About to head out

Well, its the night before we leave and anticipation is high for what is to come. We have raised our support through the amazing help of family and friends and are blessed by a donated vehicle to use for the 779 mile drive down to Mexicali, Mexico where we will be staying at the Manos de Sanidad Medical Clinic. For those of you who can't tell what we are doing by the name of this blog... we are Filming! and it's exciting. With a hope to be able to use media, one of the most powerful entities on Earth, as a positive outlet, we are driven to change the outlook of short term mission trips, so that we are each able to use whatever gift we have been given to the fullest, to change for the better, the Kingdom of God.

 "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work."
            [1 Corinthians 12:4-6]

We don't know what to expect and have no idea what kinds of stories we will hear, but we are excited for the opportunity to serve in this new way. There are 4 of us on the team, myself [Janelle], Christina, Lupe and Emily. We will travel down south, making a few stops along the way, and will arrive at the Mexico border Sunday morning. For all of you camera savvy people interested in what we are filming with,  we are going with the basics... A Canon Rebel T2i/550 D with a 50 mm fixed focal lens and a 28-135 mm zoom lens, a couple of flood lights, a Merlin Steadicam and a Rodemic. We will no doubt have to get creative in our shots and ways of going about filming, but we are determined to produce media that will fill the needs of the clinic and better yet, further the Kingdom. 


A final thought. In 1997 Apple computers in Los Angeles launched an advertising campaign "Think Different" which lasted until 2002. With an attention grabbing idea, the company broadcasted several commercials and print ads. Here's what they had to say:

"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Maybe we are crazy. 

More to come...