My Name is Ashton. I am 15.
I am a friend, sister, daughter, granddaughter, child of the King, lover of all things Africa, China, and Adoption, highschooler, volleyball player, and a photographer.
I started taking pictures in 2007 of my little sister, Anna Grace who we had just brought home from China...
My passion for photography just got stronger. I love it. It is my hobby and I have recently gotten a new camera that I am in LOVE with.
The reason I am doing this is because I feel called to the mission field. Sadly, I am not a rich teenager. {Ha, is any teenager?!} My parents feel I should pay for my mission trip that I want so badly to go on, I agree with them. It will mean more to me if I work to get the money to go on the trip. So I am starting a photography "business" to earn money.
Here is a little background on me...
From the time I was little I have LOVED little kids. They brought me SO much joy! As I have grown up God has become more of my Love and my best friend! I live for Him! The seed for Orphans was planted in my heart at about age 9 when my parents felt God's call to go to China and adopt a precious little girl, Anna Grace. Soon the crisis of Orphans became evident to me and I realized that the suffering in the world was not just a "Fairy Tale"
I am a friend, sister, daughter, granddaughter, child of the King, lover of all things Africa, China, and Adoption, highschooler, volleyball player, and a photographer.
I started taking pictures in 2007 of my little sister, Anna Grace who we had just brought home from China...
My passion for photography just got stronger. I love it. It is my hobby and I have recently gotten a new camera that I am in LOVE with.
The reason I am doing this is because I feel called to the mission field. Sadly, I am not a rich teenager. {Ha, is any teenager?!} My parents feel I should pay for my mission trip that I want so badly to go on, I agree with them. It will mean more to me if I work to get the money to go on the trip. So I am starting a photography "business" to earn money.
Here is a little background on me...
From the time I was little I have LOVED little kids. They brought me SO much joy! As I have grown up God has become more of my Love and my best friend! I live for Him! The seed for Orphans was planted in my heart at about age 9 when my parents felt God's call to go to China and adopt a precious little girl, Anna Grace. Soon the crisis of Orphans became evident to me and I realized that the suffering in the world was not just a "Fairy Tale"
As I got older my heart changed and I fell more and more in love with China and Africa. China because my sister was adopted from there and it would always be special to me, Africa because God began to open my heart up to something much bigger than anything I could ever imagine! I soon fell in love with the children in Africa and have prayed for over a year now and I feel called there. God has blessed me and I cannot wait to see his plans for my Life.
For THREE years after bringing Anna Grace home I felt that I still had another sibling in China. In 2009 my parents decided they would make the trip back to China for Another Child. But this time...It was a 3 year old little boy!! I was SO excited! We traveled in January to bring him home and he has forever changed my life.
I have realized through my trips to China how EASY life is in North America and that I am not meant to take the "easy" way through life. I am to pick up my cross and follow Him. That is what I plan to do! I am praying about becoming a missionary in Uganda, Africa. But wherever HE leads I am willing to follow. I am counting down the days until I can move to Uganda and adopt as many children as my arms can hold! *Everything I make from taking pictures goes to help me go on a mission trip, fulfill my dream and go to Uganda or China!
