Non-Profit and Business Ownership
I have started a couple of small organizations as a reflection of the things that I'm familiar with and am passionate about.
The first is SeventyTwo, a non-profit built on the notion that, as Christians, we are a sent people. The name SeventyTwo is based on the scripture in Luke 10 where Jesus sends out his disciples to all of the villages and towns where he was about to go. Their job was to demonstrate the Kingdom of God by healing those whom they come into contact and announcing that the Kingdom is near. In the same spirit, SeventyTwo has been designed to reach out to offer healing in places where the Kingdom is near. Our focus has been to work with orphaned children, initially in China and Swaziland. In a related activity, and because our family has been part of the adoption community, we started AdoptBlogs, a free weblog offering for families who have adopted children, either domestically or internationally. Any adoptive family can quickly and easily start a blog, a place online where they can tell their story alongside other adoptive families. SeventyTwo as an organization is still alive, although our operations are paused at the moment as we have recently moved to Denver and we are determining our next steps in what will happen here.
I also started a web site development and hosting business called T1 Host. In that business, I opened several Windows and Linux servers hosting small and large websites by administrating Windows, Linux, IIS, Apache, MySQL, and a content management system called Manila that contained a complete web server and database system built in called Frontier. During this time, I had experience in installing and managing several web applications for customers across many different domains. Running low on availability of time with my day-job expanding, I recently closed this business after about five years of operations.
