The Glimpse Project is a series of episode-based DVDs on Lutheran Brethren International Missionaries in Chad, Japan, and Tawian.
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As I write this, heavy drops of rain are pounding on the the plastic roof creating a cacophony of sound. I've missed that sound for the last twelve years in Western Washington, where the rain/mist makes almost no noise when it lands. Yes, in some ways this is home (I grew up here). There is still a sense of the exotic as I see the world of Taiwan with the eyes of an adult and experience the creative flow of traffic patterns, but being able to understand almost everything that is being said around me makes this Glimpse Project different than the others (Japan and Chad). I don't have to wait for the translation. I can ask people if it's okay to video tape (and no one has said no yet, though one merchant said it was only okay for me since I was Andy Larsen's friend).
The weather is nice here, though you might not think so. I'm really enjoying the heat and humidity—the never being cold (just like my experience in Chad). And that makes me reflect on my previous trips to shoot video in Japan and Chad. Each place has a bit of adventure, and a lot of normal in it. I rode the high speed trains in Japan and Taiwan, and I'm not sure if I could tell the difference between mangos in Chad and Taiwan (they're both delicious). All three places boast of poisonous snakes. I'm not sure if that counts for adventure or normal. Maybe some of both.
But my focus is not the snakes, or the transportation, or the languages, or the weather. It is the people. I talk with the missionaries about their mission to proclaim the Gospel to people who haven't heard. I hear about the cultures and the barriers that stand between would-be-believers and Christianity. I see people that God loves. I see people whose lives have been changed because of what God has done for them.
How do I capture all this with digital video and share it with the North American churches? I can't—at least not all of it. But one shot at a time, and interview by interview, the material will come together. And then I'll spend two months holed up in my office trying to organize it and communicate the stories of God's mission in Taiwan.
Micah Nordtvedt
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