Fallin Leaves

Fall is steadily approaching, leaves are turn and every day is a bit crisper than the last. I have learned about a hundred names this week. And there always sees to be someone I haven’t met yet. I have been scratching away in my sketchbook more. I am working on a concept using bunny rabbits to portray human trafficking. I hope to finish the whole concept soon and start on full size finished drawings. I am so happy to be back in this community. So many artists, its perfect!
            I have seen God’s provision so much lately, he has filled my flat (European apartment) with so many little things I would never have thought of. Yet the one thing I never thought I would have missed is a mirror. I walked into my kitchen this morning to eat my yogurt, and saw my roommate trimming his bread in the reflection of the glass cabinets. We laughed at our situation and asked God to provide a mirror. I am sure we will have one by the end of the day.  God provides.
            This week, as staff, we have all been talking about the needs and repairs around the castle. The roof and the sewer system need to be majorly repaired. The whole cost to fix both is approximately 100,000€. This is not that daunting of an amount to reach but it comes down to each person providing their own share. The castle is a place where a lot of students live and where every eats lunch. It is headquarters for YWAM Herrnhut. So many lives are affected here and changed by God in the very place. It would be very upsetting if the castle crumbed to the ground. So I am going to be praying and giving to the castle cause I believe in what happens here. The castle has given me a place to grow into the man I am now, and I can see people like myself going through the same growth. I want to ask you to pray for radical provision here and ask yourself if the castle is a way you would want to support this month with extra God has given to you.

I have a praise to report. I have been wanted to get in the darkroom and enlarge photos I took in Bozeman. As well as the photos I shot in the last year. In the darkroom, you need three kinds of chemicals to develop a print on paper; developer, fixer and stopper, then just good old water. These chemicals don’t cost that much but still it adds up after you get them all. So when I was headed into the darkroom I walked in on a world-renowned photographer that works and lives here at the castle. He has photos in Paris and New York. When he prints, he needs to mix a whole new batch every time he does a finished print. Yeah that is a lot of chemicals. He knew I was going to be in there working after him so he said like it was nothing,

“You can have these chemicals, I can not use them. They are fresh, do what you want with them.”

I got really stoked really fast. Now I have two batches of fresh chemicals for endless hours of work in the darkroom. Man, God really knows how give in excess. I now have all I need except an enlarger, to build and manage my own darkroom. I just need time to disappear and begin my chaos in there. I will keep you updated on my progress as I print. Keep your eyes peeled for new art daily.