11rl0902imr - It's Blogging Time! [Assignment #1]

Get Excited! It's Time to Tell Your Story...

Real Life teams post their personal blogs on one team web site (check out the Kenya team's blog: http://kenya.adventures.org/)... until you radical Real Lifers came along! Because you're going to be on the field for double the length of time of most Real Life participants, we're giving you your very own blogging web site to communicate your experiences to your friends, family and supporters while on the field.

Hundreds of people are going to be reading your blogs. You have an amazing opportunity to share the gospel and inspire your readers as you communicate the passion and adventure of your hearts. This is only going to work if your heart and passion come through in your voice.

Therefore, in order to begin to find your written voice and learn to tell an impactful story people are going to want to read, we're giving you three assignments to complete before launching your personal blog web sites.

Below are your assignments and their due dates.

My Story/Testimony - Due Thursday 4/14
My Most Powerful & Vivid God Encounter - Due Thursday 4/21
My Greatest Failure, My Greatest Redemption - Due Thursday 4/28

Each blog post must have:

500-750 words
1-3 pictures
An interesting title
Good grammar, punctuation & fluency

After you've posted your blog, I'll read them and post a feedback response on what worked really well and how it could be more impactful.

Note: All three assignments must be completed by every participant before we will launch personal blog web sites.

How to Post Your Blog...

Click "Editor Log In" on the upper left side of the page
Enter your Email Address and Password (sent to you in the email that announced the launching of this web site)
Add all pictures before starting your first post (click the yellow box that says "Add/Edit Photos" on the top right side of the page
Click the green box that says "New Post" on the top of the page
Add your title and begin to type your post
To insert a hyperlink, click on the icon that looks like an infinity sign
To insert a picture, click on the icon that looks like a mountain (you'll have to play with it get it to look how you want it to)
When you're done, change the "Category" at the bottom of the page to Blogging
If you need to save your blog before you've completed it, click Development/Private as the "Status".
When you've completed it and you're ready to post, change the "Status" to Public/Live, click "Send Update Alerts" and finally click "Save".
You're done!

These assignments are meant to get you ready to share your stories with the world. Once you get on the field you'll be required to post a blog once a week, so it's helpful to get into the habit now.

Remember, you have a story to tell and it's uniquely and beautifully YOU! You have no idea how many lives you're going to touch... or even change by simply sharing your experiences and encounters with God around the world.

If you have any questions or you run into trouble posting your blogs, just post a comment here and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Happy blogging!

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