WOW!

KENYA.........................

Boy oh Boy! This past month and a half has been a whirlwind. Traveling, new baby, weddings, photo shoots, and getting ready for the mission trip to Kenya. Busy and not setting time out to write.

Well, here is a brief note. We are gettting ready to go in less than 48 hours. I am going to truly miss Stephanie and Gabrielle. I was in D.C. the first of this week for a few days and that was hard being away. 13 days is going to be touch but she is much loved and Steph will give her plenty of kisses for me.

We were packing up today all of the medical supplies we are taking to Kenya. Over $14,000 worth of medical supplies was donated. We also had enough money left over to purchase over 1000 adult doses of malaria medicine and we will be given, by the World Health Organization, just as many doses for children at no charge.

Check back as I will post as often as internet connections allow.

Thank to all who helped out financially. Between donations and business God has sent us we were able to take care of trip expenses and purchase the extra equipment that was needed to complete the job God laid out for me to do.

Keep Our team, my family, and me in your prayers.

Sincerely,

daryl

P.S. A recent pic of my baby girl...

Wolff Family

Had a great time with the Wolff family tonight. Denver and Christopher are great little men!! Wide Open and All Boys!! Stephanie had a good time cutting up with them during the shoot.
Kasey is a very cool young woman and has got a great look! Keep that smile beaming, it looks so good on you! Greg and Crystal, God has definitely blessed you with some wonderful children!

Sincerely,
daryl and stephanie

Buck Family

Ryan and Julee,
The above pictures are dear friends of ours. These are some of their photos from their shoot on Mobile Bay, Eastern Shore side. Thank you so much for your hospitality. We had a wonderful time cooking up all that seafood and steak last Wednesday night. Good Friends and good food. Doesn't get any better than that.

Ethan, baby Gabby says Hi!

Thanks,
daryl, stephanie, and baby Gabby

Trip photos

Feed Store...See below





Felix's Fish Camp resturant. Spanish Fort, AL. It's got the best crab soup I've ever had. Thanks for meeting us there B.K. It was good to see you.



Sunset on Mobile Bay...



The long road home...



My girls...



Robertsdale Feed Store...loading docks.
Hometown feed store, I remember, as a small boy, going there and climbing on the stacks of feed and fertilizer all inside...
Still a thriving business, thanks to an old classmate of mine, Brian Johnson, that took it over a number of years ago.



Mobile Bay as seen from the Eastern Shore...
Fairhope, AL, Point Clear is right down the bay, Jimmy Buffet's home town


Resturant out on Fairhope Pier, Bob Pope, owner, long time acquaintance. Owned and operated this resturant for the past 30 plus years, through countless hurricanes and re-builds.
Bob the seafood platter was great. Loved the fried crab claws.

Baby Gabby is doing fine. Getting plenty of lovin' from the grandparents...

Midden Family

Had a Great Time this morning! Got to have some fun with some really cool kids!! The adults were ok too! :-)
Thanks Guys!

db

The Future Ms. Abercrombie Model!!

Meet a possible new Abercrombie model! Danielle!!!!!!!!
Danielle, I had a great time shooting you last night. Keep up the good work and good luck today at your interviews!!
cya,
db

Brewton Family

Here is a my Family's Easter Photo. See if you can find the bunny... :-)

She was a month old this week. She now weighs 9 lbs, 1 oz., up from 7 lbs. and measures 21 1/2 inches long, up from 19 inches. So she is growing and completely healthy.

We are heading out to South Alabama next week for some vacation time and some work time. We have got a shoot planned out in Bay Minette's 0ld courthouse square with a family and a couple of shoots down on Mobile Bay on the Eastern Shore in beautiful Fairhope, AL.

It's very much an artsy community that has lots of cool places to shoot downtown. We did a big shoot there last year and had a blast.

Looking forward to seeing family and friends and of course introuducing my daughter to her big extended family. Lot's of cousins, aunts, and uncles.

Looking forward to visiting a few old resturant favorites, Bayside Grill at Sportsman's Marina in Orange Beach, AL and Felix's Seafood on the Causeway (road that runs between the east and west shores of Mobile Bay). It's really a cool place. Lots of old rusty tin, old wood, and a bonus, you sit overlooking Mobile Bay and can see an alligator sometimes. Oh yeah, the crab soup and the fried crab claws are Amazing! Looking forward to a good time!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and that everyone has a cause to celebrate...

Because...He got Up and Walked out of a Grave!!

Cya,

db

Brandy- Aunt B- Godmother to Baby Gabby

Brandy and Steve are Baby Gabby's Godparents. They are both so talented and blessed from on High. Thanks for loving Gabby and us they way that ya'll do.

Brandy and her mom came up last week for a mother daughter session. Here are a few.

Thanks.

Railey, Melissa, & Mark

Proud new parents of Railey Rose. Isn't she just too cute?!?

Mark is a phenomenal tattoo artist, musician, engineer, and painter. Most important of all, he is a great father. You can see the love flowing out of both these parents...Just look at that 2nd picture. A picture of proud parents if I have ever seen one.

Thanks guys. Very cool session.

Zach and Melissa

We had an wonderful time at Zach and Melissa's wedding. Truly beautiful ceremony and beautiful couple. Everything was perfect.

thanks and blessings,

db

Cade W., Welcome to the World!!!

Had a Blast taking pictures of Doug and Camden's son, Cade. He is too cute. Thanks guys had a lot of fun. I just realized that the pictures I put on here has him asleep in all of them. He was awake for some of them. We let sleeping babies sleep when they like. They are still beautiful when they sleep, so we just keep snapping away! :-)

Thanks guys,
db

Kenya, Africa Mission Trip

Wow! Been a slight delay since my last posting. All of you parents out there understand the reasoning for that. Up every 3 to 4 hours to feed and change Gabrielle. Steph and I alternate turns. Yet, it takes a little getting used to at first. So, the past few weeks have been doing what absolutely had to be done. Quick update. Everyone is doing great! Steph has recovered quite well. Gabby is growing and yes, she does have me already wrapped! God has blessed me with two beautiful women.

Kenya 2007

orphans in Mathare Valley

I just finished up an overnight retreat for the mission trip that I will be involved in May 28th-June 9th. We will be doing medical work and outreach work in the Mathare Valley in Nairobi, Kenya and Book of Hope distribution in schools, churches, and prisons in Kakamega, Kenya.

Resident's in the Mathare Valley number 250,000 plus...Raw Sewage runs in open trenches. Children sniff glue to take away hunger pains. This valley is a shanty-town that reeks of death.

The pictures below are from this slum. AIDS/HIV has ravished this country. Thousands of orphans live in this area because they have no where else. They scavenge the trash heaps for food and drink water from sewage filled open trenches that run down the center of the streets and alleys there.

Yet there is HOPE. A person could feel overwhelmed with the tremendous need and a feeling of helplessness could numb you into inaction. Mother Theresa was asked if she thought she could feed all of the hungry people and she responded with this quote, "If you can't feed one hundred people, then feed just one." That is what we will be doing. We will be ministering medically and personally to as many as we can. We will also be partnering with the Book of Hope, www.bookofhope.net. The Book of Hope is a form of the Bible delivered in a way to relevantly reach children. Each age group of children receives a book that is designed for their age and level of understanding. This is an excellent organization that has distributed 429, 453, 460 books worldwide as of 4:30 PM EST on March 24, 2007. ( They have a running counter on their website, hence the exactness of the previous sentence. :-)!! ) Also, I would like to thank Jason for flying in from South Florida to be with us during our retreat and help us out with alot of training. Thanks Jason and good luck with your wedding with Autumn. Check out their site they truly are doing an amazing thing around the world! We will do all that we can because this is not about us but about reaching out to a hurting world, one person at a time.

The group I'm going with is being sent out from First Assembly of God from Concord, NC. This is my home church. There are ten of us that will be joining in with local missionary teams to do all that we can. We will also be going into local schools doing dramas, puppets, testifying to our friend, Jesus' power in our lives, and distributing the Book of Hope.

Be in prayer with us for our team as we prepare over the next ten weeks. Also, pray for me as I prepare. We will be facing alot of poverty and human pain. We have to be mentally and spiritually ready to face the people and give them an encouraging word and communicate hope.

Lastly, if this strikes a chord in your heart and you understand the need for our trip. You can help financially. This trip is done solely through individual finances and the help of friends and family. If you desire to help, please contact me through email or phone or you can send your help to this address:

daryl brewton

704 East Centerview Street

China Grove, NC 28023

The cost of this trip is $3000 per person. The accomodations will be a bed to sleep on in one city and the floors of a church in another. We are hoping bed mats will be provided to soften it up just a little. We are only carrying one checked suitcase and one carry-on bag. The reason for this is to allow for all of the medical supplies that we are bringing in with our team. So, it's not a vacation but a working trip that I am excited and fortunate to be able to part of this team.

To the people that have responded to the financial need, thank you. $750 of the needed $3000 has been donated. Thank You! I'm not worried about the additional needs, I know it will be provided for either through other people or through our business. This small factor is in God's hands and Stephanie and I know that it will be provided at the right time.

As the next ten weeks proceed, I will post occasionally about the trip. While I am in Kenya, I will have the ability to get to the internet for a few days of the trip and I will try my best to post and keep everyone up to date.

Also, thanks to Mark Montgomery at www.MediaMarkDesign.com for the space he is providing for offsite storage of photographs. This will allow me to upload pictures while I am in Africa to a place on the internet which will be an extra backup to the images that I will be taking while on the trip. Just an extra form of insurance in case something was to happen to the physical images that will be stored with me. Thanks Mark, You are Awesome!

Above all, prayer for us leading up to and while we are there is the most important help that can be given.

Thanks and God Bless.

Sincerely,

daryl

First Photo Shoot!

Well, we waited all the way until she was two days old to have her first photo shoot.
Here are a few.
Update: Stephanie is doing fine. Jo Ann, Stephanie's mom has been a great help this week.
Baby Gabby doing great. First doctor visit today. She is good.