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. :-)

Hong Kong

I recently traveled to Hong Kong. I liked this city a lot and was SO impresed with how clean it was and how Ameri-Euro-Asian it seemed. It was also weird to speak English to Asian faces and hear it spoken back to me. It certainly made ordering food at restaurants easier.

Here are a few shots from my journey!

These are some shots of the subway station walls. I was so impressed with their artistic touch!

Making room for even more buildings.
I went to the highest point in HK to get an aerial view of the city. On the "Peak Tram," I found lots of tourist-y looking people. Being one myself, I had to get a shot of them all doing the same! Okay, maybe our subjects were a little different....


ORGANIZATION! wow...it's been awhile since my eyes have seen.

lights galore.

Had some fun capturing some light in a new city last week!
Although it's kind of circus-y, I want this lamp.
I went to this restaurant (once a day, three days in a row!) and LOVED their lighting fixtures.
I don't want to be one of those photographers that puts one zillion pics on their blog of the SAME thing...so please bare with me through three similar shots! :-)





Dinner and a show! How about that!

Hello Moon!

yi qian means one thousand!

So...I noticed that there have been over 1,000 views to this blog! WOW!!! Who are all of you people?!?!? Nonetheless, this calls for a celebration...how about... a picture or two!?!

I like tea.

This is what you make tea in.

This is someone who most definitely drinks tea.

This is where tea is grown.

Simply put.

Panama

This summer, I had the priviledge of traveling with Beautiful Feet International Ministries (check 'em out!!!) to Panama again to share Christ with those who've never heard of Him. The people there are SO open and hungry for the Lord. Pray for them as you view their beautiful faces, if you'd like! They have a VERY vibrant culture, as you can probably tell. Yay for Panamanians!