February Update

This year promises to be the most exciting year for us yet with Campus Crusade for Christ. There’s so much going on and so much I (Shawn) will be learning. Near the end of last year Cindy and I, after a lot of prayer, decided that the Lord was calling us back to the JESUS Film Project. God has given me a love for technology and how to use it to glorify Him. We both have seen that our ministry with StoryRunners, as much as we love it, was not utilizing my skills any longer.

So much has changed in the JESUS film in the six years we’ve been with StoryRunners. Not only have we seen the film translated into more than 1,050 languages but there is also a new movie that has come from the JESUS film called Magdalena: Released from shame. A new perspective on the JESUS film, it’s the story of Mary of Magdala, also known as Mary Magdalene, and what she may have experienced walking with Jesus of Nazareth during His public ministry. Through her eyes, this film portrays how Jesus values women by focusing on historical accounts of His interactions with them. If you would like a copy please contact us and we will let you know how it can be made available to you. You can visit http://magdalenatoday.com to learn more.

At the beginning of this year Cindy and I have officially transferred back to the JESUS Film Project and are now working with Broken Phonebooth Productions. BP2 is a film production company under the JESUS film. Right now we are working to produce follow-up materials of the JESUS film for Africa and India. We are also heavily involved in producing follow-up material for The Magdalena movie. I am planning a trip to Kenya this spring to help film new follow-up material for Magdalena.

Part of my new responsibilities will be video editing. This is something I have always enjoyed and I look forward to learning the software (called Final Cut Pro). I have already completed three or four projects since the beginning of this year and look forward to getting more involved in it. The JESUS film is also focusing more on oral people groups so our ministry hasn’t really changed. We are just being utilized better and in a more complete way.

We are so excited to be working with the JESUS film again. We are eagerly looking forward to seeing what the Lord will do this year and how He will use us.