Excitement for what is to come

 Many of you know that I am a photographer, the Lord has recently released me to start really diving into launching my freelance business... I have a journal that I have been writing down ideas and things that the Lord has said to me and inspired me to create.  

The heart of this freelance endeavor is missions.  As many of you also know, I feel like I have been called to the mission field full time.  Well, I've been praying about what to do until I get there and the Lord has said to support the current missionaries financially because the support of those back home is who I will be living off of when I am on the mission field.   That being said, more than half of everything I make this year off of my photography is going to be given to support current missionaries through New Song's Harvest Project.  

As I have been seeking the Lord and doing research on how exactly to launch this new site (which will have galleries, an online store, and more), I am realizing more and more how I cannot do this alone!  There is a cost to start some of these things, and I am seeking the Lord on how to accomplish that.  He keeps telling me to ask for help from others (living in community is another thing I have been learning...)

Anyways, I'm seeking the Lord about some possible investors, which companies to go through for my galleries/store, and marketing. 

I will update you all through my blog as I learn through this process.  I'm so excited for what the Lord has stirred in my heart.  

Please join me in prayer.   I am supporting people who are spreading the gospel, and we have an enemy that doesn't want that to happen.  

Check back for more updates on the process!  I will let you all know when the site is up and running!

I am your Servant

This is something that I have been praying for a while now... I now feel like it needs to be shared.  So here it is...

I am your servant, God
Where you want me to go, I will go
Point the direction. Show me the way.
You called me to work with your children.
They want to hear your voice, God
They want to know you.
Help me show them the Creator of the universe.
Send me enthusiasm when I don't feel enthusiastic.
Send me patience when I'm out of it.
Send me large shoulders to lean and cry on.
Send me ears to hear the things that aren't being said.
Send me eyes to see beneath the surface.
Send me words to say when they ask the hard questions.
Give me the ability to laugh at myself.
I am your servant, God
Where you want me to go, I will go.
Point the direction. Show me the way
Amen

Photographs

When words become unclear,
I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate,
I shall be content with silence
-Ansel Adams

New Year

When 2008 started, I was in California. 2009 was brought in with a game of monopoly in Michigan. 2008 was a year of new beginnings and I can't wait to see what the Lord has for me in 2009. As I was thinking about what the past year was for me, I am overwhelmed with joy. Even though everything that happened in 2008 wasn't fun to walk through, I grew closer to the Lord through it all. I know that the Lord has so much in store for me this next year, will it always be easy? No, but who said that following the Lord daily would be easy? But it is so worth it.
So I hope everyone had a great new year celebration and I pray that this next year is full of the abundance of the Lord.