Week Four: Pick a Pocket

Photo taken by Corey Hart. In support of Pick a Pocket. For more, check out http://pickapocketart.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10556058

Day One: Listen to stories from Pick a Pocket, an organization that began as a group of young people who wanted to use their art to increase awareness and fight extreme poverty. It began at YWAM Herrnhut.

Day Two: More testimonies from Pick a Pocket… Stories of creating the Koshe project- of educating kids living at a garbage dump and helping former prostitutes open a café in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- of using crafts to spread a message of love and awareness…

Day Three: Watch Born into Brothels, a documentary about a woman who taught photography to kids in Kolkata’s red light district.

Day Four: Pick a Pocket Café opens in town and Liz and the Lions (a band working with Pick a Pocket) have their CD preview and pre-order night at the castle. Hoorah! I’m reminded that I can create change. With some creative thought and a bit of determination, I can do as the members of Pick a Pocket have done. They’ve created projects abroad, they hold the keys to a café in town, and they play music on tour. So can I- with a bit of initiative.

Day Five: Uli, another Pick a Pocket member challenges us to be creative with our gifts- Uli’s passion for Super Heroes (yeah!) has allowed him to spread a message of love… What am I passionate about? After a week of Pick a Pocket’s inspiring stories, Uli shares some tools to go forth on our own journey. He notes some things that he’s stored in his “Bat Belt:”

            -Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

            -Pray.

            -Follow what you love.

            -Feed your passion.

Day Six: Watch video about Dorothy Day and the beginning of the Catholic Worker Houses. Feel more inspired.

Day Seven: Rest. Reflect. Go sledding. Think: How can I use my gifts to serve others?

For more info on Pick a Pocket: http://pickapocketart.webs.com/aboutus.htm