Outside the Frame: I've made it

My Mission

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

-1 Peter 4:10

God has laid in on my heart to visit missionaries and Christian organizations to provide photos and other media needs all around the world. It all started with a conversation I had with a missionary about 5 years ago. He had a photographer come visit him and the photos were amazing, but better yet, the conversation and interest in sparked in me to go and see what his ministry was about was compelling. After that, it just made sense to me that I should be using my artistic abilities to serve God through helping convey the stories of other who are serving Him around the world. My plan is to stay with individuals/organizations for a few days and just keep traveling around to whomever can use my art as long as time allows. My ultimate goal is to bless others with the skills God has given me.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

I've made it

I have made it to Leiden, Netherlands. It was quite an adventure though. I landed in Cologne, Germany and had to take a series of trains to get to Leiden and I don't speak a word of German or Dutch yet. But as God would have it, I've made it here successfully.

Leiden is a beautiful town! It is overrun by bicycles...probably in the hundreds of thousands in number of bikes here. It is the preferred mode of transportation.

The program I'm in here for school is small. I am one of seven but I think I can learn a lot. We will be visiting The Haag tomorrow and a few other places in the Netherlands before we're done. I'll have pictures to post as I go along. I hope you are all well. Send me an email if you get a chance, it's ashleyhuizenga@gmail.com

ashley