Mark! so glad to see you made it here and sorry i missed this amazing post earlier! i love reading about what you are doing - its so inspiring!

keep coming to steemit and participating and posting - the rewards will come :) also a great tip is to make an introduction post so people here can connect with you and get to know you and what youll post about! here's a link to read on the best way to do it:

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@hopehuggs/how-to-write-an-epic-introduce-yourself-post

make a good intro post and it can reel in the best awards and really jumpstart you in the community. hope to see more of your posts here!:)