Photo story project

PHOTO STORY

Inside the Libreria located on Calle Martin Fierro, Buenos Aires, Argentina you will find a 

woman just as colourful and vibrant as the store front.  Mariana opened this 

store five months ago giving the neighbourhood their first Libreria. 

Mariana and Chiara, her daughter, work together behind the counter.  Mariana has three 

daughters.  The eldest, Martina, is thirteen years old, Chiara and Zoe are twins age ten.  

Often times Chiara and Zoe would help their mom at the Libreria with customer service.  

During their free time they would play "store" just like mom.

Sometimes the Libreria can get very busy seeing as many as 30 customers in an hour.  

Each customer is considered a friend and is greeted with a warm smile.  Mariana also 

shows integrity seeing that her products delivery quality to the consumer.

An elderly customer comes in to the Libreria to ask Mariana for assistance wth her 

stitching.  Mariana has an interest in art.  She creates unique ornaments from glass and 

does sublimation printing on mugs, tea sets and matte cups. 

From her art studio at home she has taught various art classes. 

Every wall of the Libreria is splashed with bright colour.  While Mariana decorated, 

organized the store layout and and made window displays, her husband, an arcitect 

helped to establish and renovate the store to what you see today.

This two year old girl visited the Libreria with her family.  The Libreria helps to supply 

people of all ages with books, art supplies, paper, writing utensils and craft supplies. 

Martin Fierro is a busy street and many people walk, bike or push strollers past the 

Libreria everyday.  Mariana and her family live only 10 streets away from the Libreria.  

She describes her neighbourhood as tranquill with opportunities to connect with nature 

and meet friendly people. 

Mariana takes a moment to pose behind the counter with her twin daughters Chiara and 

Zoe during a busy day at the Libreria.  The Libreria has been an asset to the community 

and Mariana's winning personality keeps people coming back time after time.

Don't cry for me Argentina

Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Leaving for Peru.... Need dry clothes!!

Hip hip hip

H.I.P.P.I.E.S >>>

a community living in unity with the earth. sleeping in trees too.

yoko showed us around. people come and people go. peace & love.  <3  

we spent some quality time in that nest above my head chatting about life. scariest part was getting down by that blue piece of cloth.

how would you like to leave all the luxuries of home to live simply?  to simply live?  to take all you need from the earth and give back what you get?  to share everything as a community?  remember jesus calls us to leave everything and follow him. to live a life simply in his presence daily... could you be a hippie for christ?

these feet were made for walkin.

Skate Park Days

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Plaza Italia
Buenos Aires.
January 2012







<  From Columbia.  I spent the afternoon speaking in Spanglish with this teenager.
He's studying film making.
He was so patient while I tried photo after photo to get him into the frame//

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.

Princess & the Pea Photoshoot

The Princess and the Pea 

 Photoshoot by Layne Grime

My good friends Jonathan and Layne Grime have been

here in Argentina teaching our team photography.  It's

great to have some friends from home.. it makes life here

super special.  They are both very talented photographers

and have shot the weddings of many close friends.

They've also done my family photos through out the year.

Layne asked me to by her "Princess" for this creative

photoshoot, and here are the results.  I hope you enjoy

them, and visit Jon and Laynes blog.. it's awesome.

www.jonoandlaynie.wordpress.com

meet TheTrackTeam2013

Hola from Argentina,

Our team has been here about 3 weeks, and we LOVE it!!

Lets talk about the weather.  

Sunny & warm. 

 Getting a tan for sure.  

Sorry to all those at home in the snow, I just needed to rub that in.

I'd like you to meet the team:

The Men: David (Canada), Andrew (USA), David (USA)

The Ladies: Anita (Canada), Cass (Canada), Kassie (USA), Rachel (USA),  Sarah (Germany)

We've been busy little bees studying photography, taking Spanish lessons, completing assignments, working at the base, getting involved in community events and attending a local little church.  The staff here at YWAM Argentina have been so welcoming, making us feel right at home.

I hope to post some photos soon of things we've been up to and people we've met.  Until then, know that I am safe, and having a grand old time here with my new little family.

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http://thephotogenxtrack.wordpress.com/