Going to Houston Again!

Hello Friends! Just wanted to update ya'll on what's been going on! As of right now, the fundraising process is going great! We are up to $5,000 and the outline is looking good!

Our dear friend, Rich Reeves, Chaplain of Northland Christian School, has invited my crew and I to a Prayer Gathering at the school and they want to be able to donate a good sum of money for this project.

My team and I will be flying out of DFW on May the 3rd and we will be flying back on May 7th. After we have filmed the largest portion of the documentary we will start putting on fundraising auctions to help cover the additional duplication costs.

Blessings,
Stephanie

Crew Meeting!

Yummy! A coffee shop is always the best place to meet people!!!

Alrighty, so my crew and I got together last Saturday and covered all the details and just had a wonderful time regrouping and having some fellowship time! The money is coming in, slowly, but it's coming! We are around $5,000 we now need $8,000! That would allow us to add some more creativity to the project, color it up some. Michelle, my sister, is working on a theme song as of now. She and I will be cracking down on the documentary outline and get things organized before May! Here are a few shapshots from our get together!

Some of the crew, missing my Mom and Alan

Me (Director) laughing, can't remember the reason! :)

Evan (Executive Producer and Composer)

Chase (Director of Photography) and Saphrin (Producer)

Me and Michelle looking serious

Evan and I talking about the music score

Chase... deep in thought

Brian (CO-DP)

Some of the crew: Chase (DP), Michelle (My Sister), Saphrin (Producer), Kay (Photographer), Brian (CO-DP) and Evan (Executive Producer and Composer)

After our meeting at the coffee shop, we headed to an Italian restaurant and had an amazing time hanging out and getting to know each other better! The Lord is so faithful!

Blessings, Stephanie

March 5th Update

Alrighty, so much has happened since I last posted! As of right now, our filming dates have been moved to May, because of Nick’s schedule. He will actually be in Singapore this March and that is why he won’t be able to give us those specific days. We told him we understood but needed to make sure we had days that could be locked so we could keep moving forward with our fundraising process. He said, “Stephanie, I’m giving you these two days that won’t change!” May 5th and 6th! Praise the Lord! It’s so hard because Nick is gone so much and has soooo many commitments, and truly, he is doing this for us because he believes this is God… but really it’s a sweet favor! It’s also a blessing because it allows us to have more time to raise the funds and prepare and sharpen our outline. The Lord’s timing is absolutely perfect!

Okay, so I've been thinking about who are audience will be with the current direction of this documentary. Instead of it being directed towards just the men in our world I want it to be balanced! Instead of it being the "measure of a man" meaning a male, I'm wanting it to be about man in general. Genesis 1:27 states, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Mankind! I want men and women to be able to relate to this documentary. I want it to be about the heart, character, integrity of man (men and women)…etc! God looks at the heart! Nick is a picture of what the measure of a man should be! Through society's eyes, Nick is not the ultimate persona of a man. He is not tall, he is not buff, he won't be able to carry his children, hold his wife's hand, run marathons, lift weights, etc. But, it's his heart that truly speaks of the true measure of an individual. It's the Lord reigning on the throne of his heart. It's total surrender to the call and mission that God has appointed him to accomplish. It's deeper than what our physical eyes can see! These are the thoughts that I have relating to the content of this documentary!

Also, we just received word that a sweet friend has donated $1,000 today! We are close to $3,000! We are totally in awe of the Lord right now! God provides when we choose to believe and walk by faith no matter how different our schedule may look right now. We truly could have just quit when we heard that we couldn’t film this month. But instead, we went back to what God had revealed to me last year, in October, when I asked Nick about his project. We both new this project was God. I don’t know what the outcome will be; my expectations are in Christ alone! He’s the one who holds this! Blessed be His mighty and beautiful name!

Our team has changed due to the change of dates. But, the Lord is in control and he will bring together a team who will be united to go to CA and do this in His name! It’s looking like my Mom will now be the Crew Mom, and my brother, Alan, will be going as one of our interviewers!

Please keep up in your prayers! If you would be interested in helping in the fundraising aspect, please contact me at: downpourproductions.stephanie@gmail.com

Blessings,
Stephanie