to see the world...

"To see a world in a grain of sand, And heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour." - William Blake


I haven't journeyed thousands of miles like last summer or ventured across the seas. I haven't fearfully clung to my passport or embraced a different culture. But despite my lack of traveling, I am finding that this just may really be the summer I see the world.

I have one job this summer: to see. While this may sound relatively easy, it's a little harder when you put a giant lens to your face & try to capture something "picture worthy." But I attempt nonetheless, and am finding that when I can't find something beautiful God peels backs my lids & helps me redefine beauty.

Everyday I travel from class to cabin to do the same thing- take photographs. Whether it's horses or rain dripping from a tin roof, children playing or baby birds, He is showing me, with every snap and every frame, that He is working much deeper and further in this world than I could possibly imagine.

Though I find myself in a completely different circumstance than last summer, God is reteaching me the same things I learned this time last year, the thing He constantly has to remind me of everyday. He loves us... rags or robes, rich or poor, hungry or full. He loves us- with the kind of love that not only takes us to the nations but the kind of love that changes the way we see the world around us.

some random shots from the past few weeks...