My final evening finds me sitting at the keyboard a little perplexed. After 6 hours of footage, over a dozen interviews and nearly 1200 still pictures, I am finding it difficult to digest all I have captured with my cameras, my eyes and my heart.
Images of stark poverty contrasted with people who are rich with what very little they have. With eyes filled with fear and desperation contrasted with eyes filled with love and hope.
Make shift shacks surrounded by garbage, foul odors and polluted water ....
Contrasted with beautiful mountains, green pastures, white sand beaches and quaint villages.
With Witch Doctors and evil spells, contrasted by dedicated pastors, the Holy Spirit and hundreds of children singing glory to GOD.
How does one ingest this all and sort it out with any sense of order? Only by understanding that we all were created in GOD’s image and that HE created this earth beautiful, yet all have fallen and are in need ofa Savior. That this is not a battle of flesh and blood, but of evil powers, principalities and wickedness in the spiritual realm. And it is these good men and women of the mission field, their support teams and pastors that lead the fight, by bringing the truth of Jesus Christ that will win this battle for the people souls.
In HIS grace
Andrew P. Collar
Andrew P. Collar
Thank you for capturing and sharing these images with us, Andy, and your insights. These images help bring a world to us that we need to see, to reach, to love.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the photographs and your words are powerful... Barb
ReplyDeleteThese are truly amazing pix dad! What a gift God has givin you. I miss you alot. can't wait to c u tomrrow. I love you and safe travels to everyone!!
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