Mentoring, photo style

by Pedro by Kevin
by Kevin by Sacha
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Yesterday we went down to Silver Lake to mentor some children on how to take photos.
I got to teach Sacha, Pedro and Kevin how to photograph.
Pedro wanted to take photos "from that tree," "from that person" and "from you."
I realized through the day that he meant of that tree, of that person and of me.

Pedro was so excited to get to hold a camera and to take a photograph. He was so excited to play with me, a visitor coming to know him.

We weren't allowed to take any photos of the children, to protect them. That is difficult. To not be allowed to take photos of our subjects proves to be more and more difficult and quite frankly, annoying.
I want to tell the stories of students in the DR, but I want to show them, all of them, their spirits, their faces and their hearts.

Half of the kids photos had to be erased since they wanted to take the pictures of their friends, but their eyes are still there, peering into the camera, trying to share what they know to be true.

Beauty in Santo Domingo

Beauty is all over the Bible. It is in all the nooks and crannies of every sentence and every revelation God gave to the writers of His book. I have seen a lot of beauty in the photos that I have made before. I have never taken photos cross-culturally, and am excited to do so. The Lord has made beauty show up in some of my photos and in my life.
I want to share so much with the world.

I pray that beauty will be revealed to me in Santo Domingo. I want to see the love of the Lord in the Dominican Republic. I pray that we can impact the children and young people that we encounter. I pray that we can be lights to them. I pray that I am revealed His peace and His comfort while there. I want Him to strengthen all of us student journalists. God, please be with us as we grow and change, and let us share you with the people of Santo Domingo.