Our Utah trip

Hands down Utah is being the coolest state we've been to so far :) Great rocks, canyons, mountains with snow, and city life! We love all the outside shopping areas with cute little cookie or ice cream stores. The clothing stores are becoming my favorite as well! And Jamba Juice and In and Out Burger (forgive my spelling) are everywhere here! We are having a blast! But the best of all is all we are learning here! God knew we were needing some training and knowledge on certain areas of our ministry. One of the areas we were needing to learn about was religions that are rapidly spreading in Spain and that we didn't know much about. We consider it a blessing and privilege to get this part of our training here in Utah. We've been to wonderful churches and have met wonderful people! We praise God for each and every one of our trips and meetings. Spain is in great need of the Gospel and we feel so privileged that God is sending us to Spain so we can tell people that only Jesus saves and that we can have eternal life in heaven if we accept this precious gift! God is good! :)

Here is a picture of us in the south of Utah! Photographers here must love taking pictures at this gorgeous places!

Have a blessed day!

Arancha

Jared and Katie: Knoxville, TN

Last Saturday I had the privilege to take engagement pictures for this cute couple! One of things i loved the most was hearing Jared's sweet comments about Katie and all the laughs they shared during the session! We had a wonderful time! I loved hearing about Katie's ideas for the wedding. It is going to be such a beautiful wedding at an antique house with beautiful decoration inside. A dream for any photographer!

They were such a blessing to us and we really enjoyed spending time with them! And as you can see, they did a great job posing!

Thank you Jared and Katie for allowing us to take your pictures! It was a blast!!!!!

Arancha

My Facebook photography page took over my blog. What a shame! :0 I would love to be able to post more, but in all honestly, photography has been set aside a little bit since we started our journey as missionaries. I still enjoy photography and have been taking lots of pictures! (lots of my little man as well :) ) During deputation we've been able to visit so many amazing places! And I determined to take a good family picture of each new cool place we visit! It hasn't been easy... but I'm thankful for digital cameras, tripods, and self-timers :D It's made these family pictures possible! So here is one I would like to share that reflects our lives lately: our car, beautiful landscape, and our son's favorite toy when we make stops during our trips :)

This has been an amazing year of deputation. We've met wonderful families, missionaries, pastors and their families... and we've had so many people commit to pray for us. Reaching Spain with the Gospel could not be done without the power of God. So all these prayers are going to make a huge impact in what we will accomplish in Spain. And we're so thankful having so many people be a part of seeing souls saved through just praying for us! We really are thankful for all the prayer support we have!

We've also learned a lot during this year, and are looking forward to learn more and more about the ministry, God, and how to serve Him and please Him better! I've been gathering lots of ideas for the ministry and activities! We are so looking forward to starting the church :) I've also found great books that have tremendously helped me spiritually. Right now I'm reading: "Teaching more than English," which is being a great resource for the English classes we will be offering. A couple of other book I recommend you to read are: "A Meek and Quiet Spirit" and "Healing Love." And "It's a wonderful life" by Terry Chappell.

The West is beautiful! I love the city, that's where I came from. But there is nothing like seeing a beautiful landscape and seeing what a perfect creation it is, and knowing that God made it :) The Grand Canyon was simply beautiful!

One thing I'm enjoying is seeing how God shows us His love in even little details. Nate had been so excited about seeing elk in Arizona. He kept looking everywhere and praying he would see elk. I started praying as well, and that day, God showed us a few of them :) Over and over again God reminds us that He is with us and that He loves us. Something I read yesterday as I was worrying about something (as I tend to do often...): "Faith is not believing that God can, but knowing that God will." It brightened my day, and I immediately started to feel better. Then He used a friend on Facebook to speak on his status about worrying. He said that prayer and worry cannot go together. God knew my need, and He gave me what I needed to relieve that burden :D

And yes... I rambled, as I tend to do too :) But I have so much to be thankful for, and God has been so good to us, and has showing His power in our lives in so many ways so many times! I can't praise Him enough for it.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Arancha

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Portland headlight. I had never seen it before! I had been wanting some family pictures there, and we have friends that live close to it. So we asked them if they could take some pictures of us, and we could also take some pictures of them :) Of course, I love taking pictures of couples, specially if they are our friends! So I'm always happy when they allow me to take pictures for them!!!

They did a great job! The pictures turned out great! They were patient with us and would retake any picture if needed (my baby was not cooperating that day hehe) Here are some of the pictures we took of them :)

The day started off with bad news, but we stayed on the positive side. We had a fantastic time with them. We ate at the Lobster Shack, took pictures, tried some yummy cupcakes from East End cupcakes, and walked around Old Port. We saw the biggest cruise I've ever seen there. It was a great day, and I'm so thankful for such great friends like they are! They are being a blessing and encouragement to us :)

Sorry I'm being the worst blogger on earth...But like I've mentioned before, I post pictures and update my status on Facebook more often. So make sure you follow us there!

Have a wonderful day! Enjoy what the Lord has given you and rejoice in Him always!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Portland Head Light photography

Awwww, I love romantic pictures :)

My little ministry :) - Downtown Athens Photography

I know I have mentioned this before on my Facebook page. I know...I barely use my blog, but I think Facebook updates on my photography page took over my blogging time! Photography is something I love and enjoy doing, whether it's for clients, for myself, for family, or just to be a blessing to somebody else. I have noticed since we started deputation, that my little photography business is turning into a little ministry. It's still part business, but I'm loving what it is becoming! I have had the privilege to photograph many missionary and pastor's families, and I am just so happy to be a part of their future memories, even if it just means being the woman that recorded their memories in pictures :)

This is another missionary family I've been able to photograph! They are pros! This was their 3rd session with us, and they absolutely knew what to do. It made my job easy :D I love their style, and I love seeing them play and laugh together! And what I like the most: they are going to be serving God in Spain! Ministering to my people! God is going to bless them greatly for being such faithful servants of Him, and surrendering to His calling. I can't wait to see what God is going to do in their lives and how He is going to use them for His glory!

Here is a sneak peek of their session! There was a car show going on at downtown Athens! So it was nice for a couple of romantic shots :) And to top it off: some sunset pictures right before the sun is going away :) Enjoy them!!!! And if you would like to, feel free to leave some blog love... That would be make my day!!!!

Have a great fourth of July!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Senior season! We are starting with a beautiful senior girl :)

Who doesn;t like a little bit of variety right? At this session we were able to go to 5 locations! And she had perfect outfits for all of them! We found a very old thrift store made of barnwood that made really unique settings. We found a little field perfect for some cowgirl shots. We stopped at a bridge on the way to downtown Madison. And of course, downtowns are my favorite¡ We finished our session with some dressy elegant images in the middle of the street :) Oh, and a truck! Something new to me! But I can´t wait to edit those! The good thing of seniors? They always know how to pose :) It makes my job so easy! And they always know what to wear! So the session was easy and fun! And having my seniors`moms come to the session always help! More than what you think! Specially when the photographer forgets a very expensive lens by the railroad... oops!

I cannot wait to post more!!! And I´m really sorry if I´m rambling a lot! I have a handsome one year old pulling my skirt and fussing cause he wants some attention :) and I can´t say no to that little face! hehe

Have a wonderful day!!!!!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, Senior, and Family Photography

The most beautiful girls ever :)

Here is a part of what we do on deputation! We are loving every part of our deputation journey (maybe except the long drives... but it's getting better!). We get to share our burden for Spain, we get to meet wonderful people, we get to encourage people to be a part of missions, we get to serve God in different ways, we get to visit new places, and sometimes we get to do pictures for pastor's families and in this case, the youth pastor's family. :) Being a missionary is the best! And I am so thankful for the many blessing and the wonderful experiences God is allowing us to have!

Taking pictures of a big family is always a challenge. Getting everybody to look at the camera at the same time is always an almost impossible task. Somebody either blinks, or looks somewhere else, or cries...here, the very first pictures I took were a pose of the whole family. And they all looked at the camera! And that makes it all so much better! These kids did great allowing me to take their pictures, specially after I took out the big lollypop :) I didn't know it would help so much! But even before, they did so good! If you are a photographer, don't tell me you would not looooove to photograph these kids with these beautiful eyes :) I got to take many close ups where their eyes just pop! Beautiful bright eyes. I'll post them some other time, but here is a sneak peek for now!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography