Greetings! Due to various circumstances, I have failed to keep the blog going over the past couple of weeks. For those of you who periodically look to see updates on this blog, my humblest apologies.
The Photo Contest went very well. It proved to be a most memorable experience. Though it was intended to be a fundraiser for the ministry, it did so very much more than that. It proved to be ministry in and of itself. Here's how.
There were several people who entered who have never been in a photo contest before. This wasn't necessarily intended to be limited to amateurs (a note we have made to ourselves to change for the coming year), but it was very encouraging to know that several people began their journey with the New Leaf Photo Contest.
One of those people happened to be our Best of Show winner. Ryan Bulvoltz, having just returned from serving our country in Iraq, was experiencing some very difficult struggles adjusting to civilian life again. He chose to take up photography as a way of helping him cope with with struggles connected to the war. I was delighted to find out he won Best of Show and he was delighted to have won. His entry was a dramatic nature scene taken at Yosemite Park.
This is just one example of lives that were touched by offering this show. Many people thanked us for doing the show and plans are being made to offer the show again in the Spring of 2010. Keep your eyes open for coming details.
God bless all who read this,
Mark Hurst
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