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that Love in Motion.” Audra came to understand that to do good, it will take all of her. “My voice, my hands, my words, and my heart,” she said.”I don’t have to pick just one, I realized I wanted to use all of me, not just my hands and my art.” In first grade, a boy told Audra about a man named Jesus. “After that, I would walk to church as I didn’t come from a church family,” she said. “I didn’t understand it as I do now, but Jesus has always been with me. “By art, song and prayer people have been healed with the love of the Lord.” Audra’s purpose has always been to touch another’s heart with joy and love, the way her mother’s art touched hers. “It is firmly rooted in those first moments where I watched my mother lovingly draw me and her, our lashes, hair, and happy faces,” she said. “They were stick figures that perfectly expressed our hearts and character, our love and joy, and preserved that special moment. “Her attention to detail sparked an appreciation for the little things and fine details that remains in me today.” All of our talents are God-given, no doubt. “His words are now written in the tablet of my own heart, not just the tablet of my art,” she said. “I meditate and pray and seek Him as I work. It was not that way in the beginning. He sought me when I was a stranger, and taught me to seek Him. “Who I am as an artist in Christ now is evidence of our relationship and His presence among us, and I treasure that.” n