First of 110 Faces of China underway....

Here is the progression on the first drawing....

I will work on finishing this one today or Monday.  Keep your eye out for the post.  I have also asked her for a short bio about herself to share with those following this project.  

Yes, I know....two posts in one day!

     Part of being a missionary is seeing people as God sees them, regardless of how we know them to be in the natural.  I recently drew:
     The lighthouse is a quick drawing that is not detailed and did not really take me very long.  I drew this the day before Christmas for a Chinese friend who has been an amazing friend and interpretor.  She really works hard here.  When I see her, I see this lighthouse.  So, I decided it would make a perfect Christmas gift for her.   








These two flamingos are from the Guangzhou Zoo.  I needed a little practice drawing that day (my stress reliever), and did a quick sketch (about an hour) and drew these little guys.

Getting the Project and the drawings out for all to see!

 The goal of The "110 Faces of China" Project is to create awareness of the ministry work here, the lives that are effected, and to help bridge the gap in cultural differences.  Of course, there is always the underlying goal of raising funds. 

     I have begun line drawings for the reference photos in my last posting.  I am not happy with them yet, but I will post the progress and the line drawings of these soon for you to see.  I hope you are having a great start to a new year!  --joy

Getting the Project and the drawings out for all to see!

     The goal of The "110 Faces of China" Project is to create awareness of the ministry work here, the lives that are effected, and to help bridge the gap in cultural differences.  Of course, there is always the underlying goal of raising funds.

     I have begun line drawings for the reference photos in my last posting.  I am not happy with them yet, but I will post the progress and the line drawings of these soon for you to see.  I hope you are having a great start to a new year!  --joy

Love covers a multitude of sins!

     Wow....well, if I did anything today, it was prove that I make mistakes too.  Let's see, the ppt for Praise and Worship was missing two songs and I had to do some fancy footwork to put (throw) them in quickly..whew!!!  The photo slideshow of the Christmas and New Year's Eve parties turned out pretty good, but I was not given the assignment to put it together until two hours and fifteen minutes before start of service time, so it was missing a few photos...hmmmm....I wonder who else notices other than the Pastor :-( .  Let's see, I ended up being an illustration in the Pastor's service today...I'm not sure if that particular illustration was to be good or not....I'll have to ask him about that one.  And, oh, yeah,,,did I mention the 102 degree temperature while I am recovering from pneumonia that, I had during getting all this together and during the service itself.
     I am not complaining, nor am I glorifying the enemy here.  The title of this blog is "What is it like to be a missionary today?"  The Pastor of this church plant has a song he made up that goes "THIS IS WHAT WE DO!"  Well, this is what we do!  So many glorify being a missionary overseas because of the image that is portrayed back in the US.  But the fact of the matter is, that missionaries are people too, and ministry (as Dad Hagin put it) is WORK.  Things may go wrong just like anywhere else, but when someone comes to you, like several after the service did today, and say "Joy, we wanted to tell you Thank you for coming to this country and helping us", it makes it all worthwhile!

I love "What I do"!!!  Thank you Father for the priviledge of being part of your plan in here!  ---joy

Getting Started...

     Boy, I cannot wait until I see the title read...the 110th Face of China, rather than "Getting Started".

     I have chosed the first few photos to draw.  Here are the reference photos I will be using.  The one without a face, is intended as the cover of The "110 Faces of China" Project.  While I am drawing the portraits, the subjects being drawing are working on a short bio or story about themselves.  I will share these with the finished drawings.