05.18Mamelodi Stories Wins A 2009 Horizon Interactive Award
We are very pleased to announce that MamelodiStories.org took best of category for Blogs in the 8th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards. The Horizon Interactive Awards is “a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers.” The contest received more than 2,000 entries from 32 countries and nearly all 50 states. We are very happy to win the award, of course, but are mostly excited that new people will be coming to check out this site and get a chance to see how God is changing lives in Mamelodi.
So we want to welcome any new visitors! My wife and I have been blogging about our year volunteering in South Africa with Africa Revolution, working closely with a local church in the township of Mamelodi called the Powerhouse. We’ve been teaching web design and small business courses at the church’s skills development center in addition to helping out with the weekly feeding scheme. We’ve also been blessed to travel around southern Africa. Additionally, I have had the chance this year to experiment with shooting 3D panoramic images and am exploring that medium as a tool for telling stories.
Our time here is coming to a close soon, but that definitely won’t be the end of the story. We are planning a coffee table book featuring the best stories and photos as well as exhibits and who knows what else. Subscribe to our RSS feed or email updates to make sure you don’t miss any important announcements.
P.S. The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication (our alma mater) won best of category in the College & University category for its Cape Fear to Down Here multimedia project. Congratulations to Pat Davison, all the workshop faculty and of course the students that busted their tails for a week to put those stories together!
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That is awesome. Congrats to you both.
The panoramic shots are truly breathtaking!
See you soon,
Dave
May 18th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Nathan & Rebecca — Congratulations ! Quite an honor for your excellent writing and photography skills. Even more awesome is your devotion to your Christian mission for helping a community with so many needs. Your ministering and teaching has touched so many lives, not only in Mamelodi, but also anyone who has read your accounts of your service and sense of mission on your webpage. I am very proud of both of you. Love you — Daddy
May 18th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Great Job! I have enjoyed reading your entries. God has really blessed you and your awesome ministry.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Thanks to everyone for your kind words!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Today as we shared this news with friends in Mamelodi, we found so much joy in explaining that this means that more people—new people—will likely click on our website and, we pray, see how God is at work in their precious community. I continue to give God so much praise today as I reflect on the fact that this is exactly what we set out to do with Mamelodi Stories. Again, to God be all the glory, for it is He who is doing everything through us.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Congratulations guys.
God will use all sorts of ways to bring glory to Himself. You guys have done an outstanding job and we know that the foundation you put in place with your work will be built upon and His kingdom expanded.
Well Done!
May 20th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
What beautiful couple you are! So very proud of you both. Mom is smiling!!! A word from the Scriptures, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exhalt you in due time… God is getting the glory.
Much love to you both. Looking forward with great anticipation to our reunion.
Pops
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Absolutely, “Glory to God Alone”! You two must make our heavenly Father dance every single day. (I know you make you are a delight to your father in MX, who passed this along to us.)
Keep up the wonderful work – He will “exhalt you in due time”!
Lots of love and blessings,
Maureen Keithley
May 24th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Nathan & Rebecca,
CONGRATS on a great honor! I sure have enjoyed following your mission work through this blog. Keep up the great work!
God Bless you both,
Nora
May 24th, 2009 at 8:04 am
To Nora and Maureen – Thanks so much for your kind words. It is very encouraging knowing you are following the blog!
May 24th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I just got introduced to your Blog (by my sister Maureen)! Wow!!! What a celebration of the Human Spirit! Thanks for focusing your time, effort and energy on living out His Word and sharing the good work you are doing in Mamelodi with the worldwide web! Quite a contrast from what we get in the news, which is always gloom and doom!
Keep up the great work!
Dan
May 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Dan – Thanks for checking out the site. While the human spirit is indeed wonderful, it’s only because we’re made in the image of our wonderful creator. To God be the glory!
May 28th, 2009 at 2:25 am