EDITORIAL
Barrel Racer
Leaning into the turn, Kate Rogers, Scott City, Kansas, sets up for a mad dash to the end of the course. The Seniors barrel racer worked on her technique at The Journey to the Cross Bible Camp in Garden City, Kansas. The camp combines working on rodeo skills with church camp.
Swings
One of the most popular rides at the annual Satanta Day carnival is the swings. Teens twirl and swirl to give the ride that extra excitement. Friday night is the busiest night when the carvinal comes to Satanta, Kansas.
King's Pagoda
Visitor's wander around the gardens at Doi Inthanon, Thailand. Thais visit these pagodas each year to see the flowers and also visit the highest point (8,415 feet) in the country. It can be foggy and cold on top of the mountain in an otherwise hot and humid country.
Kenyan Fueral
Men sing alound and chant as they carry the casket of a fallen friend through the streets of Nairobi. Others follow with fronds to show peace and unity. Both sides of Kenya's 2008 election clashes took a break from fighting on the same day to bury their dead without fear of being ambushed.
Wedding Party
An anxious four year old looks around for enouragement from her mother before finishing her part in the wedding. (Thailand, 2010)
10,000 lanterns
Thousands of lanterns are released at the same time during Northern Thailands' Yee Ping festival. The beautiful scene symbolizes the release of sin.
Barn Celebration
People gather at the old draft horse barn outside of Cullison, Kansas every year for One Night at the Stable. Pastor Steve Taylor says that passing through the doors is “a transformation” from a commercialized Christmas to the simple and humbling surroundings much like Jesus had when he was born. First Southern Baptist Church of Pratt hosts the event every year as a way to share the gospel with their community.
A child's prayer
Children gather on their own at a Baptist church in a Nairobi, Kenya slum to pray for peace in their country after the post-election violence began. Since the children started praying, no violence or deaths have happened in their part of the slum.
Rebuilding
Gary Morris, Trinity Baptist Church, Willow Springs, Missouri, measures sub-flooring. Morris and his volunteer team of five helped repair and rebuild the first floor of an Ishinomaki house destroyed by the March 11, 2011 tsunami.
Rabat, Morrocco
Tourists look out the door of the Grand Mosque, Rabat, Morocco, to the beach and ocean that serves as the mosque's "backyard."
Food line
Two Kenyan girls receive a lunch of beans and maize at an internally displaced peoples camp. Children were often found in these camps without adult family memers. Parents sent their children to safety as they stayed to protect their homes during Kenya's post-election violence.
Clowning in Japan
Deano T. Clown tries his hardest to help a Japanese girl ring her bell to the music. The clown from New Hope Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Georgia, brought his act to the tsunami destoryed Japan to help with "heart care."
Women's Prayer Room
South African school girls sit in the women's section at a Cape Town mosque. They listen to verses read aloud from the Qu'ran from the men's section.
Fantasia
Teammates rush in under the gun during a Fantasia competition in Casablanca, Morocco. The goal for each team is to be the fastest to the white line as a team and fire their guns into the air in unison.
Searching for survivors
A Japanese man picks his way through the rubble looking for his wife. The March 11, 2011 tsunami wiped out not only his home but the entire valley of Ishinomaki.
Bible study
Squeezed between her mother and another woman, this young Ugandan entertains herself during Bible study.
Letting Loose
Thai college students "air up" a lantern during the annual Yee Ping festival at Mai Jae University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The festival launches more than 10,000 lanterns in the sky as part of casting off sins and heaviness in the Thai Buddhist tradition.
Baptism
Martin Chappell, IMB missionary, baptizes a South Asian teenager at Calvary Baptist church, Bangkok, Thailand. Six refugees were baptized on one Sunday. Calvary has been reaching out to refugees through Southern Baptist Hunger Relief funds.
Smile
A hilltribe woman sells her wares at a local market in the northern mountains of Thailand.
Obstacle Cource
Silas Wood crawls through an obstacle course during Satanta's fall festival. The three year old loved the tubes so much that he went over and over and over.
Floating market
Vendors float between cruise ships waiting their turn at the locks along the Nile River in Egypt.
Steam Engine
The Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad uses an original steam engine to get up and down the Rockies along Colorado and New Mexico.
Sudan fire
A brush fire cuts off traffic in Southern Sudan for cattle herders on their way to pasture.
Economic orphans
Times are hard in Zimbabwe. Many are forced to leave the country to find jobs, creating a new kind of orphan — economic. Kids are left behind to fend for themselves or looked after by grandparents.
Sail
A sailor unleashes the sail on a dhow in the Indian Ocean. The island of Lama, off the coast of Kenya, is known for these ancient modes of transportation.
Game time
A volunteer from Texas draws with a Thai girl on the playground with chalk. The volunteers spent the day working and playing at the Thai orphanage in Pattaya.
Clean up
Japanese military search for bodies in the midst of cleanup after the March 11, 2011 tsunami hit Ishinomaki.
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