Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Faces of a Chittagonian Village

These are some portraits I took while walking through the village surrounding the Home of Love orphanage, where my InterVarsity mission teammates and I stayed for part of our time in Chittagong, Bangladesh.  (We took lots of pictures at the orphanage and in the city, not to mention during our outreach in Thailand, but we still need to collaborate and edit them.)  

I found that the villagers liked having their pictures taken and seeing themselves on the tiny LCD screen, especially the children.  In a land where joy seems to be rare, I was glad for any excuse to see people smile.  It was truly a double blessingvillage14-1-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage3-1-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage4-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage5-2-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage8-2.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage7-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage6-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage9-1-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage10-1-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage15-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage11-1.gif picture by IVmissionteamvillage12-1-1.gif picture by IVmissionteam

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

God truly made all things bright and beautiful! Thank you for sharing your photos - very powerful. God bless you for being His vessel of ministry. They live with so much less than i'll ever imagine - i'm deeply humbled.

Jeannie said...

I love these pictures. I am still anxiously awaiting the stories to go with them. :-)

Lulu said...

great photos!
Beautiful!
beg you to write...=D

Lulu said...

Oops, didn't see the journals above. haha...
will read soon.
:(

Anonymous said...

Wow, what a gift sista of capturing the people... the pictures are as we saw the people and now they are with us in Hawaii... Bless them all Jesus and may they come to know your love!!!