During my studies at CBU covering the academic wonders of the Intercultural Studies I was immersed in a missions minded world. My major gave me the opportunity to not only study under amazing professors who love our Lord passionately, but to also experience foreign cultures and work side-by-side with the local missionaries. Ever since i was in high school the Lord has opened up the doors for me to travel to foreign countries spreading the gospel through various means whether it be dramas, medical or straight street evangelism. But with all m y limited experience and academic studies I have come to know and understand that no matter where you go to spread the living word of God you want to have a legitimate reason for being there. In my studies we called this a marketable skill. So what marketable skill will be needed in China, India or the Sudan?
In this same way I have decided to pursue the possibility of taking my marketable skill, media, into the one place that is saturated with media… Hollywood, CA. Anyone who is familiar with my recent life happenings knows that I have had more happen in one year of life than any 25 year old (okay 26) needs to have. To top off all my life happenings I have been rejected or ignored from every single job application I have turned in except P.F. Chang’s. Thank you Lisa for the hire. The only thing in my life that has worked out despite my complete lack of effort has been media. Despite any formal education or training God has thrown multiple projects into our laps totalling over $15,000. God alone has rejected my applications and God alone has given us these media projects.
So here I am in the face of God’s mighty work moving very definitively across my life pushing strongly towards media, but with every project I learn more about what I do not know. I have, for some time, been looking at a school, The Los Angeles Film School. This school was founded by industry professionals and is taught by industry professionals and is geared to immersed the student into every aspect of producing a film from lighting to camera to networking. It is a one year course and pushes the student to produce more short films in one year than any film studies program will at a four year university. Without saying more than I need to, this is by all estimations the best credentialed program out there for learning what I need to learn.
I want very much to move to Hollywood not only be a student learning from the best about the skill the Lord has given me but also to have a mission to a people completely lost in self intoxication. What better marketable skill to have in Hollywood than an aspiring man of media and even more a student in the area. This is my prayer of late and my desire. I fell very strongly about this and ask all of my friends and family to be praying as well.
