“How did your gallery go?” one might ask. It would be a good question… There were some very cool things that happened, and some, uh, not as cool things.

By far the most amazing result of yesterday’s gallery was the salvation of one of the workers at the hotel. A Christian on staff at the hotel had been witnessing to her coworker for some time, but the woman was never willing to make a commitment for Christ. Yesterday that changed as she talked with Pat and Cathy Walsh and prayed to receive Christ as her savior. Thus add angels to the gallery celebration!

I spent some time talking to a rather drunk man about his relationship with Christ as well. I believe that he was already a Christian, but is in a place of need. When I asked the man if he had any good Christian friends who could stand by him, he immediately burst into tears. I prayed for him, got his email address, and hope to be able to keep in touch.

The gallery opened at 8am and went until 10pm. Things started and ended very slow, but we had an estimated 250 people visit throughout the day. 35 images, printed on canvas and stretched over wooden frames, ranged in size from 20”x20” to 48”x36”. We also had one huge panoramic shot of the Great Wall that was nearly 8 feet long!

Everyone who came was very enthusiastic about the images and seemed to enjoy looking at them, but no one bought a thing. Yup… there was not a single sale! Many times throughout the day we would come to the place where a sale should go through: there was a buyer, the right image, the right price, etc., but it just wouldn’t. As I thought about this yesterday, I feel like I can see God’s hand in keeping sales from going through, but I don’t know why.

All in all it was a very cool experience. I’ve never seen a collection of my own work like that before. It was a good opportunity to put on an event and learn something about advertising, marketing, and sales. Thank you all for your prayers and support! Let’s do it again sometime!