the dream center's 19th annual back to school bash

Last Saturday, The Dream Center gave out 2,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to poor children in LA. Some kids (+ their parents) started lining up at 4 am for a backpack... definitely put my life in perspective.

Watch this little man on the big screen @ 0:24 and again @ 0:39

Afterwards, the kids got to play,

make art,

slip 

n' slide,

celebrate,

Tarzan,

Spiderman,

pet a tortoise,

strike a pose,

get a free haircut,

and take some clothes home.

It's been a while since I exercised my serving muscles. I've gotten pretty fat after receiving and receiving and receiving but not giving much in return.

The Dream Center, thank you for recruiting ordinary folk to help out with your amazing projects. What an honor it was to be able to bless with what I love doing most - photography. Thank you, thank you, thank you for pouring out Jesus' love on the city. Your service to the needy, homeless, incarcerated, abused, fatherless, trafficked, and hungry makes Los Angeles a better place.