Reminiscing

This week I’ve been attempting to rekindle the relationship I used to have with God. I went through old verses that used to inspire me, old dreams, and missions. Through my search, I came across the photos from a mission trip I went on to Africa, in 2005. This is part of what inspired my photography career as well as showed me the sovereignty of the Lord. I’ve known since I started this company that I wanted to use it as a ministry along the journey I lost my passion and started to be concerned more with success as a business than an opportunity to serve. We hope that we will be given the opportunities again soon to use photography as a tool for God–not just be another Orange County pursuit. Our goals as a company are changing to focus more on the people who have-not, instead chasing the more affluent “client.” We are excited for this new chapter in business and look forward to what God will be doing.

These pictures here are from “The Ark”—an orphanage in Rehoboth, Namibia. These kids were some of the most playful, full-of-life children I have ever witnessed. 48 kids to 4 working adults, with only clothes enough for everyone to share, the Ark was a quaint building in the heart of this broken city. Where the people lived in tin shacks and off a bowl of soup a day, these children knew what real joy was. We thought we were going to Africa to help, and we may well have, but we were humbled by the sheer simplicity of this small culture. The Ark and its inhabitants knew what it meant to really trust God with all of their needs and had more than we’ve dreamt of in a run down, shoeless life style. I will never forget what I learned from The Ark.