Maximo Fundraiser for Homeboy Industries - April 24, 2010

Arrive at Homeboy Industries. 7:30 AM


The location for the event: Union Station (my first time ever there!). 8:30 AM


My boy Joe.


The garden...check it out later, full of guests and donors. 9:00 AM


The big hall at Union Station. It WILL be transformed. 9:05 AM


Hector V. and some of the other senior staff from Homeboy Industries. 6:00 PM


Leonard, Aswad, myself, Brian, and Joe in the garden. 6:30 PM


The garden full of guests. 6:45 PM


The big hall transformed. 7:00 PM


Typical restroom flick in a very non-typical restroom. 7:05 PM


Joe clowning on the stage. 7:10 PM


Joe and some of the Homegirls. 7:15 PM


Heather, Holly, and Jim. Special people. 9:00 PM


The Homies getting their rap on. 9:45. PM


The night ends with a flick with Gee. 11:00 PM

Powerful Forces

The wind is blowing hard right now and it made me think...I thought about how many things in my life cannot be seen, they are invisible, but their effects CAN be seen and their power can be felt in my life. Just as the wind is invisible and cannot be touched, so it is with God, love, and recovery; and just as the wind is a powerful, moving force, these thing also have immense power, and affect my life in undeniable ways.

Today I am grateful for the effects that God, love, and recovery have had in my life. Although I cannot see these things, these powers, or touch them, I choose to believe in them today.

Through recovery I found God, and through God I have found love. I love God and He has allowed me to love myself so that I can love others and in turn allow them to love me. Simple...yet I had to travel such a long road to get here. But the journey is not over...it truly has just begun.

On The Job

Yesterday was my first day as a Coordinator's Assistant for the Homeboy Industries Solar Panel Program at East L.A. Skills Center. I hope to be a positive contributor to this program. I went through the program myself as a student and it was a good experience for me; I hope to make it a good experience for those that are following in my footsteps.