Dearest Friends, Followers, and Kind Hearts of the World -
2012 has been a very special year for TaraSierra Photography – and me! On top of photographing beautiful weddings, incredible families, and adorable babies; I was blessed with an opportunity to take my camera and creativity across the world to India, Africa, and Madagascar…an experience I have been itching for since my first time in Kenya 5 years ago where I fell in love with the art of photography. My heart was impacted so deeply that when I returned, I knew what the Lord was asking me to do. Project R12 is a non-profit founded on unbelievable passion – for LIFE, for people, for love, for brokenness, for happiness, for joy, for the glory of Jesus across the nations. Here is a little bit on my inspiration, passion, and vision behind Project R12.
“We live in a world that constantly floods us with the bad – catastrophes, war, death, and disease. The media inundates our TVs, computers, and phones with the negative. After spending some time traveling throughout the world, my eyes were opened to the stories, the realness, and the reality of what life really is. The unbelievable beauty of the people I experienced life with changed my perspective forever. THERE IS SO MUCH JOY IN THIS WORLD. During my travels, the stories, the passion, and the devotion I encountered humbled me in a way nothing else could. Within each community there were Christian leaders who took a stand to lead their people, to teach them, to care for them – no matter the circumstances. To me there was no other way to describe them, they were Heroes. This is when I discovered the problem, there is little to no documentation or support of these Christian Heroes’ efforts to dissolve poverty and improve LIFE for their people. They have dedicated their existence to serving the Lord by striving to improve the quality of LIFE in Health, Education, and Faith for their communities. Through worldly eyes they had sacrificed everything, but through their eyes they were simply following the call of their King. They’ve already experienced amazing results with such limited resources – what if we could stand together with them?
The mission of Project R12 is is to unlock the unknown by finding Christian Heroes throughout the world, revealing their needs through visual media, and engaging the support of the public through social media giving.
Through Project R12, people are going to be exposed to a side of LIFE that is rarely shown. I refuse to use poverty as a crutch to ensure donations. Rather I believe in being 100% transparent, providing riveting visual media, and orchestrating incredible social media giving opportunities that leave people – young and old – inspired, touched, and motivated to be a part of a high energy, effective Christian movement. Project R12 is going to be a change maker within the Christian non-profit space.”
I am donating every penny from your session to help get Project R12 up and running. I would absolutely love to photograph you, your family, your best friend, your dog, you name it! My goal is to raise $20,000 in the next 2 months to jumpstart this vision and light a spark that will ignite a fire across the world. Please see the flyer below for more information on dates and cities. I can’t wait to share with you the success of Project R12. God Bless.
- Tara
What an incredible blessing it was to be able to photograph such an amazing day in your lives. 
by Tara
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