January 2010
39 posts
Contact Us!
We would love to hear back from our supporters! If you are willing to volunteer, help financially, pray for this ministry, or have us at your venue, we would love to hear from you!
Noel Thomas: fadetheshadows@gmail.com
Stacey Brownewell: fadingtheshadows@gmail.com
Priya Arul: priyafarul@gmail.com
Danny Carmel: Dcarmel713@gmail.com
Ruben Korstanje: korstanje.ruben@gmail.com
“Make those Philly Cheeseteaks extra good, it’s our first meal back”...”
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Well, we have officially been in India for over 16 days, and let me tell you, it was the trip of a lifetime. Thank you to all of our Redeem the Shadows supporters. If it was not for your gracious giving, powerful prayers, and super support, we would still be 5 young adults with a huge dream. The first part of our dream has become reality and for that we are all eternally grateful. We have...
Danny and The Full Effect
Our journey is coming to an end, only travel to America lies ahead. I must say, this trip has been quite the experience, definately got all India has to offer, good and bad. Here is the good, the are no words to describe the people and the passion of India. The compassion and gratitude are endless. India as a whole has a servants heart, even the hindis are eager to help. Ive experienced all...
Was that A Liver?
I consider myself to be a pretty adventurous eater, I’ve conquered the lamb’s eyes, fried sheep intestines, snakes, frogs, snails, any many more. Tonight though I found myself in a slight predicament. Famished after long day of making music videos which consisted of lip syncing and dancing to the backstreet boys, I joyfully sat down to a delicious dinner. What followed next horrified...
The light
Their eyes like daggers, pierce your heart. The hot blade of oppression and poverty cuts like a knife. The deception is like a Shadow, always there and ominous. The hopelessness is like a blackhole, all consuming not even light can escape. Alas, shimmer of hope like the twinkling of a star. The lord has come to rescue the oppressed. His grace is like a suoernova, unlimited energy and power. He can...
Behind these eyes
Behind these eyes
The slums are a beautiful yet painful place. The children are literally running around naked and barefoot. There is garbage, human feces, animal feces and much worse. The most amazing thing though, is that the people of the slums are still so happy. They have nothing material, but they have friends and family. To me that is more beautiful than any material thing. There is...
The Pain of the World
Since the moment we arrived in India we have been surrounded by people with incredible testimonies. Most of these life stories are filled with much hurt and pain. All of the interviews are recorded in a language other than English which means that we will have a translator translate at a later time for the film. We are given a short version of the story they are sharing right before they speak....
“Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”
– Psalm 34:14
Behind the photo's
Ok so I decided to make a post that does not just contain pictures, altough I hope they told their stories on their own. This trip has been a great experiance for me so far, the people here have such hospitality and kindness yet when I hear some of their stories they break my heart and I’m amazed by some stories as well. As a photographer I’m extremely happy here, there are so many...
Sunday Church
It’s Sunday morning in Delhi, we are at pastor V’s church. I have not met people with such a love for the Lord anywhere. The people here have a little more than the people in Madurai, but their hearts are just as passionate. We have experienced more passion and love in India, no matter where we go, Gods grace is abundant. The way the people Here worship is so intense, they yern for him...
Nikee Shoes and Adidos
Currently we are on the hunt for the best knock off products, one of my personal favorites that I’ve seen is Nike spelt Nice. We like to pronounce it Ni-Chee. For those who haven’t traveled to India, it’s easy to become a rupee sultan and the dollar goes a long way. As traveling sultans, we’ve embraced all the luxuries of $2 McDonald’s meals and $1 cowboy hats. We...
We licked the Taj
After days of relentless searching, we finally found McDonalds. Now it’s not the way you would think. They don’t serve beef or ham products, since we are in a mostly Hindi and Muslim here in Delhi. The good thing is that, they do have McChicken’s or something similar and the fries are the same. Im just happy because, unfortunately for me Indian cuisine does not agree with me. We...
Jungle Law
We are back!! We had the most incredible time. I am going to write about my experiences, I will let the others tell their stories. So after a crazy 7 hour drive through some beautiful, but amazingly steep mountains, we made it to our destination. We stayed in a little hotel in a small mountain town. There were monkeys and goats everywhere. The hotel looked nice from the outside, but not so nice on...
Tarzan Style
Today we will embark on a journey to the jungles of India. We will be hiking about 4 hours to go into the valleys and visit tribal villages. This is a very exciting experience for us all and we are anxious to meet these people and once again experience the beauty of India.
Yesterday, we attended two church services in the morning where Noel and I tag-teamed a sermon, Ruben and Danny...
The Organic Trail
I am still holding true to my personal ban on fruit. Though I’ve been tempted at many times to have an innocent orange or pomegranate, I know that the creature from alien could be in that fruit waiting to take over my colon. I have resolved that no alien virus is going to control my stomach, although we had a false alarm yesterday after eating some spicy Chindian, which is Chinese/Indian...
“you don’t want to go into that bathroom”-Noel…..”DUDE...”
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Insomnia
So, its 5am here in India. We have been awake since around 1. The insomnia is starting to get a little rediculous. So, we decided to go on a little stroll around the slums of `madurai at this early morning hour. We walked around the streets for awhile, then we decided it was way too hot, so we turned back. The crazy thing is that, its 90 degrees out and the locals have on earmuffs and jackets....
Attacked
Today I was attacked! I cannot explain the feelings, I can still barely speak. We went to the monkey temple today, while there the closer I got to the temple the more evil I felt. Its almost impossible to put into words, so bear with me. The feelings I felt was of absolute anguish, despair, and hopelessness. It was so overwhelming that I could barely stand. I felt like an overwhelming sense of...
“2.3 million girls and women work as prostitutes and madams in India.”
– -Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, “Human Rights Practices—India”
Then and Now
Then:
Back in 2007 while I was living in England, the Lord gave me a very specific vision to go to India and capture what I saw on film, to bring back to the US and raise awareness of some of the things happening within India. A man named Leonard Ravenhill said this, “Christians spend more money on dog food than they do on missions” This is unbelievable to me especially since the Bible speaks...
December 2009
6 posts
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Ruben-RTS
2nd Day on The Trail
The battle between Mosquito vs. Mankind continues, with a confirmed 10 kills for mankind. We have assembled a strategic plan of attack against the enemy, the fort remains guarded by an arsenal of highly toxic chemicals. We laugh in the face of Malaria. We’ve made it our mission to annihilate all mosquito forces. We will survive!
In all seriousness, no picture, video, or stories can do...
“You should have seen it!!! (NT)”
Today's agenda
I have been awake now for 3 days, sleep does not come easy when you have to worry about ten different diseases that are mosquito born, the best part is that they are all over the place, so its a constant human v. mosquito war. We have a tally sheet for the kills we have. The service last night was amazing, but I have a feeling today will be more revealing for us. Pastor is taking us to one of the...
“Do what it takes to get the job done”
Today's events
Ruben and I went out today to take pictures of the locals. We went down to try and help the locals set up for the event tonight. We got some great shots with the locals, wearing our Action Advertising shirts.. Actionadnc.com check them out they helped us out a lot. Anyways after Ruben and I failed to help the locals, Noel, Ruben and I went down to the market. Which was beautiful, not in the sense...