My first projects...

The last few days I've been working on fundraising for the Catholic News Agency (CNA). I've given myself a quick crash course on this database and jumped right into trying to identify charitable trusts that may fall in line with our mission. It's been interesting to learn how non-profit groups like CNA raise funds and try to grow their ministry. Conversely, it's facsinating to learn how charitable trusts change over time. They typically start out with a well defined purpose and set of principles, but as time goes on, and new generations inherit the decision making, they drift away from what their founder believed in.


After our daily Angelous Prayer, I met with my boss and we discussed a host of strategic items that we need to accomplish over the next year. I can't go into details, but it may include a couple of trips to the US for some "International Catholic News" panels at various universities. Needless-to-say, I have a lot of planning and research to do in order to get these things in line.

I was also asked to use my American accent for a podcast tomorrow. For what? I don't know because I couldn't understand all of the Spanish!

More to come on that...

Also, I found out today that Kobe Bryant is a recent convert to Catholicism. Apparently after his rape trial, instead of his wife leaving him, she forgave him and promised to stay with him as long as he changed his life and re-focused it on God. Consequently, he started going to church and became a Catholic. It could explain his maturity in the last few years...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1EqpUOe9Y

I ate lunch today down the street at "El Patio," and while I was eating, I wondered, "Hmmm...this juice doesn't seem freshly squeezed...I wonder if they made it with tap water..."

What does this mean? It means I'm starting to feel sick...hopefully my next entry won't be describing my sickness...