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Adorable

By Andy Johnson III on January 8, 2007 in Life, Sri Lanka, Travel

The kids at Samudra Sri are adorable! Samudra Sri, means “Beautiful by the Sea” and is the orphanage that we are filming at here in Sri Lanka. Most of these children lost their parents to the war in Sri Lanka or the tsunami. Others come from poverty stricken situations where one or both parents could [...]

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So Little Says So Much

By Andy Johnson III on January 8, 2007 in India, Spirituality, Travel

In a tiny little mountain village, outside the town of Paderu, I saw a modern illustration of Jesus’ words. The members of the church had just brought their tithe, consisting not of money but of a portion of their crops. The people of this area earn a meager wage of about a dollar a day. [...]

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I Left My Heart in India

By Andy Johnson III on January 8, 2007 in India, Life, Travel

I’m having a hard time transitioning from India to Sri Lanka. We’ve been here for four days already but sometimes it seems that my heart is still in India. As I process my pictures of the Indian orphans, I remember each one and all of the joy that our time with them brought. Their sadness [...]

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Jwala

By Andy Johnson III on January 1, 2007 in India, Life, Travel

I first met Jwala when she walked into a classroom so that we could conduct an interview with her. As we asked her to describe what her life was like before she came to the orphanage, she began to talk about her parents but then she stopped. A sad look came over her face and [...]

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Making Progress

By Andy Johnson III on December 27, 2006 in India, Travel

After a little over a week in India, it finally seems like we are starting to get somewhere with our video project. On the one hand, we’ve gotten a lot of good footage of the various ministries here but on the other, we haven’t been able to start actually setting up film shoots and capturing [...]

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Is This Really Happening?

By Andy Johnson III on December 18, 2006 in Life, Travel

It is surreal. It is unbelievable. It is hard to imagine. We are actually on our way to India! We’re living the dream that God gave us and I could not be more excited! Sure, I’m a bit apprehensive but also confident that everything will work out. Our equipment is new, our team is newly [...]

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Tahquitz Peak

By Andy Johnson III on June 6, 2006 in Life, Travel

Making use of Memorial Day, I hiked up the 8500 foot Tahquitz Peak in the San Jacinto Mountains. I set out early in the morning, allowing me to see the sun slowly creep over the mountains. It was both a beautiful and peaceful hike. I never encountered anyone on my way up but of course [...]

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Back to the Mountains

By Andy Johnson III on May 29, 2006 in Life, Travel

I have a new challenge for myself… I want to see how many different places in the world I can submit posts to this blog from! So far I have blogged from Homer, Alaska and San Diego. To add a third location to this list, I am currently blogging from Idyllwild, California. Isn’t that name [...]

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Palm Springs is Beautiful!

By Andy Johnson III on May 11, 2006 in Life, Travel

I just spent a few days in Palm Springs and I was amazed at how beautiful it was! As an oasis in the desert, it is permeated with sunshine and accented by flowers, greenery and curvaceous palm trees.

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