March-April 2009 Update

As you might remember (or not), my team, Broken Phonebooth, is planning a trip to Kenya in May. We will be shooting follow up material (making movies) for the JESUS film. Part of my responsibilities will include taking all the raw footage and copying it to separate, multiple hard drives. We will be shooting everything digitally. There’s no film involved in our shoot. Really.Technology can be a great thing.

I will be in Africa for about two and a half weeks and am looking forward to this trip. It’s been fifteen years since my first trip to Africa where we gave Cindy’s parents our intention to become one in holy matrimony. (I’ll never forget that trip. They went out the next day and bought enough material for the bride’s maids’ dresses to cover the deck of a modern aircraft carrier.) That was a long way to go to meet someone’s parents.

We have so many projects lined up right now, going well into the next decade. One of my current responsibilities is being the project manager for Phonebooth. I am learning to manage all our projects (hence the name) and predict timelines while judging if we can accept new projects or not. It’s an interesting challenge.

We are continuing to heal from our various sicknesses since the holidays. Kyra continues to have a cough but she no longer gags when she does it. Her favorite pastime is tormenting the hamster, Whiskers, she and Tessa got for Christmas.

Tessa is doing well. She took first place in speed at the Awana Grand Prix again this year. She will be eight in July, hard for Cindy and me to believe.

Action Jackson is 15 months and has developed quite a vocabulary. He can say Mama, Daddy, pancake, bye-bye, water, hi, and a lot of other things. He has learned to stand in his high chair, usually signaling that he is, indeed, finished with his meal. We try to keep him belted down but he has discovered how to dislocate every joint in his body, thus enabling him to escape his bonds. Never a dull moment.

Until next time, blessings to you.