Lights, Camera, MDI in Action

MDI has an incredibly unique opportunity which has prompted our upcoming trip.  Accompanying us to Ukraine is Barry Simmons of Stone Castle Pictures, director and producer of the award-winning film Sons of Lwala.

Barry and videographer Johnny Gerhart will be lending their talents and expertise to MDI, telling the story of how MDI changes the lives of ministry leaders around the world. The result will be a roughly ten minute short film about the power of our ministry.

Such a film has the potential to really capture visually the essence of MDI in a way that simply cannot be verbalized, and could be an incredible tool for us to spread the news of our ministry and the needs of our partners on a much wider scale in a shorter amount of time.  But it all starts with the quality of the footage we are able to get on tape.

This is where we could really use your prayers!  Any number of factors could disrupt our shoot, which will take place over eight days, such as bad weather, corrupt customs agents, curious crowds or even police stalling us in search of a bribe.  Please pray that we would be able to navigate the twists and turns that are bound to be in store for us, and that we would get the content we need to accurately tell the story of our ministry in action!

In addition, during this trip MDI will also be spending its normal time as mentors, consultants, and equippers to our ministry partners in Ukraine, so we will have a very full plate!

Please stand in the gap for us and lift us up in prayer each day from October 11 through October 22.
 
Joining MDI on this trip as well will be Josh Ingram, of Midtown Fellowship Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Josh was a member of the recent team of Midtowners who served with Russell Anderson of MDI at a Radooga orphan camp in July 2010. That trip was such a powerful experience for Josh that he feels called to explore possibilities for serving in Ukraine on a longer term basis.

This next month will serve as a vision trip for him to discover how God might use his gifts in Ukraine, and to make connections with the different ministries MDI is involved with to find out if there is a fit. Please pray for Josh as he seeks to discern God's call for his future, and if that involves becoming a missionary in Ukraine!
 
In other ways, the Lord continues to bless the ministry of MDI.  We are excited to have our team member Randy Morgan back in the United States for a few months (he arrived this week), and we have been encouraged by the visit of Oleg and Lena Vasilevsky of Radooga, who have also been in Nashville this week.

We are gearing up to begin our new fund-raising year, which begins November 1.  Our goal is to raise $22,000 in monthly support for our projects as well as our operating budget.

Please pray about how you might partner with us financially in the coming year and to see how the Lord might use you to help fulfill the vision He has cast within this ministry.

Thank you for praying for us during our upcoming travels, and for continuing to lift up MDI and all of our ministry partners in prayer!

In Christ,

Marti Scudder for the MDI team