Tag Archives: dreams

What I’ve loved & What I am looking forward to.

Posted on by

2

(I am dressed here :)
What I’ve loved about pregnancy:
  • The moment when Ted and I saw the positive pregnancy test.
  • Knowing that I am carrying and taking care of someone so precious. A human being!
  • Watching in amazement, our first ultrasound of our 10 week old baby squirming around.
  • Watching my belly grow with each new week.
  • The first time I felt the baby’s movements at 13 weeks. No words could describe.
  • Feeling my baby growing and his/her movements from within.
  • Watching my stomach as he/she moved around.
  • Watching my belly bounce up and down as he/she hiccuped.
  • Spending a few minutes right before bed talking, singing and praying for our baby.
  • Watching Ted kiss my belly and speak to the baby.
  • Watching the baby respond to Ted’s voice!
  • Feeling the baby move when he/she heard me speak for the first time that morning.
  • Preparing for our baby!
  • The anticipation of not knowing when he/she will arrive and for me, not knowing the sex!
  • How this has brought Ted and I even closer.
I will miss most of the above, so I’ve heard!
What I am looking forward to (with Baby):
  • Holding my baby for the first time and many times after that.
  • Snuggles with him/her.
  • Singing to him/her face to face!
  • Knowing if it’s a him or a her!!
  • Introducing our baby to the world.
  • Watching as he/she grows.
  • Documenting every little thing (you know me…)
  • Baby’s “first…” everything.
  • Watching his/her personality develop.
  • Watching him/her look more like mommy or daddy.
  • Lying in bed with baby in between us.
  • Spending time together as a family going for walks, picnics, outings…
  • Introducing our baby to different cultures.
It’s hard to narrow these down. Many more to come after the baby arrives, I’m sure!
What I am looking forward to personally:
  • Sleeping on my tummy.
  • Getting my figure back.
  • Going for runs/walks with baby in the jogger.
  • Having a bit of caffeine here and there. Dr. Pepper, ahhh.
  • Eating sushi.
  • Doing the early morning stretch without getting a charlie horse!
  • Not having people stare at me like I am a traveling circus wherever I go.
  • Seeing my bones again. Not having balloon hands, feet and face.
  • Wearing my converse for the first time since March.
  • Fitting back into the clothes that I now love so much. It’s like Christmas!
  • Being able to do things on my own again- the simplest things I need help with right now.
I could probably right a lot more in each category but this would be a novel! I wanted to write a blog like this before baby came and since baby is deciding to camp out a bit longer, why not write today?

Dreams, Dreams, Dreams.

Posted on by

0


Last night I had another boy dream, which now makes it 2 “it’s a girl” dreams and 5 (maybe more now) “it’s a boy” dreams. I specifically asked God to not tell me through a dream or a word and so far He’s had a bit of fun messing with my mind, like Ted since they both know the sex.

So, I don’t think the dreams mean anything, unless I’m having twins. Surprise! haha.
I dreamt that I went into labor and within an hour or two delivered a healthy 9 1/2 pound baby boy with blond hair and blue eyes. He came out with rolls and the mannerisms of a two month old. I remember the delivery was so fast that I wasn’t able to get ahold of my mom in time and she missed it and was very upset. I had my family over and everyone was shocked at his size and how he already acted like a 2 month old or older. He could also already mimic people! I remember I was halling him around on my hip and thinking, when he is 6 months I won’t be able to carry him! The funny thing was, when I woke up I realized the dream dissapointed me and I felt like I had missed out on the entire newborn stage. And then the dream made me incredibly emotional because I just want to HOLD my baby and not just in my dreams!
On friday morning worship, two of my friends came to me with dreams they had.
One of them said they dreamt they were hanging out with me and my water broke and I went into labor and delivered a healthy baby boy. Blond hair, blue eyes and ears that stuck out a bit!
The other friend told me that she dreamt I went into labor and forgot to call her (she is going to be in the delivery room). She said that I had a baby girl with dark hair!
See what I mean, God is messing with my mind. Two friends with two completely opposite dreams ;)
Do you remember the post about last sundays false alarm? That same morning, Ted had a friend of ours, who didn’t know we had gone to the hospital, say that she dreamt I was going to have the baby on that day! I wish that were true!
All of this to say, I’d rather have the baby than the dreams, but I guess the dreams are making the anticipation even better. With Ted and I being complete opposites in looks…What on earth does our baby look like? I am thinking a girl with dark hair and dark eyes like me.

We shall see soon! I needed to write because of my anxious and wondering mind.
And the picture… what the heck right? A friend of mine tagged me in this photo on facebook. It made my day and I thought I would share. Plus since I am doing a ‘dreams’ blog, I thought it fit pretty well seeing I am definitely not on the cover of a Vogue magazine in real life ;)

"Detours of a dream".

Posted on by

2

I’ve shared below, some of the things God is stirring up in us and leading us in, but we aren’t really seeing any movement forward. We are still waiting to hear from leadership here about the school we’ve proposed and the steps we need to take to get this started and we are even waiting to see if we will be apart of this in any way. It’s really difficult to not get worried or not to doubt that we heard God speaking.

During our staff meeting this week, a man came and spoke on the “Detours of a dream”. He spoke about how God had given Joseph a dream and how Joseph walked through many trials and detours before this dream was actually fulfilled. It was encouraging to remember this and to see God fulfill His promise. Now, I do not know if we are hitting a detour or just trials, but we definitely need your prayers.
Please pray for Ted and I to continue to seek after God’s heart in this dream and pursue what He is asking of us, even if it requires a lot of stepping out.
One last prayer request is for Ted. He has such a desire to work in the communication department and with every new quarter that rolls around he serves faithfully and whole heartily but never yet has been put in the communications department. In fact, if we are not leading an outreach or working a school, he has been in automotive or maintenance the entire time on staff. Somedays I ache so much for him to be where I am, because it’s not only his desire, but I know he would make the most out of the time. He would learn so much in video, photography, photoshop, web, etc. And he would help better things here at the base. I know this, because he is my husband and I really want others to see his heart and desire.
The thing about Ted is that he will serve wherever he is put and he does a great job. He is an excellent leader but sometimes his desires and true talents get over looked. Please pray for this opportunity to arise! He would be ecstatic!!

Baby Season is Blossoming at YWAM.

Posted on by

5

I am number 5 in this baby season.

Meaning I have 4 prego ladies all due before me. In fact, we are all due within 1 month 1/2 of each other. That’s kind of the way things work around here at YWAM. Babies come in waves! People are always joking that “it’s in the water” during certain seasons. (I actually know of 16 people who are pregnant, but I am talking about the ones who I work with and live among right now.)
A part of me is excited that I am due last because it means a bit more time to prepare. What I’m saying is, I’m not quite ready for Baby E/C to arrive yet. I at least want one shower before the baby comes. Most importantly I want our baby to be at a healthy point when he/she comes!
Another part of me thinks I will be prego forever. I mean, I have to wait for 4 women to have their babies first! Slowly but surely this is starting to happen…
The number 3 in line (as if that means anything) had her baby LAST NIGHT! A boy with two older sisters! He is 3 1/2 weeks early and totally healthy. Here is baby #1 of the 5 coming!

Jereson Lavan Lange
They created his name, it means Jeremy’s son, which I think is super cute!
(I think I will post pics of each new baby before ours. Because it’s exciting!)
When I heard she was in labor, I kind of freaked out. I was super excited for her, but at the same time it made everything seem to just speed up for me. I know and have seen and heard that babies have a timing of their own. I think because this time I am actually pregnant and not that far from the finish line, that her having the baby totally brought me to a new place.
I am an array of emotions today! Excited because our little one will be here before we know it and totally nervous because as much as I have read, prepared and have been taught- I really have no idea what to expect! I am more excited than anything, but definitely can’t deny the nervousness creeping in.
3 more momma’s to go, one who is due any day and another who is due next week and one due two weeks before me. It’s an exciting time, this baby season!
One thing I truly appreciate and I am thankful for is that out of the 5 of us, I am prego with my first baby. 3 are prego with their 2nd and one with her 3rd. Selfishly, I kind of like that side of things. Plus I can watch each of them in their pregnancies, deliveries, etc and learn! It’s been a blessing to not walk this alone- most days!
I only say most days because I am the shortest one of us all, a whopping 5’1 and definitely began showing sooner and even now still have one of the largest baby bumps. My baby keeps growing out, out, out! Most days I love being prego with everyone, it’s the days that 3 or more people comment on my size, that I want to hide away and be prego alone. Pathetic, I know ;)
Also… I have had 3 dreams since the beginning of pregnancy, that I had a baby boy. Last night I officially had my “it’s a girl!” dream! (If you want to read about my entire dream, read below).
I asked God not to tell me through a word or picture or dream and so I really don’t think He has. I mean, I’ve had both gender dreams. So unless I am carrying twins…haha :) We shall see in 7ish weeks or less!
Yikes & Hooray all at once. It’s that kind of a day!
My dream from last night;
I had our baby girl E and Ted and I were visiting my long time gf in WI, Danielle and her new baby boy Landen. We were heading somewhere and Ted had the baby in the carseat and he told me that I needed to feed her. When I took the blanket off, I realized Ted had already learned how to swaddle her in a swaddle travel blanket and that melted my heart. When we arrived at Danielle’s house later, I saw a mirror and was thrilled to see my waist and how “skinny” I look in comparison to my baby bump and then I lifted my shirt and saw my belly was just hanging and freaked out. That’s my dream. Haha!


Stepping into the Unknown Part 1.

Posted on by

0

Ted and I have shared with many of you about where God is leading us and I realize that unless we spoke to you in person, than you are totally unaware of what on earth I am talking about. Hopefully this blog update will fill you in a bit!

I’m going to rewind back to March of 2008 and begin there…

In March of 2008 our commitment with YWAM Denver was up and we had the choice to recommit for another year or move on. We prayed and felt led to recommit and as we did we were asked by leadership to join a leadership team called the Timothy Team. We needed time to pray about this because we knew it was a two year commitment. We spent the next week praying and calling our friends outside of YWAM and our families and asking them to pray as well. God was speaking to us but nothing specific about whether to stay or to go, and He did this all the way up to the “11th hour”. The night before our deadline to give our answer, God finally spoke and clearly.

Then the LORD answered me and said:
“ Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. “
Habakuk 2:2-4

When we read this together we knew God was asking us to stay and commit. We also knew that this was a step of faith for us both because our flesh was telling us that two years was a very long time! This is what we felt was right for us, and that He is faithful and would not let our vision tarry! AMEN!

God totally rocked this last year, challenged us in our faith in Him and in trusting Him. He brought us through a valley where everything seemed to be crashing in on us. Almost from the very moment we commited to the Timothy Team our financial support began to drop. Not long after that, a situation arose which had the potential to ruin our names in this ministry, specifically my name. We were shocked speechless, “What was happening?”. Both of these situation had us questioning God’s intention for us staying on staff another two years. We wondered, “Is this what the next two years will hold?”. It was such an intense time of attack.

Our Faithful Father helped us walk through these difficult times in such a miraculous way. Both situations caused us to trust Him and walk by faith rather than by sight. On paper, financially we should just be able to pay our rent and have gas money for our car, but with each month, God always provides us with enough for all of our expenses!! He blesses us beyond what we could ask for!

With the other situation, God challenged us to not get on the defensive side but that in the end He will show our true character and the truth of who we are. This was so hard for me personally because I am very black and white. I’ve been a victim of injustices before and when something great or small arises now, I want justice and it is extremely hard for me to be merciful. Ted is the opposite. He is usually more merciful and understanding naturally.

With the help of God and Ted I am able to release the desire to see “justice served” and let it go. And that was/is completely freeing for me! I still occasionally struggle with questions of why and I have to deal immediately with unforgiveness when it arises. I spent too many years in unforgiveness for things that happened in my past, that dealing with this was incredibly draining. Causing me to walk back into some of those sickening feelings of bitterness. God’s been faithful to us through this all and is slowly but surely healing and mending areas internally. Maybe this is one reason of why these things came about, not that I believe God causes these, but He most definitely creates something beautiful out of something difficult.

He has promised to “restore the years the locusts have eaten” (Joel 2:25) and He is doing what He promised me. Slowly but surely I am seeing this!

This is getting very long, but honestly this is the beginning to where God has been leading us. I’m also a detail kinda girl and writing a small blog update is actually really hard for me =) Please bear with me. I will continue to write the rest on our “Part 2″ after my lunch break.

Specific Prayer Requests.

Posted on by

2

Prayer requests

Working with YWAM Denver:

  • Our passion and our purpose. Ted and I are passionate about discipleship, relationships and especially people finding Christ and who they are in Him. We want to keep our center in Jesus and our main focus the very things which He puts on our hearts.
  • Remaining broken before God. Living in a christian community is such a blessing. We have realized lately how important it is to maintain our times with God and remaining broken and humble before Him. Not allowing this lifestyle to become habit instead of relationship with God. We need prayer for us to find new meaning and purpose in Him and to not become stagnant.
  • Our ‘everyday’ jobs and our focus. Sometimes the very thing which we are passionate about gets placed on the back burner to the everyday jobs we do around here. We need prayer for our focus and passion to remain as we serve the base. And that we serve with everything in us! Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:1-4
  • Opportunity. Ted and I long to head back overseas with a team to disciple. We are hoping to lead an outreach off the fall DTS. Please pray that God makes a way for this to happen. With a new baby (well, 5 month old) the leaders might be more hesitant, which makes sense in the natural. Please pray that they see our hearts and support our desire to take a team overseas.
  • Currently. We are dreaming big and going with something that God has spoken to us. We’ve submitted a new school to the leadership here in Denver and might be running this in the near future. Please pray for us in this and to trust God completely in how this will work out!

Our relationships with others:

  • Loving as Christ. I always feel like this is an area in which God is constantly growing Ted and I. Situations arise with every new day and we have a choice to make. Will be love as Christ and view others as He would or will be see people through our own eyes. God is challenging us in our relationships with others and we need prayer to love as Christ. Follow God’s example in everything you do just as much loved child imitates his father. Be full of love for others, following the example of Christ who loved you and gave himself to God as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, for Christ’s love for you was like sweet perfume to him. Ephesians 5: 1-2
  • Against Bitterness. I (Jami) struggle with this a lot. I have seen (even in our christian community) many kinds of injustices and I have personally experienced the brunt of a few here. I had a situation that wasn’t dealt with in the right way and I am the one left wondering if anything was every made right on their side. It really, really hurts me inside. I do not want to be bitter! I feel like for years I dealt with unforgiveness and bitterness and I don’t want to get back into that again! Please pray for me! God has been speaking to me about letting go and not defending myself because in the end He’s got my back and He will make my character known, but this too is so hard for me, honestly! Romans 6:4 -We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
  • Justice and mercy, hand in hand. (This kind of ties together with the above prayer request) A few blogs back I wrote about the struggle that I have with this. I struggle with seeing an injustice and wanting it to be made right that I cannot move forward in being merciful. It’s very hard for me. Please pray for me in this. James 3:17-18-The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. Colossians 3:12- As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
  • Friendships. Being “newly” married and with a baby on the way, our friendships sometimes take the back burner. We don’t want this! We want to remain in good, deep, godly relationship with our friends. God has really blessed us each with a few deep friendships that challenge, encourage and inspire us to be better people. Please pray for these to continue in an even greater way as we become a family.
  • Marriage. Ted and I will be celebrating our 2nd anniversary on June 24 and that is hard to believe. 2 years already?! We are also expecting our first baby and this will make us not only husband and wife, but mommy and daddy. Please pray for us as we make this huge transtition!
  • Family. We are about to add a sweet baby to our family! Please pray for us as we enter this new journey. We are so excited but we know that we are about to have the most responsibility of our life!

Supporters and Finances:

  • Supporters. Please pray for more supporters to stand with us. In the past year we have lost 4 supporters and recently friends of ours joined in supporting us. God is always providing miraculously and we are always okay, but with a baby on the way we will definitely need people standing beside us!
  • Updates. Please pray for Ted and I as we are figuring out how to let everyone know what it is that we are doing here. Please pray for us to affectively share what is happening in our lives. There are SO many things Ted and I have dreamed about doing for supporters, family and friends but financially it is impossible. We began this blog almost 2 years ago now, to let everyone know what we are doing, but we always feel like there is more we want to do. The cost of doing things like printing and mailing newsletters, making a family magnet, or sending mail to supporters is kind of high. We want to be able to bless those who always bless us. If you have any creative ideas, please let us know!

I love and appreciate the fact that I know many of you read our blog (here) or email update (which is the same thing only sent thru email). I also love that you will be praying or thinking about us and each situation that arises. You truly care and we know that! Thank you for writing me emails of encouragement and of what is going on in your life as well. Those messages always mean the world to me!

Thank you for reading this and praying for us. Please let us know how we can be praying for you!

Love,

I dream of what I cannot fathom.

Posted on by

1

I dream of that moment when I first hold you in my arms

And whisper my love to you and cry
I dream of your little eyes starting into mine
Already glowing because you know how much I love you
For I know you will!
I dream of singing “You are my sunshine”
As you lay beside me in bed and your little hand holds tightly to my finger
I dream of the moments where you lay between momma and daddy
And we watch in awe at our creation- You, our precious baby.
I dream of times during worship, where daddy will hold you against his chest
And I will probably cry because it will be the most beautiful sight
I dream of what you might look like
And you always leave me wondering, will you be dark like momma or light like daddy?
I dream of your first little smiles, your first tiny giggles, your first words…
You always leave me wondering what your personality will be!
Will you be shy like momma or bold and courageous like daddy?
Either way I know that your little smile while capture everyone!
I dream of you cuddling against me and falling asleep as I hold you closely
Those moments I will adore.
I dream of watching your daddy talk baby talk to you and you smiling and giggling in return.
I dream of our new little family beginning with excitement and joy!
I dream of who you will become and you finding who you are in Christ!
You are so precious to me, my sweet baby.
You have already taken apart of my heart and I will never ask for it back,
For you, my baby, I love and will always adore.
I dream of the first moment that I see you and they place you on my chest,
I cannot even fathom the love that I will feel in that moment.
I love you my little sunshine and can’t wait to meet you face to face in a few weeks!
Love,

Yet Another Delayed Blog.

Posted on by

1

oh golly,

I don’t really know where to begin for it’s been a while! Almost a month! I have recently updated our baby blog frequently, and neglected our main site. I’m so sorry for the delay!
I actually don’t feel well at all right now, so I will make this update as short as possible.
Ted:
Still running maintenance. My Love is so busy lately that although we may work just a walk away from each other, we rarely spend time together! It’s actually kind of sad, but some quarters are like this. I’m so proud of him and how he has run things, despite it’s many (& daily) challenges! Most evenings he is out helping a friend fix up a house, so we aren’t together as much as we typically are.
Jami:
Lately… copingwith morning, afternoon, & the occasional evening sickness (like tonight). I too have been busy but in a entirely different way (um, he’s WAY busier, as you will see). I spend A LOT of time in the evenings doing research, reading & taking notes in my baby journal on everything about pregnancy. It’s been incredibly fun & exciting. Work wise – I am still working in the kitchen office which is simple, and the web department which I LOVE! In fact there is a huge possibility that I will be the “go to” person for web next quarter; updating the site with school dates, news, new schools, photos, staff bios, etc. I still of a lot of learning to do & memorization because the main web guy will be out of the country next quarter… oh boy. I pray the rumor of being spacey while pregnant is ONLY a rumor for me!
Prayer requests:
  • Please pray for Ted to not get burnt out & to keep seeking God in how to lead.
  • Please pray for our baby as he/she grows!
  • For me with my sickness, and my times with God to grow!
  • For Ted & I to cherish the times we have together & find more time too.
Thank You for loving, praying, & supporting us in where God has called us in this season!
Love,
Jami

In Dreams Awake.

Posted on by

2

If you were to ask us, “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?”, we would probably answer with something like “experiencing another culture; people, food, lifestyle, raising awareness, and with our own children too!”.

Pretty vague,huh?

I’ve spend many hours wondering about our future, and where we would be, what we would be doing and accomplishing, what kind of people we’ve lived with, what types of food we would try, how many children we would have, what languages we could speak, what kinds of cultures we would have experienced, etc. The more I think about this, the more excited I get.

Ted and I are what you would call, a different “breed” I guess. We both have a heart to head overseas. And we both have a heart for people of all shapes, sizes, colours, backgrounds. Sometimes, even for me this seems a bit too vague.

One thing I have realized lately is this, yes Ted and I are what would be called “visionaries”,people who have many different visions, dreams, goals, and ideas, but don’t necessarily remember the practical side of things. The finances, the time and energy, the conditions… When we sit and begin to think of these things, well, this is were we become a bit overwhelmed.

Sometimes when I think of these things, I feel as though it puts our dreams, visions, and goals in a box. And we are the “outside the box” people.

We sometimes beat ourselves up about this, not because we regret who we are, but because we have so many dreams, and ideas, that we don’t actually pick one up, and begin to strategically plan and invest in it. (I hope that I am making sense).

God reminded me that we are in Him, therefore we have His heart for people. We have His heart for the used, neglected, poor, hungry, abused, etc. We have His heart for the Nations. When I think of this, I cannot help but realize His heart is not at all vague, but relational to the core. He wants to see ALL come into His Kingdom, and know Him. Experience His unconditional love, His loving mercy, and His unfailing grace. Ultimate Freedom in Him!

This excited Ted and I. God is our Source, our Foundation which never wavers, our Hope which we can bring into the world, our Beauty everlasting, our purpose, our reason to live and love others.

I read this quote once, (C.S. Lewis) one which is now up on our wall of our living room. A daily reminder and truth. It read:

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

I find a discontent when I am living outside of this dream. The dream that God has placed in our hearts. Do you know what I mean? This Holy discontent?

God recently spoke to Ted and I about a decision. A very difficult one at that. (This blog is already a novel, so I will share this with you in our next blog!)

Love, Jami Joann

A Time to Rest.

Posted on by

1

Here we sit, enjoying hot tea and chai, inside this toasty warm little coffee shop called Billy D’s. Ted and I have spent many hours here this week, reading, talking about future plans, surfing the web, occasionally we’ve run into YWAMers (everywhere we go, we usually do!). It has been a relaxing week, totally opposite of the past week! We’ve finally caught up on our sleep which is a blessing.

We’ve had our ups and downs this week, adjusting back into our normal living here in Denver. It has been difficult at times.

Here are a few of our fun little adjustments:
  • Snow, slick roads, winter coats, mittens.
  • Our messy apartment. (Two pack rats + Marriage = a lot of piles.) :)
  • Greasy food. Getting sick after eating the greasy food…
  • People. Lets just say in Thailand, you were always, always, greeted with a smile.
  • Coughs, sniffles, tons of tissues.
  • Toilet paper in every bathroom here!
  • Starbucks everywhere you drive. (You know those old cartoons with a little angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other, well I’m certain starbucks is the little red guy on my shoulder.) Though you’d be proud to know…Ted and I have both dropped soda and coffee since before outreach!
  • No translators.
  • Just being the two of us, not the 27. We miss our team so much though!
  • Not having rice at every meal. Believe it or not, we miss Thai food so much, in fact we are going out for Thai today!
  • Driving not walking, stop lights, speed limits that are followed.
  • From flip flops to winter boots.
  • Noise.
One very difficult thing that Ted and I have both already struggled with is the temptation of comfort. Moments when we are completely lazy and possibly creating a pattern, which we do not want!
Every moment that our minds are tempted to stray away from the calling and desire that God has in our life, He always gently, sweetly, and sometimes with a touch of humor, reminds us of the very thing Ted and I long for the most; to be overseas sharing the love of Christ through building deep relationships with the people of each culture which He sends us.
Ted and I have been to Barnes and Noble twice this weeks, researching and re-igniting our passions. We’ve gone up and down the travel section, searching through country after country. It’s been really fun, and it’s helped us to talk a lot more about our passions. We’ve shared the photos and our desires to travel, and we both stated many times…”Let’s go here someday!”. We pretty much want to travel the world, there is so much out there, so many people to meet and build relationship with, and so much to raise awareness for!
There is one thing that I have wanted to get into for a while now, and with much encouragement of my sweet husband I will finally share this. I think I have held back for so long now, due to fear of man honestly. Mostly because I know close to nothing about this very thing…photography. I really long to understand more about photography. As we were in Thailand I really explored raising awareness of what is going on in Thailand, the religion, the people, the culture.
Anyhow, Ted and I decided to pursue his desire to video and my desire to photograph, each of these desires to be used to raise awareness about cultures and what is being hidden within each culture. Right now we have a cheap digital camera and a fairly nice video camera that for now, can be our tools. But we’ve decided to raise support for a really nice camera, so when we travel in 2009, we can begin raising awareness. It’s amazing how the photos turn out with a really nice camera! A person who knows nothing about photography, can pick up a nice camera and shoot a beautiful photo.
Anyways, we are still praying about sending me to night classes at the community college for photography, but then again there are also a lot of opportunities among our community at YWAM, of people who have had professional experience with photography and want to talk to me. The same for Ted and his desire to video. Please pray for guidance in this area!
Also, please pray for our future plans. We have a lot of heart, passion and desire, but we need to begin to put our feet to action! We will let you all know our plans, once we know for sure! One thing I do know…they ARE overseas, and they are exciting!
Thanks for reading this long, exhausting blog! :)
Love, Jami