Photo exhibit hits the news!

Lydia Callsen, my Media Co-worker from Germany just left for home this week, but not without leaving a positive impression on Uddevalla, our closest neighbouring city. I helped Lydia plan and pull off a photo exhibit about the Life in Uddevalla. We often hear that there is nothing good in Udevalla, that it is boring and dead. Do you know a town like that? So I iencouraged Lydia to do something about it.

She, along with myself and another photographer went around Uddevalla several times and simply took photos of people and places. The result was a photo exhibit which showed during Uddevalla's Fjordfestival. The exhibit was held in a small basement café called Saronhuest which is owned and run by the churches of the city. We didn't attract large crowds, but many who came really enjoyed the photos. We had many opportunities to simply get to know the people of Uddevalla during our photo shoots. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of reaching out to a city in more ways than traditional Friday night evangelism. And the conversations seemed more real to me. I think I'll do more stuff like this!
Photo left: A young Kurdish girl looks over her father's balcony in Dalaberg, a suburb of Uddevalla.

Do you read Swedish? Here is a news article about the exhibit.

We drive north this weekend for ten days holiday, leaving my brother Brian behind to clean up his paint brushes and tools. He has been volunteering at Restenäs for the past five weeks, with one more week to go before returning to Sunny California. It has been a wonderful way to get to know him more than I ever have growing up. Thank you, Brian, for coming and blessing us. Rasmus and Lucas will miss you :-)