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Earlier this year I got to meet Brad and hear his incredible testimony. He is a family man who works as a veterinarian in Gillette, Wyoming. We travelled to his town to record his testimony about how he grew up going to church and doing “religion,” but being in constant fear of death and thinking he may have lost his salvation. His life was a huge list of things to do, not a life of rest and peace with God. Later on… well, you should hear him say it in his own words.
We really enjoyed getting to know Brad and his family and hearing how God has worked in his life. We spent a few days in town recording the interview and capturing “B-roll” footage, and then made the long drive back to Alberta. Ken, who has been working as an intern with me, got the enviable job of editing it all together and did a fantastic job. Brad is a very likeable guy and he has such an engaging story. I hope you enjoy it.
Ken working the boom mic while I manage the cameras “on set” – a hotel room converted to our temporary studio.
We appreciate your prayers for our ministry,
Troy & Naomi
PS. Today was the first day of school for the girls. Ethan starts kindergarten next week and all are very excited!
Each year GoodSeed has a number of opportunities to meet the public and share with others about our books and videos that clearly and simply explain the most important message to man: God’s love and His plan of salvation. Because we are a small organization, we can’t do as many of these events as we would like to, but one that we are able to attend is a large home school convention in a nearby city.
As a home schooling parent, Naomi wanted to be involved in this event with GoodSeed, as she understands some of the challenges and needs of this community, and how GoodSeed’s evangelism resources can help parents. Here is her report:
Recently, I was able to represent GoodSeed at a provincial homeschool convention. While GoodSeed does not specifically cater to home educators, we have found that our evangelism tools are meeting a real need within that community. Many folks we spoke to expressed a real concern for their children:
How could they give their children a solid foundation in God’s Word?
How could they help their children understand God’s gift of salvation as their own, and not just their parents’ belief?
Some expressed concern over the worrying trend of churched children leaving the faith once they leave home. We were able to direct them to GoodSeed resources that would lay a strong framework of understanding on which kids could build everything else in life.
I found it quite thrilling to meet so many folks who deeply desired to obey God’s command of teaching their children about God and to be able to hand them easy-to-use tools to help them along in that goal.
Troy & Naomi
The video editing saga continues…
It has been slow going on the editing of video for By this Name – Interactive Edition. The Interactive Edition will be a specially formatted version of By this Name that will include short video clips on a DVD to help with the teaching of the material. As people read through the book, some sections will have a DVD icon, and they can view a video clip to help understand the message.
After finishing filming last year, I was involved in two long, overseas trips, as well as another week-long trip to Ontario. Throw in a week of staff conference, some vacation time, lots of meetings and other work unrelated to video and it slows you down. One particular frustration came when I returned from nearly three weeks in the UK and Ireland. I was in the office for a few days catching up on stuff and was just starting to gear my mind up for video work when my main computer crashed. I had to send it in a few times to get new parts. All told, it was out of commission for another 20 days – as long as my trip overseas was!
With the start of the New Year, and no big trips planned, I am hoping to get lots of editing time in. There are 66 video clips to be included in the finished book, and 52 of those are yet to be edited. Some of these will be quite complicated, others should be simple to do. I’m just guessing, but if I can average 1 clip every four days, then it should take about 42 weeks to finish editing.
We are quite pleased with how some of these clips are turning out. My brother-in-law is currently living and studying in Israel, and has been able to get us some incredible footage that we are incorporating into our By this Name – Interactive Edition. For example, we have one clip near the beginning of the book that mentions the Dead Sea and the area around Qumran, the location the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. His footage has really helped make this segment much more dynamic and interesting. Take a look for yourself:
Please pray for this project as I try to move it to completion.
Thanks
Home again!
Just over a week ago I landed back in Canada, ending my last trip for the year. I was returning from a 19-day trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland, where GoodSeed was testing a new workshop for our new WorldView Rethink curriculum.
First ever WorldView Rethink Workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was the official launch of our newest material!
What is Worldview Rethink? Here is a short video (4 min) that we shot and I edited together explaining it:
Our team started out with six of us from North America and Sandy, who heads up our UK operations. We started with a one-day workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland where we did our first ever Worldview Rethink: The Workshop. From there, we conducted two Workshops in Derby, and our team split up to conduct one in Leeds. The remainder of our team then traveled to Northern Ireland and then Thurles in Ireland for the last two workshops.
Assisting with the teaching in Thurles, Ireland.
All together, we had approximately 175 people in total at the 6 workshops. We covered a variety of topics relating to the Gospel and and how to share it with others. We heard back from attendees that they were greatly encouraged about sharing this most precious message of the Gospel with others, and we had many people purchase our evangelism resources, including our new Curriculum kits and visual aid kits.
Please visit www.goodseed.com/leaders/ for more information about our new Worldview Rethink program.
Whenever I travel, it is always a privilege to meet other believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, to hear how their lives have been changed by the Gospel message and enjoy the fellowship with them.
It has been a very busy year for me and our family, with trips to India, Ontario, and this trip to the UK and Ireland. Things should settle down for a bit as I dig back into work on editing video for the “By this Name: Interactive Edition”.
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We had many people praying for our trip back home. We had to fly from Dublin to London, and very quickly change terminals and try to catch our flight to Calgary. It was really important for me to catch that flight, or else I would miss Ethan’s 4th birthday! We are very thankful that the Lord answered those prayers and I just barely made the connection and was able to be back with my family for his big day! Check out our blog for more photos of the birthday boy.
Thank you for your prayers and support of our ministry with GoodSeed.
Troy & Naomi