After volunteering to help her small group "bond" I was pleasantly surprised at how excited Lillian and her small group were. We had a lot of fun at Renaissance on a Sunday afternoon. You'll have to check out more portraits from our photo session on my flickr page, and hey, if anyone else wants to have an impromptu photo shoot, I'm down!
Upon seeing this photo, Anna's roommates replied "WOW!" I would have to agree. I really love how this came out - it was the culmination of many lucky occurances: insisting that Anna wear a white shirt, a breeze coming through at just the right moment and she happened to glance upward a moment before, allowing me to catch notice of her long eyelashes. What I love the most though? The gleam in her eyes.
I've been itching to go to Norcal lately, so as I was thinking about what to blog, this picture stood out to me. Back in 2004, I traveled to Norcal on my own to visit with friends for a few days - I went EVERYWHERE: Berkley, SF, San Jose, Mountain View, Castro Valley, etc. and it was one of the best trips because I spent so much time with loved ones. Another memorial thing about this trip was that it was my first trip with MY OWN digital camera. Believe it or not, I took this photo with a Canon Powershot A400. I laugh about how obsolete that camera must be now, but man I was inspired!
Take a break from posting about Czech to share something from this past weekend.
We like to joke around and say that Becky has the personality of a fierce jungle cat, complete with the laser beam stare.... but you wouldn't see any of that here! This is how those close to Becky know her.
This summer I was given the amazing opportunity to go to Czech Republic with my church (www.lighthousebc.com) and serve a church that we had partnered with for the last 7 years. It was amazing to meet them, to see their lives and to be able to encourage them to keep pressing on.
Our team was 11 members strong (including the kids Alyssa, Olivia and Tyrone) and I was really glad for the chance to get to know them all better. More than anyone, most of my waking moments were spent with my roommate, Teresa. We knew each other slightly before taking off for Europe together, but by the time we came back home, we were definitely familiar with each others idiosyncrasies, but in a good way!
Anyways I got this shot while Teresa was doing some reading during debriefing in London.
I took a big break but have come back with some new stuff, including Bethany's long awaited wedding. And what a lovely wedding it was. I am still learning things (like sometimes, you just HAVE to use a flash!) but I'm excited to show you what I've been up to this summer!
There was mist and big clouds overhead but I love the light and how this came out.