Only 8 days until STANDING FIRM hits shelves in Christian Bookstores everywhere. I gotta tell you, that makes me a bit numb. Today was the day I started shipping the Church Screening Packages to those who had signed up. I had 6 so far, with MANY pending…just waiting on the order to come in. I went to the post-office and got them sent and ran an errand or two. It comes to my attention that one of my Facebook friends goes to one of the churches showing it, and he had mentioned that it was a 10,000 member church. I nearly fell off my chair, lol. So I did a little digging and it turns out one of the packages I sent today went to the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. That’s Chuck Smith’s church. I had no idea! LOL. I was so stoked to find that out. I also found out that one of the other churches showing it has a couple attending there that had come to NFBC in the past, imagine that? They were the ones who told the leadership about the film. It’s funny how things come full circle 
The film is still on ChristianCinema’s Top 10, at #6 today. It fought back and forth with the Love Comes Softly Boxed Set all day, I kept an eye on it. 
I still have to finish the Bible Study Guide for the film, that’s something I need to buckle down on and stop messing around. What’s there I’m really happy with, but it’s just not completed. I got a breakthrough in UK distribution today, looks like if all goes well the film will release in the entire UK Christian Market, not sure when yet. It’ll take time to get the contracts all set and things hashed out. I’m contacting other markets as well like the Latin American Market, Asian, etc. God is taking this little movie to the masses, we’ll see how well it does out there. It’s definitely scary to think that so many will be seeing the film. I’ve yet to watch it in a room with a big group of people, which makes the screening coming up on the 29th at NFBC pretty nerve-wracking. I think it’ll go well though, and I look forward to peoples reactions. I don’t think I’ll end up sitting in the front to watch but instead I’ll hover in the back watching everyone. I want to see people reacting, not watching the film up front with them.
I have two phone calls to make tomorrow. One of them is an interview about the film which will be transcribed and posted online, and the other talking with a lady from a company that distributes films on sites like Hulu, Fancast, etc. I’m determined to get this film into ever nook and cranny it can possibly fit into, bar none. Online streaming, iTunes is still a work in-progress, Netflix (including the streaming), etc. etc. Why not? Why not email a distributor in Asia and say hello? I was talking to a friend today who was encouraging me and I told him how funny it was that the film was birthed, written, created (post), and completed all in this bedroom. Now look where God is taking it! That just shows his faithfulness when his people say yes. Don’t ever think what God has called you to is impossible. Also, NEVER feel like you can’t do something great because of your age. This culture, it’s system, our schools, etc. have all segregated age and shoved everyone into these little boxes of identity with the feeling you can’t break outside their bounds. Go against the flow and do something awesome at your young age. Now is the time to start, never tomorrow. If you ever think tomorrow will be the day, you’ll wake up one morning realizing that “tomorrow” became the next day, then the next, then the next, and you never started. What a tragedy that would be, especially if it’s something you feel God might be calling you to do.
Glorify him in all things, because that is our purpose here. If it’s not for His Glory, it ought not be done. All goals, decisions, actions, etc. stem from this. God’s Will is perfect and complete, but He offers the opportunity to take part in it. Run fast and run hard.
Also here’s two great testimonies I recieved through the Praise Pictures Youtube Channel:
“It’s been a difficult time for months now, and in particular we had a house fire this past week. Thanks for thinking of us and inviting me as a friend. I’m sure God is using even just that simple thing to indicate somehow that He cares. Thanks.”
“Thank you for finding me! I watched the video clip and cried. It touched my heart with the memories of my young daughter passing away in a car accident, then my husbands mother the same day. (three yrs. ago) Through the trauma of that day, God worked it for good and brought my husband to know Him and be saved that following Sunday! Thank you Jesus! (Just like in your movie) my husband has become the man he was created to be, a great husband and father to our son. One who loves the Lord with all his heart, soul and mind. I look forward to purchasing your movie. It will be a great tool (and blessing) to loan out to friends and non-believers alike. Thank you!”
God is good, ALWAYS. 8 more days…8 more days.
