I can’t believe I get to do what I do…for a living. I mean, I actually get paid to do what I love!!! And I try to not take that for granted.

as soon as i think my “job” can’t get any cooler, God surprises me again. as you can imagine, i can get pretty fired up over VJ-ing and making the worship space a visually inspiring and engaging place. but honestly, i can’t let it stop there. my passion cannot exceed my purpose. worshiping God AND making His Name known throughout all the earth must be my purpose. if my life doesn’t count for that, then all i’ve done is slapped a bunch of “make-up” on “worship”.

so for the next few weeks, i will be gone. and i’ll be using my passion for engaging the Church through the visual medium to serve my purpose…THE PURPOSE. i will be traveling with an incredible team to the Moi Tribe of Indonesia. That team will consist of Nate Griffin (my business partner @ gi*inc ), Ben Smallbone (of Radiate Films ), and three other people from New Tribes Mission .

When we return, I’ll be able to share in more detail what exactly we’re doing, and know that there will be some incredible stories to share through film.

NTM has setup a blog for us to update along the journey, so please check it out , follow us into the most remote place on earth, and PRAY FOR US!

Here are some random facts about the tribe we are visiting:

- They “have absolutely no concept of a world outside the green walls of the jungle,” wrote a missionary.

- The Moi had never seen a wheel prior to missionaries coming. They only had minimal tools.

- They believed spirits lived in the ground. As the airstrip was being dug out, they thought that spirits were being released. Women were told not to walk across it b/c they would become barren.

- Almost every man has killed…either another man (for their wife), or their own wife (if she refused to obey after so many times).

- There is a thriving New Testament church now, and some pretty incredible stories that we plan to capture and share!

Almost two years ago, i went to Papua New Guinea to immerse myself in tribal missions and to learn all i could. While there, i caught a vision of using film to tell the powerful stories i kept hearing. so in the summer of July ‘07, i returned with Nate & Ben to film our first short film for NTM, featuring the INTERFACE program . And this video is what started it all!

Tags: MISSIONAL LIVING, TRAVEL, WORSHIP //