Home and the fluidity of that concept

Dear friends, family, and whoever else might be reading this blog, ;)

If you haven't heard by now that I've moved to Florida, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? 

Just kidding, I'll tell you all about it anyway.

Last year sometime, way before most people even knew that this was an idea, I was entrusted with the knowledge that my Dad really wanted to return to being in full time pastoral ministry, and asked to pray for this. 

As the year progressed this stayed in the back of my mind and somewhere in my prayers, and when my parents let me know that a church wanted them to come, I got excited! I am always in awe of the way God works things out and answers prayers and arranges adventures for His children. 

A lot of people have asked me why I decided to move with my family, seeing as I had ministries, friends, and a growing business at home. My answer changes a little bit every time, but it really boils down to a few simple things. First of all, I love my family, and I think God really has placed in me a desire to be here to encourage them and love them during this transition. Also I don't want them to get all the fun of moving and being a ministry unit without me! ;)  So that is the ministry that I believe God is letting me be a part of right now and I am so excited to be here and getting involved in our new church and loving my family and the new church family He's brought us to. 

As far as business goes, I know it's not necessarily the SMARTEST business move, to pick up an endeavor that is only 2 years old and move it straight across country, but I have just finished an associate's degree in photography, and I am excited to take what I've learned from the past 2 years and put it all into a business that will have that experience in its formation. And it's all very exciting to me, I don't mind "starting over" because I know it's not completely starting over. 

So that's my new adventure! I'm getting to know the Tampa, Florida area, and getting excited about what God is doing, and about getting some photoshoots going!

Pray for us and keep checking back for new photos! ;)

<3 - Savannah

(and here's a picture I took of my sister on our 2 week Family visiting trip before we got to Florida)

Caleb is a SENIOR

Once upon a time there was a kid named Caleb who lived in LA with his family. He was 3 and had a big backyard with goats and chickens. My family was friends with his family, and we would often go over to their house. Someone taught us how to hypnotize their chickens, and we would amuse ourselves by doing that often. 

Caleb and his family moved to Honduras and we kept in touch, and he has become a very promising photographer, a good writer, and finished high school early. He and his family moved to my hometown this past month as his dad is going to take over for mine when we move to Florida in a couple weeks. 

We went on a photo adventure/senior picture photoshoot/coffee exploration and had a lot of fun and got some coooooooool pictures.

The end. 

^_^ (Caleb insists that he makes this face. See if you can find it.)

Myanmar

Monday evening I returned from a wonderful two weeks of journeying through the country of Myanmar, and though it was sometimes hot, sometimes tiring, sometimes heartbreaking, and sometimes overwhelming, it was also overwhelmingly beautiful and a trip full of joy. 

If you would like to read my descriptions of the things I felt at various points along the journey, you can read the poetry journal I kept. 

I'm not going to write a huge missive here, because i would prefer that you understand how i felt and experienced the country through these pictures that I am going to share with you. 

Thanks for sharing this with me!