Yo!! Thanks for checking out my blog! So, before I left for the Race, I was praying and I felt the Lord telling me that I need to spend more time this trip behind the camera than in front of it. Basically, that translates to “take a lot of pictures of people this trip and show off their beauty!” I have realized that I am really, really enjoying taking so many pictures. I am going to be posting a lot of picture blogs throughout this trip. My main focus here is going to be on people! So let’s look at some pretty faces together!
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This is Sharon! She is the director here at Children’s Garden. She has been working with street kids for over 15 years and is such a loving mother to all the boys that she takes in here.
This is Xenia and Elmer, they are a married couple that work here at Children’s Garden. Xenia does a lot of different outreach ministries with children and Elmer is a former pastor that now works with CG and makes incredible banana chips!
This Elijah, lil’ bebe who lives here at CG, his parents work here. I just figured that bebes are always cute in photos sooooo yea… but really tho, look at him!
Today we traveled into the mountains on the island of Luzon and we worked with a lot of kids in a small village here. These are just a few of the kids that decided to follow me around all morning. The boy in the red literally walked around and just kept punching me like it was a game (honestly, it was adorable because his punches were like little taps)
** The next string of pics are boys that we have been living with in the orphanage here in Antipolo! Every day we pick one of the boys to take out on the town and hang out, whether its to go get some food, walk around the mall, or have a photo shoot. I always try to get some cool pics regardless, but these are some of my favorite ones! **
Lando! He is one of the former street kids that lives here at CG. He is a straight baller at basketball, totally kills it!
Meet Ruel, also a former street kid that now lives at CG. He is a tad more shy than most of the other boys, but is super duper smart!
JR is a strong willed kid who loves to joke around and have fun!
Wendall, nicknamed Jepoy… idk why. This boy LOVES the Lord! He is such a lover and loves to dance!
Chandel is a handsome lil’ dude. He loves to adventure and sit around, make jokes and chat!
My dude Adonis! He is full of life, always smiling and having a good time. He is newer to CG but you wouldn’t know it by the way he has adjusted to the family here!
This is Wilson, basically the epitome of a little brother.. you could be sitting there mindin’ your own and all of a sudden *pinch* and Wilson will be running the opposite direction.. like all the time!
Joseph has been a part of CG for a few years and it shows. He’s really mature, smart, and knows what he wants out of life. He is a fighter forreal.
Paulu is an amazing cook! He also loves photography and speaks English better than I do..
This is Ray Ray, he is super fun! We went to go hang and he decided he wanted a photo shoot instead of just hangin.. right up my alley.
This is my boy Joshua! Him and I have gotten really close over this month, he also really likes photo shoots, which I am totally down with! We have bonded over a lot of different things, he loves fashion, he loves music, and he just loves to screw around! My dude, on the reallllll!
He also loves ice cream…… but who doesn’t??
Last but not least…
The Hamburgler.
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Thanks for checking out the blog! I have been loving my time here! Next month we will be in Thailand, I would greatly appreciate any financial support that you can give. I still have to raise $9000 to be fully funded to stay on the field for the following 10 months! Please help me out, it would mean the world! I’ve been having the time of my life here and I don’t want it to end. We have been working to show love and spread Kingdom everywhere that we go! These boys have been leaving a serious impact on my life and I am so thankful for the opportunity that I have gotten to work with them.
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Much love, y’all
