drew moser: The 1st Photo in my iPhoto

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The 1st Photo in my iPhoto

28 August 2007

I've been tagged by Todd Hiestand, pastor/web designer/fellow Guata-dad. Todd and I have never met, but it's freakishly weird how parallel our lives are. We keep discovering new common facts. For example: We just realized that we we both came into this world in the cornfields of Nebraska.

Anyway...he' asking the question: What's the 1st photo in your iPhoto library?

Number of photos in my iPhoto library: 3570

First picture in my iPhoto:

Who: 2 college students madly in love
Where: The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
What: A dirty hippy with dreads (yes, dreads), his very beautiful, very patient girlfriend who would become his wife, the Sphinx (its way smaller in person), and the Great Pyramid (it is much larger in person)....and some random people staring at us weird Americans.
When: Spring Break, 2001
Why: We were studying abroad in Israel/Palestine, and Spring Broke it in Egypt with some great friends. Trip of a lifetime. So many stories to tell...buy me a drink sometime and I'll fill you in. One involves puking, another hitch-hiking, another also involves the Israeli Defense Force...
Random fact: Due to my dreads, I got offerred pot more times than I care to remember. (settle down: I refused every time)

Bekah and I have vowed to never ever (ever, ever) lose that adventurous spirit. Whether it's embarking to a far off land for the sake of Christ, or it's adding to our family through some crazy notion like Guatemalan adoption, we never want to lose the heart of an explorer.

Have you buried your adventurous spirit? I hope not...dig it up and let it loose.

"One love, one heart; let's get together and feel alright..."