The story about Amy Carmichael had a quote that really said what I have been wanting to tell people. When confronted with the criticism that her work of meeting physical needs and providing education wasn't evangelistic enough for a missionary she said, "Souls are more or less securely fastened to bodies ...and as you cannot get the souls out and deal with them separately, you have to take them both together."
I got so excited when I read that because it confirmed the common sense and wisdom of how God has been leading me all these years. I can't wait to see how God uses what He has been teaching me about Himself and about visual journalism to change peoples lives in Mali. I was timid about leaving the mission field to study photography. But... now... "Who has known the mind of the Lord or offered Him and counsel?" (Rom. 11:34) He knows what He's doing.
Check out this video the my missionary buddy, Matt Kingsley, turned me on to. I would love to help these kind of small business get going in Mali. Better yet, I would love my good friend Brian Pederson to come out to Mali and run a micro finance business. That's what he said he would want to do if he was a missionary.
Love y'all
