The Year Ends with a Bang
It all happened so fast I’m not even sure where the last few months went. There were so many projects to finish up before the end of the year that everything seemed to run together and before I knew it the year was over. By far, the two biggest and toughest projects were the 2 AIDS Prevention curriculums I designed. One was a magazine style which came out to be about 50 pages and another was more of a journal with around 125 pages. To pile on the pressure a bit more we’re printing 15,000 of each curriculum, so I prayed I just didn’t blow it. I’ll know in about a month when all 30,000 arrive on a container shipped from the America.
A few of the other projects that rounded out the year was our annual Christmas card, our year-end newsletter called Story Tellers, and finally rolling out the new website. Apart from finally launching the new website I think the Stories Tellers “coffee table” book was the highlight of the year for me. Everything seemed to come together and it turned out pretty much just how I envisioned it. Which isn’t always the way things go. If anyone wants a copy of it let me know and I’ll try and mail you one.
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About Me

My name is Dave Ditges and I'm Florida native who moved out to South Africa in 2005 to serve along side Thrive Africa.
I head up the creative department as well as taking on the role of the resident "tech guy" in the office.
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Recent Writings
- Wrapping Up Mission Teams
- Coming Home for Christmas
- It’s All About Passion
- One Busy Month
- Google helping out
- How does Facebook know?
- Talk about “pay at the pump”
- The “untitled” curriculum that will change Africa.
- Trip to Botswana
- The Last Few Projects
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Krista said...
The website looks fantastic!! I love it! I can’t get over how cool it is. Love all the pictures (you picked some great ones of the interns, like the make-up pics, haha thanks for that). The blog is going to be lots of fun. The whole thing is sleek and represents Thrive so well. The ‘About Thrive’ section just plain rocks! I could go on but I’ll stop there. Props and kudos!