Austin Storytellers at 5:37 AM

Last night I was part of an incredible evening of storytelling. I was invited to a meeting of filmmakers, photographers, and writers from The Austin Stone. We had a great time of eating, talking, and sharing stories through our respected art forms. I left the evening feeling inspired and artistically renewed.

I showed one of the films I helped make when I was Malawi a little over a year ago.

Malawian Duet from Nathan Willis on Vimeo

Amos Story at 6:32 PM

Aaron Ivey, one of the worship leaders at The Austin Stone, adopted a boy from Haiti a couple of years ago named Amos. Aaron and his wife have had a really hard time getting Amos to America because of a lot of red tape issues. However, due to the recent earthquake in Port-au-Prince the government expedited the adoption process. This past weekend Aaron was able to go pick up Amos and bring him home to Austin.

A few months ago (before the earthquake) Aaron shot a music video for a song he wrote for Amos. I'm having trouble embedding the video so I'll just share the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4eZybIXpm8

For The City at 12:39 PM

A few months ago The Austin Stone dedicated most of its service to a showing of a short documentary that highlighted what the church is doing to serve the city of Austin. I did a little bit of editing and shooting for the project, but the overwhelming majority of the work was done by a really talented filmmaker named Jeremy Rodgers.

It's a long watch but it's worth every minute.

For The City-Revisited from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.