John and Bethany are the husband and wife team of Duoimagery whose talent in photography, and love for humanity has always inspired me. They are currently studying missions in South Africa, and as they both have a keen love of nature, have taken some fun excursions into some beautiful places in South Africa. When I contacted Bethany about contributing to the blog, she sent me these photos, and the text below.

Theres something so indescribably magical about the beauty of this world that God has made. When I wander in beautiful places, my heart feels connected to the power and the wonder that God breathed into nature. I grew up in many places – the mountains, the desert, next to a red slick rock canyon and surrounded by woods. All my life I would escape into the beauty and stillness around me and just .. be. When I get away and loose myself into a beautiful place, it feels like God is right there, speaking to me in the trees, kissing me with the sun, touching me with the wind.

Since January of this year, my wanderings have found me in the country of South Africa and I’ve come across some of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. One day we drove up into the mountains and pulled over on the side of the road next to a field. We wandered through the field and before our eyes the ground fell away and beneath us was one of the most spectacular waterfalls I have ever experienced. There are no paths, signs, nothing. It’s a beauty hidden and wild, just waiting to be found.

The wild, lonely, beautiful places are where I find myself, and where I know that God is real, that he speaks to me and loves me. To stand on the edge of the third largest canyon in the world, the vastness spreading before me, to hear the crash and turmoil of water dashing over the edge of a cliff, to walk along a path leading to beauty.. to me, this is truly being, truly knowing the Creator. Experiencing what he formed, being in touch with the things he created, I experience him.

Surrounded by the wonder, I am small, insignificant.
Who am I?
I am Imago Dei, the image of God.
I am fully known and fully loved.

Meet John and Bethany here and get to know them a little better, it’s worth it. They have some pretty amazing dreams and love for all people.

• humanitarian, nature, south africa, travel