Growth

So here it goes, I'm attempting to do this whole blogger thing. I have a LiveJournal, I have a MySpace account, and now this. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to connect to more people through this. And maybe I can be a little more candid seeing how I don't really know many people on this thing yet. Then again... maybe not. :)
The past few months of my life have seemed like a whirlwind. We've been in Escondido now for 9 months yet it only feels like we've been here for 2. I have my ups and downs, I miss my friends and family but I am really excited about the people that we have met here. I can really see us building strong relationships with these people. I just hope that life slows down a little bit more so that we can hang out like we used to. I'm almost positive that we will be back in the desert in September which will be really fun. I am really anxious to see a few people that I haven't had the chance to talk with in a while.
Anyway, I am planning on going back to school, ideally I would've like to go back this upcoming semester but it looks like I'll have to wait one more so that I can figure out all of the little details. I am declaring Photography as my major. Whew, that only took 4 years to figure out. Originally I had planned on some sort of ministry degree, and eventually I would like to have some sort of Bible focused education, it would be fun to learn a little more theology... but that will have to wait for a while longer. For now, I have a goal. I really enjoy taking pictures, I love to capture the beauty, excitement, and passion of the moment. I hope to be able to communicate my passion through that art one day. One thing I would love to do is take pictures and then do a painting over them. I saw somebody do that once and it looked so amazing. So, yay for knowing what I want to do as a career. This will be something that I will be able to do that won't take too much of my time when Kirk and I have kids. It's great.
This upcoming May of '07 Kirk and I will be heading off to Africa. Uganda to be specific. That's right, we're finally going. After years and years of dreaming of going to Africa... we finally get to go. My Nina would be so excited. Ever since the first time she went on an African safari, I've wanted to experience this place... but now my focus is a little different. This time it's for ministry. We are hopefully going to see our two sponsor children who aparently live in the middle of nowhere. :) As well as going to northern Uganda to visit the children who are in the midst of the war. I am a little nervous about that because the LRA is ruthless. We will also be visiting a few orphanages and hospitals. It will be a busy couple of weeks but I can't wait.
Resonate (the video venue we came here to do) is doing really well. There's already talk of having to go to a third service because of how fast the service has grown, but there is still room left before we absolutely have to go to another service. I am happy that the response to this service has been so great because we are now reaching a completely different demographic of people. I feel like people are learning what real worship looks like and feels like. They don't have to be told what to do. People are even starting to clap on their own, and stand up on their own. I truly believe that the darker atmosphere helps with a lot of the insecurities that people have. Also, the band is pretty awesome. i'm not saying that because I'm biased or anything (since my husband leads the ministry and bands) but these guys are really good. He's got some amazing artists in his ministry and I am truly grateful for them, because I see how much it blesses him to have a team with impecible talents.
So those are my thought for now. Oh, here are some links to my pictures that I've done already as well as my other pages.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynzmiller
http://www.myspace.com/lynzmiller