The heat is on...

It is almost February! Time has flown by. As winter and clean white slow graces my hometown in Canada, here in Buenos Aires the sun scorches the ground and leaves us missionaries craving cold water and a good dunk in the pool. The heat is not only rising in temperature, but in our spirit and vigor for the word of God, track team and photography.
It has only been one month since I began to lead the PhotogenX track and already I have found a new family in my team.
While home has its place in my heart, I know without a doubt that this is exactly where God wants me to be.
Through the recent leadership and teaching of my new friend Mathu Thomason I have had my eyes opened to how key it is to develop intentional relationships with people and to leave a positive influence, and a hope for a better character within each other.
Leadership is not always about seeing a need or task to be completed and making it get done, it's about developing people and sewing into them so they can see their potential and destiny and want to be a part of completing the task instead of being trampled on or forced into the project. Each team member, no matter how different they are from each other has an important role to play in the team, and can offer a point of view or suggestions that no body else would have thought of.
During the course of our track team I hope to develop even more as a leader so I can serve my team to the best of my ability. Every single team member has been an encouragement and a blessing to me. They've prayed for me when I had headaches or felt sick, and we've done the same for the whole team. It's great to know we're a team that will support each other, and pick each other up when we're down.
We're still in the midst of our photography school with Jonathan and Layne Grime, and learning a whole lot. Soon our next teacher Brett Marshall will be coming to teach us on Photo stories. By this time, my laptop should arrive, so you'll be able to see some photos I've taken so far in Argentina.
Another piece of exciting news is that the founder of PhotogenX is coming to visit our team for a few days... Suzi Childers!!! Personally, I have never met her, but I've heard so many things about her. Her heart and her vision for PhotogenX and injustices carry on in the hearts of both the students and leaders that are a part of her program. She will only visit for a few short days, but it will be a visited loved by all.
As we continue to learn in Argentina, I am hard at work planning our outreach for Peru.
We're praying that God blesses each place we stay, and each person we come in contact with.

Here is a photograph taken by Mr. David Maracle for an assignment in class. Each pair was assigned a different colour to photograph as creatively as we wanted. Of course it became a heated competition... Here's the winning photo! Enjoy.