Witness

I'm writing a report on war photographer James Nachtwey- he has incredible pictures^ and unbelievable stories. This picture is of a man in Rwanda who survived a Hutu death camp in 1994. Reading about James Nachtwey's life inspired me so much- he dedicated and risked his life to take pictures that would make people aware of what is going on in the world and to bring change. I have to give a report about him in a couple weeks in front of everyone... ahh scary... but at least he's awesome.

We started making pinhole cameras yesterday. I made mine out of a hairdye box... haha. So far not so good at taking pictures.... but it looks awesome. Hopefully I can put up a picture of it soon. 

Also I got to use the dark room for the first time today! That was really exciting. 

I have a friend here from Switzerland named Gandalf. Thats also exciting.

I can't believe I've only been here a week.

I'm too tired to think of anything clever to say, but hopefully I can put up a nice fat post soon.

I miss you guys!

Like No Other

Our inspiration for today:

Go Sony... and Jose Gonzalez

We watched this and the making of this commercial in our photo class.

Highfive for thinking outside of the box and for using real bouncy balls.

You are my perfect rhyme

Incredible worship night tonight. I feel so free at this place.

Its so humbling to look around you at a circle of people worshipping God and know that each one of them was handpicked to be right there, at that very moment, and you are one of them.
I mean, its true of every place you go when you think about it, but at such a random far away place you become really aware of God picking you up and placing you exactly where He wants you.

I'm really missing everyone right now, though. It sucks to have so many people with pieces of my heart so far away.

I was afraid I wouldn't be able to give a lot in this trip, you know, knowing that I'm leaving and not wanting to get really close to people- all my trust issue fun stuff. Especially because the one place I invested pretty much my entire social life in highschool kind of left me alone in the hardest part of leaving, when I really needed them the most. But I think God was preparing my heart for some big things this year, and going through that helped me grow up a lot. The YWAM staff wrote me a letter and said they prayed for me before I got here, and they said God told them He was going to help me 'sort out the trash in my life' while I'm here. I hope thats a good thing.
And the dream synopsis Joel wrote of the crazy dream I just have left me with a lot to think about along those lines. Weird things and good things going on.