Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Helping the J* out...
A few nights ago we met up with Jasmine * to help her out with a non-profit organization project she was working on (she will be blogging more about this later). We met Jasmine over a year ago and our friendship with her is growing every season. We love having pancakes with her, eating sweet patatos, and just plain hanging out. She inspires us to be better people.
I (candice) am currently working on a project for invisible children (also a non-profit organization) and so it was awesome to watch Jasmine help out with her own non-profit passion.
Just a side note...Mark and I went to Biola University (a Christian school). While I was there I feel in love with the organization called Invisible Children. It is a group that made the states aware of the war situation in Africa. Children at the age of 4 were being stollen, guns put in their hands, and brainwashed to kill everyone around them. That current situation has stopped but now all those kids are left to recover. Most of their family is dead and they are living with other young children in packs. Most of them have been infected by aids and they are now grownups in little bodies. It is amazing what other nations are going through. I will be talking more about this next christmas.... But it is a great organization to be involved with.
Sometimes like those children I feel I have been stolen and brain washed to think the thoughts of this world. Just like the "invisible Children" ( on a much much smaller scale) I am constantly trying to over come the little wars in my own life. As I begin to work with the Invisible Children Organization , I realize that we all have things to recover from. And the children in Africa will constantly need our prayers.
Back from my tangent....Here are some pictures of Me and the hus. Thanks jasmine for the photos and an awesome dinner.
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Are you kidding me! Those pictures are saaweeet!! You two are a cute couple!! Wonder if I can ever get my hubs to sit still for one.
~c
I think it's so awesome that you guys volunteer your time to serve others.
Great shots!
such CUTE photos!! :) and Candice...i LOVE your shoes!! :) thanks for coming by my blog & leaving me comments..it means a lot! :)
You guys look awesome! And on another note, I think your passion for your charity is commendable, I have my own stolen story but it is no where as bad as what these kids go through. You guys are the definition of humanity ;)
Hey guys! It was great seeing you again the other day! :)
You two are a gorgeous couple! I so LOVE the blue shoes!
Just in the short time I have been checking out your blog, I can tell I am going to be a big fan of your work! Fantastic shots!
Okay, just for the record, I like eating pancakes and sweet potatoes with you too....but I also like working out with you!! :) Don't want people thinkin' we lay around all day stuffing our faces. Okay, okay...maybe we do that too. But we run and do push ups at bootcamp to make up for our caloric transgressions! :)
To Jasmine * I know! we have a healthy balance to our life :)
To the shoe comments: Thanks they are borrowed from my friend carlie. I love them L.O.T.S
-candice
love these amazing photos of you two.....also loved hearing about your passion for Invisible Children. i cant wait to see and hear more about it! :)
What I haven't really been following you since WPPI and what happens? You guys become international superstars overnight! GOSH! You are everywhere!
Well I loved your work then, and I still love it now!
KEEP JUMPEN Candice and mark!!!!
Cheerio
-Melissa E Earle
I have watched and read about this program a bunch and it just gave me a greater love for the people in Africa.. love to see you blogging about this! I would love to get together sometime... can we be freinds? hehe
i think it is awesome what you are doing!! and the pics are SOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!
sweet pics, guys.
Ashley spent some growing up years in Africa so when we heard about the invisible children movement we got stoked. Would love to hear more about how you're involved sometime!
jeremy
Oh you two are just so darn cute!
For the record, I'm going to steal your husband's haircut. :-D It's very swank. :) Mine is WAY to curly to do anything but short as hell or shaggy. UGH. You guys look awesome. :)
You guys are SO cute! It's pretty cool when you're as good in front of as you are behind the camera!
You two are beautiful together!
-Sarah
your shoes ROCK!
Invisible Children is such an amazing organization! When I saw the documentary it rocked my world. That is awesome you are working with them! I can't wait to hear more!
~Amy
these are so cute!
So glad to hear you are working with Invisible Children. I visited Uganda, where this is taking place, a couple years ago and the stories there were almost too much for me to bear. A piece of my heart is still there and lately this organization has been surfacing in different situations in my life-not sure what that means but I'm listening. :)
CAndice and Mark, you look great at J* shots!!!!!!! Just a "PHERfect" couple!!!! Very nice, amazing!!!! I loved!!!
Love your pics! I have been following your blog for a few months now. I'm looking forward to hearing more about Invisible Children. I'll have to watch the documentary soon.
Some of our best friends are serving as missionaries in Nigeria. Life is sure different there and it's overwhelming to realize the great need there. Keep up the good efforts!
I hope to cross paths with you two one of these days! :)
Go Biola! I graduated in 03 - when were you guys there? Love IC too.
you guys are fabulous. great pics by J*...and thanks for sharing about your involvement with "invisible children"...Candice, I look forward to hearing more and will keep you in my prayers for the cause. you rock...keep giving of yourselfs...good will come back to you.
PS...was this post "sex & the city" new clothes...ha.ha. got your message, silly girl...any reason to go shopping...me too!!!
Tried to email you guys, but it didn't go through :( Thanks so much for the comments! You two are fabulous, and I am honored by your presence on my blog! I love J* - I stalk her blog religiously :) and now yours too! Watch out!
The Invisible Children is a great organization. The first doc almost made me cry ("my heart keeps beeping and beeping"). We had some of the guys from TIC come visit our church one evening. They are doing some powerful things.
Are you going to be doing photography with them? Domestically or internationally?
Here's a great story to read when you have 5 spare minutes about a guy who got into mission work by way of photography. http://www.takegreatpictures.com/charityis_scott_harrison.fci
Oh, and meant to tell you that I'm a fan of your work. Too bad we live so far apart, i'd get yall do shoot my family.
I saw you 2 on Jasmines blog and was like WOW! I make it a habbit to check your blog everyday. That is if I am not over my head eiditing but then I still stop by to see what Mark and Candice are up to because you guys inspire me so much. THANKS!
your images are just fabulous
Candice and Mark, thanks for being such a light in the photography world. It's people like you who will make all the difference. I've been looking for a good cause to support through my business, and you guys and Jasmine are great examples that I look up to. My cousin goes to Biola. She's looking for a way to help people, so I'll let her know about Invisible Children.
What you do is beautiful, thank you for the inspiration!! You guys look amazing!! You guys are a great couple. Jasmine* work is beautiful too. You have such beautiful eyes Candice :)
woot woot portrait house! we be rockin' it in CT. Gotta love those crazy Marantz' :)
this is a wonderful cause!! and Candice your shoes are amazing!!
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