Friday, June 19, 2009

Called to LOVE.

Team South Africa is composed of a group of students who are beginning the outreach phase of a YWAM (Youth With A Mission) PhotogenX Discipleship Training School.  We range in age from eight to sixty. We come from diverse backgrounds. We have a broad range of photographic skill levels. We represent different nationalities. But we are united by a common purpose: to love... first God, then ourselves, then each other, then all of humanity... one day at a time. 

We will embark on a month-long overland journey up the coast of South Africa on July 1, stopping along the way to minister within various villages and communities. Following our return to Cape Town at the end of July, we will spend two months working with The Voice for the Voiceless, a ministry which "seeks to identify and raise awareness of issues of social injustice, with the aim of mobilizing people to prayer and radical action." (http://www.avoiceforthevoiceless.co.za/)

These are our stories, but not only ours; they are the stories of the beautiful souls whose lives cross paths with ours, whether for a brief moment, an hour, or a day. 

 We invite you to join us as we follow in the footsteps of a radical lover who changed the course of history. Through our words and pictures, we hope that you will see Jesus and His redemptive plan for humanity a little more clearly. 

-Hannah-