Watch Vigil at Ft. Benning. With the help of a great crew of volunteers including several from the Newman Center in Charleston, Illinois we sold the coffee raising $2500 for the SOAWatch.
Peace,
geoffrey/pax
About Me
- Geoffrey
- It is better to love God and serve everyone rather than to try and figure It all out. After working in business management for both for-profit and non-profit businesses, I came to realize there must be something missing because I didn't see peace and happiness at the end of the path I was on. I then was blessed in learning about Peace Pilgrim whose message has gradually become the guiding force in my life. I have spent most of the last 12 years living in community as I feel that sharing resources, both material and personal is the most efficient means of living. During this time I was blessed to come into contact with many alternative ideas. I strive to be a very conscious consumer. If I need to buy something, I try to find out just where it came from and decide upon the source that has lead to the least suffering and the most sustainability. I sometimes find that others are very resistant to learning about this because it is much easier to walk into a store and buy what we thing we need. Since giving my life up to service, I have always had everything I needed provided, and living without a whole lot of possessions has made life much more rewarding and free.