Two Sisters Having Fun

Portrait of Vitoria with a Beautiful Smile 

Portrait of Sara eating a Mango

Sara and Vitoria having fun on a Homemade Swing.

Two Sisters Vitoria and Sara from Planaltina Goiás  Brazil, that I had the opportunity to get to know a little bit and Photograph them. Kids are fun to watch and photograph and they provided me with lots of photo ops for the day. May God bless them.

Just Drums

Bruna, pound out the the rhythm. 

Cristina, giving it all she's got for the local news camera.

Izabell, I think she was the Drum Princess. 

A group of young lady samba drummers showing off their musical skill to prove a point, that all you need is a good beat to make a crowd happy. Well, there's more to it than that but, the drums are the foundation of most music in the world today from Rock to R&B, Latin and Jazz,  you name it there's a beat. After all where does music come from? It's all over the scriptures especially in the book of Psalms. And not only that, drums is among the oldest instrument in the world along with the cymbals and of course the human voice.

Family Portraits

Andrea with her five beautiful children

Israel L and Israias R

Larissa, Andrea  and Leuana 

Well, today is Thanksgiving in the US. A time when families get together to eat to much food and a chances for liberal's to get all bent out shape. Anyways, this is one beautiful Brazilian family that I had to privileged to photograph the other day. What I was most impressed with is that although very poor they where also very happy, well behaved and welcomed me with open arms. May God bless them and watch over them everyday.

Friends

Two little friends

Luis & Oscar

Isabel

Okay its been a while since my last post. So, lately I've been think about how fast time goes by and how fast kids grow up. I always wonder where this these kids might be today and if and if there doing well. Most of these kids are from homes where at least one parent is a believer and goes to church on a regular basis. The two boy's in the middle photo especially Luis, on the left loves to hang out at his church to help out his friends and neighbors with what ever they might need. Photos taken in Guatemala City.

Família Aprasida

 Aprasida, with her children

Sisters, Neildes & Ana Carolina

I met this delightful family the other day while walking. They were more than happy to talk with me seeing how most people just ignore them or look down on them. The truth is, God, said in this word that you will always have the poor and weak with you. They might be poor but given the chance these kids could grow up to be Might Warriors for Christ and his Kingdom. Next time I see them I'll invite them over for dinner.

Proverbs 19:17 If you help the poor,you are lending to the Lord--and he will repay you.

Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.

Proverbs 22:9 Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.

Isaiah 58:10 Feed the hungry,
    and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
    and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

Hail Storm

Hail Storm

Maria, Isabel and Victoria 

Marble Size Hail

Ouch!! That hurt, yes these weren't the biggest pieces of hail I've ever seen but they sure hurt when they hit my head. As I took cover these three young students were kind enough to let me take an environmental portrait of them. That's why I try to always have my camera with me. Photos taken in Quito, Ecuador.

Kids Having Fun

Check Out My New Hair Color 

Look at Me

I was taking photos outside the public library in Belo Horizonte, the other day when I was just mob with all kids wanting me to take there photos. It happen so fast that many of the photos didn't turn out that sharp because I was in the shade using a slow shutter speed of 1/25 of a second when all these kids descended upon me. For some reason no matter were I go kids just love to be photographed.