prayer_malenovice, czech republic
every morning during our trainings at malenovice we set aside time for the students to go and pray…to connect to their Lord. i love that some are lying down, some are journaling, some are alone, some are in little groups, but all are connecting to the one who saved them and sustains them.
|nine| the pretty one_berlin, germany
how could i not include a picture of this beauty?! we went to berlin the day before our first group of us teams arrived to get a day to relax and be together. we biked through the city, ate great food, and culminated the trip by seeing death cab for cutie. a perfect day for us before the insanity of the summer began!
|eight| baby boy hughes’ room_cesky tesin
in a few short days our boy will make his appearance! setting up his room and preparing came early for us since we’re in the states for his birth. we love the simplicity of this room and how much joy is going to be brought here!
|se7en| rails_la jolla
we sat on park bench as the day slowly drifted away. people passed. waves crashed. the sun departed.
|six| wrong turn_middle of nowhere, czech republic
emily made a wrong turn as we were driving back from prague one day. the result was this beautiful little country road. good move, babe!
|five| the square_cesky tesin, czech republic
when i first moved to czech i dreamed of living on the town square. over six years later, when our landlord said we had to move, i never thought we’d actually end up in a place with this view!
|four| islands_sveta petar, croatia
this was the view from our balcony on our vacation with emily’s parents! the croatian coast is filled with bumps of land sticking up from the water. we woke up to this every day.
|three| roses_prague
wenseslas square. one of the most iconic places in all of prague. this spring day the clouds were particularly beautiful, but what really gets me is the subtleness of the roses at the bottom of the frame.
|two| the tree_vojkovice, czech republic
i’ve driven by this tree anywhere from five to ten times a week for the past six years. i love it. i’ve dreamed of photographing it. the problem is that its right off the freeway, set in the middle of someone’s field. there are no side roads anywhere near it. so for six years, i’ve driven past it longingly. one morning as i sat in the passenger’s seat on our way to the office, i captured that elusive tree. this is the result.
|one| stumps_lux coffee, phoenix
every once in a while the moment happens where the lighting is perfect and illuminates something that is otherwise ordinary. that is the beauty of photography at its best: when something ordinary or even ugly is made beautiful by someone capturing a moment. this was my moment.
