Would you like to spend some time with Lara and I talking business, personal life, non-profit, family life or anything else for that matter? You can at WPPI 2009! This Thursday January 29th the WPPI 2009 Thirst Relief Mentor Benefit Auction will go live! Bid on us there!!!! ALL proceeds benefit Thirst Relief International! A BIG thank you to the ShootQ team that built us a custom site this year for the auction!

GO HERE FOR THE AUCTION

Details of the auction:

The Thirst Relief Mentor Benefit Auction will start this Thursday, January 29^th

Those who want to bid will need to register before they will be able to start bidding.

The auction will close on Sunday, February 1^st at midnight EST.

When someone is outbid they will be notified by email.

As soon as someone has paid in full for your auction you will be notified and sent contact information for the person who won your auction.

We are very excited about what we can all do together for people around the globe.

In three years time we have we have taken 100,000 people long term sustainable clean water solutions for an average of $3.85 a person!

Our specific auction will include a 90 minute mentoring session with both of us, a copy of ActionRunner 2.0 w/a free upgrade to 3.0 upon release and a seat in our "Life in Art Workshop" to be held this summer at our home studio. Happy bidding.

This isn't what I posted about below so stay on the lookout or come by the Thirst Relief Booth at WPPI and inquire.

Something really big is coming! I'll be announcing it in the next few weeks so stay tuned to my blog and be on the lookout as it's going to be a really amazing opportunity for photographers!

Rachel and Andrew Lacour-Niesen of Shoot Q, the amazing folks that are building the ALL NEW and Totally IMPOVED and CRASH PROOF WPPI mentor auction site (coming Jan. 29th, 2009) were really sick this past week? Why? Because they picked up a parasite while in India over the holiday's.

How ironic that someone who is building a site that will host the 2009 WPPI Mentor Auction gets a parasite from unsafe drinking water! Compassion is best learned through suffering I guess.

Reminds me of being up in the middle of the night with my youngest son while he cried in agony fighting acid reflux as a very young baby. I thought to myself "God why would you let me experience this, it's so hard? I'm trying to help people all over the world." I didn't really need an answer, simply presenting the question made the answer obvious. That night compassion was strengthened in my heart. My suffering had an end, for so many the end is simply death.

When you donate $5 to thirst relief your not just doing a little good, your truly providing hope and life to someone who is desperatly needing it!

Thank you to all who gave so generously in 2008! In three years time Thirst Relief has been able to bring nearly 100,000 people long term, sustainable, clean water solutions for less than $5 a person! Amazing! Thank you to all who make it possible through your generosity!