Photo by Yang Zheng Ping (Shelly)
Aug. 2011
Nanchang, China

We (her and I) both dig it.

It's been a Camera Inventory kind of day...

I always was losing Cherry.

Well not really, but she was all always running ahead of our entourage, scoping out new things to photograph.

See that green blob? Yeah, that's her. :)

Shelly takin photos. :)

I'm totally floored by this shot...it's for sure one of my favorites from the whole week.

Especially because Sarah is such a shy girl and this shot seems so bold to me. Ahh, I love it!!

Photo by Zhan Xiao Fen (Sarah), age 14
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Into the Bamboo Forest...

When you take city kids into the mountains of China and they start disappearing into the bamboo forest, you kinda wonder if you've thought this whole thing through...or at least that's where my mind went... ;)



Taken by yours truly.

Photo by Ling Hui (Jade), age 16
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Photo by Yang Zhen Ping (Shelly), age 14
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Photo by: Ling Hui (Jade), age 16
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Photo by Zhou Qin (Cherry), age 14
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Photo by: Zhan Xiao Fen (Sarah), age 14
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Photo by: Zhan Xiao Fen (Sarah), age 14
Aug. 2010
Nanchang, China

Kid's Cards for Sale! // UPDATE: SOLD OUT!

THE FIRST COLLECTION OF THE KID'S CARDS ARE HERE!!! I'm so PROUD of them!
All proceeds from card sales go towards the Invision Project 2011!

Order the "Bridge" Card by Claire! Just $2.50 (USD) /
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Order the "City Street" Card by Sarah! Just $2.50 (USD) /
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Order the "Bamboo" Card by Sarah! Just $2.50 (USD) /
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Order the "Bridge", "City Street", and "Bamboo" Card Set for $6.00 (USD) /
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Living Life Abundantly

Nearly two years ago, I found myself sitting NEXT to the swimming pool during a treacherously hot day in Nanchang. Two orphans and I watched people play in the water for hours. Sweat pouring down my face, I asked yet again if they were absolutely SURE they didn't want to take a dip.

They again replied no. I somewhat understood where they were coming from since I too had been a teenage girl embarrassed of being in a swimsuit in front of teenage boys. But still girls, I thought, the heat was awful.

So I devised a cunning plan.

I offered that the following day our trio stay back at the hotel do some "crafts" where it was nice and cool. How could they say no to that idea?! Yet they found a way...

"Kristen," one of the girls said to me, "We want to go to the pool because we have never ridden a public bus before. We don't mind getting hot, we just like to ride the bus to the pool and back to the hotel again."

At that I had nothing else to say. So the next day the only alteration was a walk to get ice cream. Mostly we sat by the pool. Just so the girls could ride the bus.

John 10:10 Jesus says, "I have come so that you may have LIFE and have it ABUNDANTLY."

When I think of why I'm going to China this summer, and why I'm starting up The Invision Project, I think of John 10:10.

Abundant life is ultimately found in Christ Jesus. Yet I'm convinced that abundant life is also found in experiences like riding the public bus, eating ice cream, running in sprinklers, and learning photography.

Thanks to each of you who has sent in equipment for the kids to use this summer. I can't wait to show you what they come up with. Thanks for giving them life abundant...

~Kristen.