Joshua

Were you getting worried that this site was becoming all talk and no pictures?

Every summer, our church hosts a 3-week-long Vacation Bible school program for elementary-aged kids in the neighborhood.  We always bring in outside groups on service trips to help with the 40 or so campers who are part of our program, so we are used to having volunteers come from far, far away.

Rwanda, however, easily beats them all.

Joshua and his sister Sandrine just graduated high school, and decided to come visit Chicago for three weeks to help out with our VBS program.  They have connections with a family in our church, learned about the program, and thought this would be a nice way to spend their summer.  That makes them seem a little crazy, but they are brilliant, outgoing people who are excellent with kids.  It was a giant blessing to have them help out.

You’ll notice here that Joshua also has another skill – modeling.  He doesn’t do it professionally, but I don’t know why not.  He sure enjoys playing for the camera!

If we’re lucky I’ll have some portraits of Sandrine for you as well, when they come back to the States for college.  Cross your fingers, it would be worth the wait.

For now – meet Joshua.