Herrnhut {Once a week}

I’ve come to the conclusion that it would make sense and be a good idea to at least once a week write a entry about my comings and goings of the week. Now that I have been here for over I month I have finally come up with a plan to update everyone on what is going on in my life.

This last week we had a speaker, Rogeria Santos, he has been with YWAM for a while and travels from DTS to DTS teaching and training. During the week he was here he taught us on intercession & spiritual warfare. For me it was interesting and confusing, not at all what I had been expecting. First off he was really very difficult for me to follow, so often I found myself wondering if he had reached a conclusion to whatever he was talking about, finally I came to the point that I realized he taught in circles. Even after realizing that I found it very difficult to keep up with him and find the conclusions to his points. There where many times that I found myself questioning him and what he was teaching, then agreeing and seeing clearly what he was teaching on, I think mostly I was just very confused most of the time and couldn’t find the ending point to certain (most) things.

Next week we will be beginning local outreaches throughout the area, I’m going to be using art reach out the community of Herrnhut. I’m really excited to get to work with this outreach. I know that God placed this outreach on my heart for reason (not the obvious one), and I’m excited to let it grow. This outreach is important to me because I’m actually living in the town of Herrnhut, right off the main street, and I want to be able to use this opportunity God has laid in my lap.

Please pray for me as I’m seeking God on how he desires me to be used in this local outreach, I’m scared and excited all at the same time. Pray that God will really use this DTS to be his arms to the town of Herrnhut. There is tension between the three local ministries in Herrnhut (two churches and the YWAM base) and the staff as a whole desires to see that diminished so that God’s glory can be used by his people to it’s fullest potential. Thanks.

I promise to have some pictures up soon. I am just having a difficult time finding time to get on my computer just to work on them.

YWAM Update

I have now reached $2,515 towards my trip, which puts me close to the total I need before I leave in just a few short weeks. God has been truly faithful and showing me that He is in control and no one else is. As I continue to walk towards where God is leading me, I have to rely on Him and that He knows where every penny is going to come from.

I do want to share a concern of mine that has been building in me over the last month or so. The amount that I must raise for this trip continues to go up as the dollar drops. This concerns me, causing a little bit of anxiety, but at the same time I know that God is going to provide.

At this point I still have between $2,533-$4,237 left to raise. And I won’t know which amount I have left to raise until I’m already there.

Please continue to pray for my financially needs and my sanity, as the day I’m leaving approaches rather rapidly.

If you would like to help, but don’t know how, there are a couple different things you can do. If you would just like to write a check please follow the instructions below. If you would like the purchase one of my photographic prints, please follow this link (https://crispseptember.wordpress.com/photographic-prints-for-sale/). If you would like to write a note for me while I’m there please do, it would mean the world to me.

If you would like to support me financially here’s the information you need.

Please make checks payable to:
Eastgate International Ministries, Inc.

Mail to:
Eastgate International Ministries, Inc.
12409 Lime Kiln Rd.
Fulton, MD 20759

A Few of the Portraits that Inspire Me

* I found these images on DeviantART, I have linked them back to their owner and claim no responsibility for the content of the third party. So please be for warned, some of the content on the third parties site may be distasteful, they are only linked to give credit where credit is due. The images above are the ones I find inspiration from.

Macro Photography and What Other People See

I love being able to promote other people and their work. These are just some that have inspired me and spired my work in the direction it tends to take.

Findings on Flickr…

When it comes to figuring out particulars about photography, such as which F/stop to use when I want something to look a certain way I always look it up on Flickr first. There is a spot if you scroll down the page that lists the camera used and offers a link for “More properties.” I’ve used this a lot when I want to figure out, okay if want something to look a certain way I need to use this. Such as lights at a carnival, if I want them blurred together I would use possibly use F/22 with a 20 second shutter. Then it would look something like this…

Or when I wanted to photograph for my Merge to HDR assignment, I wasn’t sure about what lighting to use, so I looked it up on Flickr. I found one that was done in a studio with back lighting and others were outside, not on a bright sunny day, but a little over cast. I tried shooting in those conditions and it worked.

I thought this might help photographers out there, I’ve noticed several people come from search engines looking for something and I wanted to help give an answer.