Panama 2008

Going to Panama is becoming a habit of mine every summer. Falling in love with the sweetness of the people each time is too. This trip always intense with hours of hiking, lots of sweating and tons of ministry. It'd be easy to wonder what the appeal was to that (mainly sweating a lot.. :-)), but I think when you see the faces, you'll know like I did.

My friend Sara, looking out over the beautiful mountains.

A lot of schools welcome us to come and "entertain" their students. We get to tell hundreds of students about the Lord and have so much fun loving them too!


These are the project directors over the trip each year. They have the biggest hearts for the world...and for this little girl. They've known Maria for four years.


And now, their faces:





This was my lil' buddy one day!





Apparently, THE Canal causes deep thought and reflection:

Apparently...those hills do too. :-)

New looks

As you can probably tell, things are starting to look a little different around here. I am in the process (the long one) of overhauling everything that was once Echoing Life Photography and morphing it into what will become Jessica Mooney Photography. Although I fought changing the name at first, I eventually realized it's actually better for my business to do so. I still wholeheartedly believe in the heart behind Echoing Life (and you can read about that here), but it's time for a change.

There will be lots of other changes to look for in the coming months that I am VERY excited about! New website, new proofing company, new name! :-) Stick around to see what's coming!

I'll be blogging my trip to Panama in the next week, but I'll leave you with a sneak peak.


Wow...it really is that beautiful, I promise!

The Stanford kids

So I'm a bit behind again. What's new? At least I have a legitimate excuse this time- I was in Panama for a couple of weeks. (Those pics to come soon!)

Here are the family pics I promised. I have trying to get these up for almost 2 months now! These kiddos....they are oh-so-precious to me! I started babysitting them in 2002 and just haven't stopped. Not really...as you can see, they aren't so much in need of a babysitter anymore. I was able to live alongside this family while they worked in Asia...and what a blessing that was. I loved watching them live Asian style, speak Asian style and wish they were Asians! They love that culture and I just love that about them! They will be returning to the States in about a month and I'm sure they will miss their home there greatly. Hopefully, these pictures can help them remember what it was like to live in a place so beautiful!
Here they are:




This was a fun shot we just HAD to get! This vehicle is somewhat synonymous to a semi in the US. BUT...they are MUCH louder and about 10 times slower!

Sweet Katibeth was a natural in front of the camera!This is such a perfect representation of Marshall to me!





Beautiful, beautiful Holli!