You Capture. Hands.

This summer at Youth for Christ one of our interns is leading a girls club. Each week she does a short Bible based message about being a woman of character, and then she teaches awesome and practical skills that most of these inner-city girls have never learned.

I have the honor of being her support and mentor for the summer, and have been blessed to sit in with the girls club every Monday and Wednesday.

Jackie is a Proverbs 31 woman to the core, and it is a beautiful thing to watch her share her time and skills with some of our junior high girls.




Over the course of summer she is teaching baking, sewing,




as well as some fun crafty things. This week the girls made picture frames.







I love seeing these girls being pushed each week to try new things. They really are stepping out of their comfort zones, and are so proud of their creations.

Yet another reason I love being part of Youth for Christ.

(please feel free to check out more photos from this week's You Capture)

You Capture. Get Down Low.

This week's You Capture assignment was 'Get Down Low'. With teaching summer school, all the summer programs starting at Youth for Christ, and doing some planning for my trip to Zimbabwe, time flew by and I failed at taking any pictures for this week's assignment.

So this week, I must cheat and use some pics of old. I am not sure how well they qualify, but I got down kinda low to take these :) This is Sabitheka, my little Zimbabwe princess, of whom I am counting down the moments until I see her in December.

You Capture. Fun.

To be honest, this week has been a really rough week. Between my grandma passing away, and having to say goodbye to many of my students who will be at new schools next year, I have been an emotional wreck. Because of this, I will have to cheat a bit for this week's You Capture.

When I think of fun, I think of Thursdays. On Thursdays I invest a little extra time with some of the students I work with through Youth for Christ. A couple weeks ago I took 2 of my girls to the park to fly a kite, which kids and kites are the funnest things ever.

These girls, Payeng and Dulce, have been part of my life for several years. They were very shy when we first started getting to know each other...



...but as time has passed it has been a blessing and a complete joy to watch them grow



into beautiful,



joyful,



and fun







young women.

Wow, I am blessed.

You Capture. Your Best Shot.

This was a bit of a crazy week, but luckily this week's You Capture was easy on me. The assignment was 'Your Best Shot.' Considering I only had about 3 pictures to choose from, it wasn't hard to decide on this little boy.


He really is as sweet as he looks :)

You Capture. Sky.

Here are a few pics inspired by this week's You Capture.



I think trees are beautiful.


Sometimes early mornings are hard for me, but this makes it all worth it.




These girls have a piece of my heart.

You Capture. Depth of Field.

I have to admit, this week's You Capture convinced me that I really should take a photography class. There are so many gadgets and settings on my camera, most of which I have no idea what they do!

Somehow I managed, so without further ado, here are the results for my 'depth of field' experimentation.







I took this picture last year when I was in India. Most people don't get it, but it is one of my favorites.
I think its the bare feet that get me.

You Capture.Yellow.

My first ever You Capture. This week the theme was yellow, and I chose this little ray of sunshine!