50 Years of Love

Within Harvest, there are numerous people who have played such a big role in the growing up and maturing stage of my life. One family that continues to bless me is the Lee Family. The parents (Mr. Charlie and Mrs. Janet Lee) constantly love on the youth and do whatever they can to help the youth and ensure the most blessings possible. The kids, Monica, Chris, and Ryan Lee, always come to church excited, happy, and ready to have a fun and blessed time worshiping Christ. And the grandparents, I was never very close with the grandparents, but it was on March 20, 2010 that I was able to truly experience the blessings that they bring to our church.

50 Years ago, March 20, 1960, the grandparents of Monica, Ryan, and Chris Lee celebrated their 50th anniversary of their marriage. Held at the Windermere Country Club, Mr. and Mrs. Lee invited friends and family to help celebrate their 50 years of unconditional love that they vowed to 50 years ago. On March 20, 2010, they once again restated their vows, promising to love each other forever & ever.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee portray the true meaning of love in life. Love, by the biblical definition, is defined as a love that is unconditional, sacrificial, and obviously loving. Their version of love isn't what the world defines as love but what the bible defines as love. The world simple defines love as, "a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend." If you look at love the way Christ intended it to be, love is so much more. It's not just that fuzzy, tingly feeling but it's the feeling where, defined by 1 Corinthians 13, love is, " patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things; endures all things." This here is love... A perfect example is what Christ did for us 2000 years ago on the cross, where He sacrificed His life for us, and that our sins would be wiped clean with His blood.

So, as I was blessed to see what the real, biblical definition of love is, I was also blessed to be given the opportunity to photograph this event. The Lee family is indeed a very fun, spontaneous, joyful family to be around.

 Little bit out of focus, but here we have Harvest's lead pastor, 

Rev. David Larry Kim, his wife Olivia Kim, and their beautiful daughter Emmanuelle "Manny" Kim.

One second too early...

A couple family portraits.

Like I said, their family was just so fun, spontaneous, and joyful that taking portraits of them was really a simple task. A lot of them knew how to pose on their own so their wasn't much difficulty at all....

 I had to add this in. I always see photographers get photographs of the amazing treats at these kinds of celebrations and well, I couldn't help but to attempt at copying them.... It doesn't look as good as professional photographers' but for me, it suffices.