We were on our medical mission trip in Sitio Linyama, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines when I saw this family arrive to the place where they dump all the bananas they have collected from the mountains. They sell these for P20.00 ($0.40) per bundle of bananas. They will use the money to buy rice to feed their stomachs for the day. What stirs me in this photo is how happy they still look after a long day of hard work. That just melts my heart.

Zeyn Afuang

This photo was captured in Karen “Long Neck” Tribe Village during my two-month stay in Chiang Rai, Thailand. This photo have made me realize that only when you look intently will you see that each life has its own combination of colors — a unique combination which sets one life apart from other people’s lives. Each life is beautiful simply because each one has been intricately crafted by the Creator.

Sumner Mahaffey