My journey will begin in my white- slightly beat up- Toyota Corolla as I drive from Woodstock, GA to New Jersey where I have the pleasure of photographing a friends wedding. Ruth is not just any friend. She is one of those friends who comes into your life for a brief moment but forever changes it. We met on a missions trip to Ecuador in 2003, and over the course of two weeks knew each other better than most friends do in a lifetime.
On September 7th, I will meet up with a crew of incredibles: Scott- a talented, big-hearted, visionary, Krissy- a genuine, beautiful, artist, Emerson- a bundle of joy, cute as a bug's butt, lovable toddler, Rachel- an adorable, gifted young lady (whom I'm quite sure we will be kindred spirits) and Britton- a funny, young gentleman, I have only briefly met but am positive is splendid.
From Niagara Falls, ON, to wherever the road leads us... we will travel, commune, share, laugh, grow and see what there is to see- all while living out of a backpack.
My hope for this journey is to experience community, grow in my relationship with Father, and live a simple life.
Please check back for updates as I prepare to leave and stories of my journey.
This song by Brendan James keeps running through my head.
I want to walk through this doorway
I want to open my mind
I want to pledge my allegiance to all I can find.
I want a car that will crash through the barriers
to a road no one knows.
I want to feel less control,
want to bend and I want to land far from home.
The revolution of the earth around the sun
is the perfect lesson of how it should be.
So if i cannot learn
to journey and return,
to never rest till I've seen all I can see...
I want to learn a completely new language,
one I don't understand.
I want to help someone lost, someone helpless,
with the strength of my hand.
I want to come to the base of a statue built
before they counted the years,
and there i'll fall with my face in my hands and cry
and feel their hope in my tears.
The revolution of the earth around the sun
is the perfect lesson of how it should be.
So if I cannot learn,
to journey and return,
to never rest till I've seen all I can see...
Train rides and pastures colliding...
colors and customs i've never seen...
I know I, yes I know I,
I know I will stumble
but time is precious my friend.
I want to know where the stength of a person lies,
in their past or their future.
Is it in the way that they hurt or they love themselves
or is it all an illusion?
I want to crawl from this skin that i'm painted in...
Body, please let it give.
I want to find the creator of all good things
and ask what it means to live.
I want to open my mind
I want to pledge my allegiance to all I can find.
I want a car that will crash through the barriers
to a road no one knows.
I want to feel less control,
want to bend and I want to land far from home.
The revolution of the earth around the sun
is the perfect lesson of how it should be.
So if i cannot learn
to journey and return,
to never rest till I've seen all I can see...
I want to learn a completely new language,
one I don't understand.
I want to help someone lost, someone helpless,
with the strength of my hand.
I want to come to the base of a statue built
before they counted the years,
and there i'll fall with my face in my hands and cry
and feel their hope in my tears.
The revolution of the earth around the sun
is the perfect lesson of how it should be.
So if I cannot learn,
to journey and return,
to never rest till I've seen all I can see...
Train rides and pastures colliding...
colors and customs i've never seen...
I know I, yes I know I,
I know I will stumble
but time is precious my friend.
I want to know where the stength of a person lies,
in their past or their future.
Is it in the way that they hurt or they love themselves
or is it all an illusion?
I want to crawl from this skin that i'm painted in...
Body, please let it give.
I want to find the creator of all good things
and ask what it means to live.
