My Vision
For as long as I have had the burden on my heart for missions and a passion for photography, I never really viewed the two simultaneously. It was my idea that I would essentially have two separate jobs throughout my career. Within the last few years, though, while narrowing my personal direction of my photography, I have seen that I have no need to separate the two in the way I have always done. With a specific burden for victims of human trafficking, I can use my photography to raise awareness before I even begin my work on the mission field. Therefore, I have been using my burden for these victims as fuel for my photography.
It is so easy for people in America to live in their comfortable lives and block out the horrible things of the world. But I don’t believe we are supposed to live that way. God made us to depend on one another and we all have a chance at one point in time or another to help those who are in need. While I am finishing up my college career, the easiest way for me to get involved in the fight against trafficking is to inform the people who come in contact with my art that it is a real problem.
I did forget to mention at one point that this mission and life goals could definitely be combined. Even starting on a small sense of trying to make a difference, what if—through services like Blurb or Lulu—you decide to create a series of books? And then have them sold respectively through those sites to raise monies directly towards the groups fighting those trafficking (and other) issues? Just thinking out loud here!
ReplyDeleteWell that is just a fantastic idea! I think I would like to do that. (And not just because I wouldn't have to make the book myself--ha!) Thanks for that!
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