Savannah & sparkly eyes

My friend Savannah and I have wanted to take photos at this park near her house for a long time now. After getting our eye make-up done at MAC and eating Cold Stone, my favorite summer treat this year, we finally got around to shooting. The last time we went to the park was during the spring time, so the field was green and in bloom of dandelions. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as pretty for photos at this time of year but we still tried to make the most of what was there. Thank you Savannah for singing in the car with me and being my model, you’re a great one :)

Kayla & Nicolette

Nicolette was visiting California all the way from Minnesota to hang out with Kayla, who she met on a cruise ship last year. They wanted some buddy shots before she left, and Tyler asked me to come along and help since we want to start a photography business together. Although it was a very hot day I think I managed to get a few good pictures.

If anybody ever wants pictures done by Tyler and me just let us know :)

What beautiful, hand-crafted faces

God changed lives in Uganda. I didn't save one soul, God simply used me as a messenger. Being back two weeks now I find myself easily becoming too comfortable at home. I have left a hurt, deprived, and starving country behind; I can only have faith that God is continuing His ministries there. Behind each pair of eyes is a heart and soul with a story. Thankfully our Lord knows each one and deeply loves them.

Uganda update #3

We have spent the last few days in the eastern city of Bugiri. Everyone especially enjoyed this part of the trip as we helped build an authentic, Ugandan-style poultry house, evangelized door-to-door (or in this case "hut-to-hut"), motivationally spoke to teenagers at a school, visited a hospital to share the gospel with patients, and put on a children's ministry at a church. Many prayers were answered as we witnessed numerous people dedicate their lives to Jesus Christ. We are now in Kampala until we begin our trip back to the U.S. on Wednesday.

Sorry there aren't any pictures, it's not working :/

Miss you all!

Uganda update #2

Between now and last Friday Team Uganda has spent well over ten hours with nine people in and eight passenger van; we have most definitely bonded and gotten to know each other much better. On Friday we spent another day at the Agape Children's Village. Rather than serving at the school like we did the day before we delivered packages of soap, sugar, and matches to the elderly who live near Agape. It was amazing how grateful they were to not only receive these gifts but to have us "mzungos," or "white people," in their presence. In the afternoon when the kids got out of school for the weekend we played with them for three hours with all of the frisbees, soccer balls, and jump ropes we brought them. Most of them had never thrown a frisbee before, but seemed to throw one much better than I ever have :) On Saturday we traveled a long five hours in the squishy van to the northern city of Gulu to meet the TMC team. Because the clouds began to pour down rain on the tropical drive we all stuck our heads out of the sunroof. Rain pelting against our faces and laughing our heads off in the middle of a storm was an awesome experience. On Sunday we visited three churches. We were all bummed we didn't necessarily get to directly serve these churches, but Jaque said that our visiting was a great encouragement to the growth of the church. What stuck out to all of us the most at these churches was the dancing during worship... The people don't care what others think of them so they all dance and shout praises to our Lord. On Monday morning we attended a pastors conference that Jaque and two men from Chicago were leading. It's great to know that the Christian pastor's of Uganda are being trained to be leaders and teach the Word of God efficiently. Monday afternoon, we drove back to Kampala. We all decided to take today off (Tuesday) because the Master's team has been going non-stop for almost three weeks now, and a few people weren't feeling well. These are a few pictures Clark and I have taken over the last couple of days. They aren't edited or anything, sorry. Hope you enjoy :)