:. Drug Smuggling

Sounds like someone's been watching LOST.

:. Desaparecido

I came across information on this ad campaign on a Brazilian blog that tracks Latin American and South American advertising trends. I thought it was a pretty cool idea and I look forward to using a version of it for events in Tucson in the years to come.

Desaparecido (missing person) is a new ad campaign in Brazil (created by the Publicis agency of São Paulo) promoting the second season of Lost.

The campaign spread photocopied posters of "missing people" with profiles on characters from the show, with info on where they can be found (the local TV affiliate).

Postings appeared throughout the city on telephone poles, signs, buildings and in bathrooms and bars.

What I found most interesting is that some of the posters use the actor's name and some use the character's name. Either way, it's pretty cool. I really like the way that they plastered the posters all over town and that they really are pretty interesting to look at and would probably catch people's attention, even though they are relatively "low tech" in their approach.

Leave a comment for me and let me know if you've seen any cool advertising or leave a suggestion on how we can use this idea to promote a ministry event.

:. Real Life Simpsons Intro

Wow, this is cool, but what a huge amount of time to film all of it.

:. Ministry Display

Here's the promised pic of
our ministry display from Cornerstone's ministry fair this weekend.

We made it out of $1-a-yard material and copper pipe.

Those of you who were at the send-off for Ryan & Liz in Kirksville might remember the wood pieces with pictures of Tucson on them.

:. You've Restored My Faith in Marriage

A trip back to Kirksville gave us a chance to spend time with friends we hadn’t seen for a while.

A birthday party was the convenient excuse to see each other and one friend graciously offered up her pad for all to chill.

After a revealing game of I’ve Never, she pulled us aside.
She said, “I’ve always thought of marriage as the end of your life. That you are happy and carefree and enjoy life, then you get married.

“Seeing the two of you together,” she continued, “makes me think that’s not the case. You’ve restored my faith in marriage ... er, I mean, maybe marriage isn’t the end of the world after all.”

It turns out that we were the first married couple She's come across who actually enjoy being married to each other.

It is wonderful to share our lives with our friends and discover they are changed by our discussions and friendships.

:. Time Well Spent

We spent the last week-ish with my parents in Troy. It was really great getting to spend so much time with them. We watched movies, played games (my mom loves Settlers of Cataan!) and just got a lot of time to talk. Mom and Dad are planning a new business, looking for land to house that business and designing a new house.

On the first day of spring it snowed about 6 inches. Rachael and I had a good time walking in the woods and taking pictures.

We bought a bunch of copper pipe and pipe fittings to make a display for this Sunday. We're starting to support raise at Cornerstone Baptist Church (we're we've been going while in KC) and this sunday is the 'introduction of our ministry to the church'.

It's exciting to get the chance to start talking with everyone we've been meeting and working with over the last 10 months about what we'll be doing when we move in July. Every time we get a new supporter, it helps encourage us and excite us all over again. Shout outs to Sarah, Amanda, and Dave - thanks for joining our support team.
We'll have a new newsletter done this weekend and it should be e-mail out to everyone by Monday.
Blessings.