Well Done, Marty

An acquaintance of mine spent over a year in Uganda, setting up a production ministry in a very large church.

This is a piece he put together while he was there.

As a video professional (and one passionate about Africa), I think this is a great piece of work. It's encouraging, fresh, and has a very modern feel.

We are becoming saturated with media about African children. It's something I'm becoming more acutely aware of, and want to be very cautious how I use video to portray Africa when I'm there. More on that later. But for now, I'll say that Marty's work was tastefully done, and gives us a quick glimpse into the lives of African children - children who are portrayed as humans, not just objects in a marketing campaign.

Meet a friend in Zimbabwe

Check out this post on the blog of Forgotten Voices International. Forgotten Voices is a non-profit agency that partners with local churches, primarily in Zimbabwe, to help provide care for orphans. I don't know much about them, but I'm really starting to like what I see. Ryan Keith, the guy who runs this agency, does a tremendous job with his blog.

See this post to read about a woman we met in Zimbabwe. We actually shot interview footage of her, but we haven't had the right opportunity to use it yet.

Mrs. Maposa is one of those people you meet once and never forget (like most people we met in Africa!) She is one of the most selfless and servanthearted persons I've ever met.

Take a moment to read about her on Ryan's blog... and know that there are incredible people like her working hard to change the face of the Africa... pray that God will continue to raise up women like her.