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Cut that out! Trevor’s surgery is scheduled for tomorrow…

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Tomorrow our friend Trevor Stolebarger will have the last remnants of cancer cut out of him.  Please keep him and his family in prayer.

If you want to help Trevor’s family offset some of the costs of battling cancer, you can go HERE to donate and you can read his thoughts as he has been fighting cancer.  We will keep yall updated here and on our Facebook page.  Thanks for keeping our brother in prayer!


Pray for Terry

Terry, being prayed for by the kids of Dios es Amor Summer Camp in Ensenada, at the end of a great week of photographing there.

Our friend and fellow photographer, Terry Schwartz, is a faithful man of God who loves to use the gift of photography to bless others.

The doctors have found a small cancerous growth on his vocal chords.  Please pray for Terry that God would be glorified in his life.  That if God chooses to heal Terry before the doctors do anything or if the treatment the doctors prescribe gets rid of the cancer…whatever happens, Terry would be a light to the doctors and a sweet aroma that causes them to want we Terry has.  Jesus!

If you know Terry feel free to reach out to him with words of encouragement and prayers.  He’s a tough Marine, and we are sure God is gonna be glorified through him!

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.


2012 Oaxaca Medical Team

2012 Adventures in Life  Oaxaca Medical Team

Monday was a long day, we were originally gonna be in a small town called San Pablo, but we ended up going to San Felipe Guila.   The team saw 39 patients in the clinic and we expect to see even more on Tuesday as we go back to the same town.

Please continue to pray for safety and divine appointments this week.   2 young teenage gals prayed to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior today!  Praise God!!

You can see more photos at the Adventures in Life Facebook page HERE.


Looking Beyond…

I’ve been inside the Cathedral de Oaxaca numerous times over the past few years.  I never paid attention to some of the details, or I just never “looked” long enough.  Looking beyond the gate, I noticed the cross with the sun…

I’ve seen this lady walking the courtyard in front of Iglesia de San Matias Jalatlaco, which is next door to Casa Arnel, for the last 3 mornings.  At first I thought she might be praying the rosary, but no beads.  Watching her, she appears to be praying.  I must have watched her for at least 20 minutes this morning while I was reading Proverbs and listening to some Hillsong praise music.  It made me think, in light of the worship series Pastor Miles is going through right now, am I fully worshiping Jesus with my life?

The details really jumped out at me, and as I watched two gals try to light a candle below, I saw Jesus(really).

I saw this candle of Jesus.  Yes I know…He doesn’t look like this.  As I was trying to get a photo that I liked, it became a reminder to me that I need to keep focused on Him.  In my photography and my life as a whole.  That there are things in my life that I’ve taken for granted, I don’t know if it’s because it’s always been there or that I’ve “seen this before” as in some of the details in the cathedral…
I am truly excited to be in Oaxaca.  My biggest prayer is that I would be focused on getting the images that need to be seen.  The images that would glorify Him and best show what He is doing in Oaxaca.  This being my third men’s week, I want to view it as if it’s my first time here.  There are men who are here for the first time, along with guys who have been down to Oaxaca multiple times over the years.  
If I keep focused on the Cross of Christ and remember why He had to die on the cross…I have no choice but to humble myself and realize I am in no position to ask for anything other than that Christ would be glorified in my life.
Please keep me and the men in prayer.  That the work gets done in a manner and spirit that brings Christ glory!
Soli Deo Gloria

Mountain Top Prayer & Worship at Mt Soledad

Up before the sun…me?  Believe it or not, I made it up to Mt Soledad this morning before the sunrise to take photos of the 4th Annual Mountain Top Prayer & Worship at Mt Soledad.  A great way to start the year off.  You can see more photos at one1shot.wordpress.com or by going HERE