Media Program Update

Hey everyone!

The point of this this blog to keep our friends and families updated on what God is doing at Maranatha.

Lindsay and I work in the media department at camp, and eventually (Lord willing) we will be completely in charge of the media program there. When we first arrived, it was obvious that the media department was miles behind today's digital world. Our first goal overall was to get new equipment. The computers were almost 10 years old and so stuffed full of information that they were nearly impossible to use.

Thanks to prayer and patience, this fall our media program has been able to get a brand new PC computer for video editing, with duel 20 inch flat screen monitors, and Adobe Premiere CS4. That combination should make any video editor drule.

On the design side of things, Lindsay has just been using our personal macbook to get done what she needed to get done because the design computer was too outdated. We really needed a new computer specifically for design. As an answer to prayer, a generous person donated $2,000 dollars specifically for media. Yesterday, we are pleased to announce that we ordered a brand new iMac computer and the Adobe Design Premium CS4.

Our ministry and our department is not measured by things that we have, however, our belief it that we must produce as professional media as possible. Media is a tool that God can use to promote the camp in so many ways, and the camp is a tool God uses to bring hundreds of kids to Christ every year. The media department is just a small part of God's wonderful plan for the camp. Lindsay and I are very excited to see what God is doing and to be a part of the major changes that are taking place.

-Bill