Via Dolorosa Weekend 2010

I can't decide whether there are no words or not enough to describe this experience. I witnessed over 20 students boldly live out their testimony for their peers, their church, their community, and through the power of the internet, eventually the world to see. They put themselves out there so courageously, it was incredible. I watched as they became vulnerable and bold, others around them followed. I saw a church full of adults rise up and be bold as well. Proclaiming, "I will overcome." It is amazing how God used carboard and markers to spark a revival. And a group of students that were willing to be opened up and poured out. I will let some of these photos do the talking...

And these are just a few...what is still amazing me is the aftershocks. We had students and church members having church on facebook. We had a Muslim student see us and he took photos and video because he had never seen anything like that before. His sister may just be in our service Sunday. Lord, my prayer is that the overflow continue. The best is yet to come!!!

Weekend reflections

This weekend was our annual Easter Outreach. This was our 3rd year being blessed to particiapte. I got a new perspective on it this year, because I got to document the whole event in photographs & video. Of course, I LOVED doing that! But I got to see the event from many perspectives this time and I got to witness first-hand once again that each of us has own own personal gifts & callings. God has designed us in such a unique way. We could never be duplicated. That is so awesome--to think He cares that much for us, that He took such precise measures to make us uniquely different so that the Kingdom could flourish in all areas. Just think, if everyone were gifted exactly like you, what areas of the Kingdom would suffer loss? Well, in my case, there would be a serious lack of good singers or those who would visit the sick or people to work with young children. These are not my strong suits, but I am so thankful for people who rise to each of these tasks with grace and beauty. I am thankful for friends in my life and in our church like Stacey, Stephanie, Debbie, Teresa, Carol, and so many others who are amazingly talented and gifted, yet are completely humble. We each make the Kingdom strong...just by being who we were created to be.