Pablo Escobar documentary

Tomorrow I will be shooting (camera!) for an English documentary about Pablo Escobar. Not my favorite subject, but I've taken the job. If anything, people can learn from a tragic part of the history of Medellin. We will do B-roll footage, which in this case means shots of the city and places related to him. We are starting at 5.00 a.m sharp tomorrow, and it's almost midnight, so I'd better go to bed.

A safe place to go

Yesterday one of our local school leaders in YWAM Medellin died due to a brain damage. He was in his fifties. It is sad for everyone who knew him and worked with him. He was a mild, quiet, hardworking and supportive person, and did a fantastic job in paving the way for young people to go out and do missions.

As we mourn, we also need to remember, that this man now has reached his goal, he is secure with God, in the place where he wanted more people to go when they finish the earthly journey.

Do you have a safe place to go when you end this life? Jesus said:

"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." (John 5:24).

Note how Jesus always turns things upside down. You can cross from death to life, not from life to death. And you are invited too!

On our way to milk and honey

Have you ever thought about why Jesus chose to give his last supper specifically on the Easter night? He did it because Easter was the celebration of the liberation of slavery. To remember the Israelites from that moment were a free people, on their way to a "country of milk and honey".

The symbol is pretty clear. From the moment we accept Jesus, we are free from bondage and start our way to the place of milk and honey, heaven.

Bloody scene

This week we shot a scene for our short film No Return. We filmed the bulk of this film back in 2013 but never managed to finish it, because we weren't satisfied with a key scene. So now I had done audition and found a new actress, and I put together a team of eight people, all paid, and we went in a mini-buss to the village Cocorna, where the bank anew let us film.

Everything actually went great, and people even came on time! Having people come on time in Colombia is a miracle if we are talking about more than five people! So I was very glad for that. We had some special effects in this scene (blood) so it was nice to learn about that. The last take is the one that was "printed". The take had a small part that was not in focus, but in general it was great, much thanks to a great actor.