Helping to give spirital direction to new believers around the world
Filming
5 African Follow-up Videos
In July of 2006 we both went to Nairobi, Kenya to begin
developing follow-up videos for Africa — films that would teach
the basics of the Christian faith in a culturally authentic way. We
met together for a week in Nairobi, Kenya with a group of 25 CCC staff
from all over Africa. Three years later, we are returning to the Nairobi
area to film 5 of the 12 videos we began at those meetings.
A lot has happened over the years and we have been privileged to be
a part of several projects. It is amazing that after almost four years
of working on follow up materials, God has allowed us to be a part of
building His kingdom in this way, and to see the materials that were
once ideas on post it notes, becoming reality. We love thinking about
all the people who may have felt “stuck” because they accepted
Christ as their Savior but didn’t know what to do next — how
to grow in their faith and discover more and more about Jesus and how
to follow Him.
Our work has recently been featured in an article by Mission Network
News! You can view the article at: www.mnnonline.org/article/12474
to read it in full and to listen to the audio report that was broadcast
on radio stations. It shares about the need for follow up material around
the world and talks about the projects we have been working on over
the past four years. Wow! We are humbled and excited that the word is
starting to get out that the JESUS film is not only an amazing tool
to reach millions of people with the gospel, but that we have more to
offer to help disciple these precious believers as well.
We wanted to share this with you because YOU are such an important,
tremendous part of this work. We tell you that frequently, but we cannot
reiterate it enough: THANK YOU for praying, for giving and for encouraging
us so we can work on these projects. Your role is just important as
ours is doing the daily work, the CCC staff’s overseas as they
brainstorm the idea, and the film team as they create the film. Even
though lately the news on TV is often grim, GOD STILL REIGNS and people
are growing in their relationship with Him because of you!
On May 8, Eric and several of his team members will be flying to Africa
to start filming the African follow up video! We will be filming the
videos in Kiambu, Kenya—a moderately sized village about an hour
north of Nairobi. The village depends on farming bananas and coffee
for its survival. It’s a sprawling village with many families.
They have no running water, but depend on a central well. Only a few
homes have electricity. Allison is glad we are not staying in this village,
as she will join Eric May 22 for the last week of filming, and is a
wimp with primitive living conditions. :-) Josh will stay home with
Eric’s parents.
We desperately covet your prayers as we go. We know the spiritual battle
will be strong, but we know that God is greater! God bless you!
* Because we will be in Africa during May, we will not be able to send you our newsletter, but will send you an update when we return in June!
April 2009
Things are coming together for our trip to Africa.
Eric’s dad had a 99% blockage in one of his arteries, but was able to catch it in time. He had a stint put in and is doing well. Please pray for his continued healing.
Joshua is crawling!
Prayer Requests:
The Africa trip (see calendar below).
That every person working on the videos would be filled with His spirit at all times.
That God would protect every person from harm, illness, and any other of Satan’s schemes. That we would all put on His armor in the spiritual battle.
That the Lord will bring us a director for the follow-up films for
the Middle East, planned to be filmed this fall.
Verse for the month:
Rev. 7:9-10: “After this I looked and there before me was a great
multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people
and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They
were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
And they cried out in a loud voice: ’Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’”