Kicking off the trip I went and saw good friends, Sean and Emily Naus. That weekend Sean and I went on a Men’s retreat with Reality Church to Big Bear (outside of L.A.). The Men’s retreat was the perfect beginning for my journey. God really worked on me and showed me things I had to repent from.
(Sean and Emily Naus)
Over the year my heart towards God was being hardened because things weren’t working out like I hoped. I robed myself of the blessings that come from serving God with a grateful and trusting attitude. Its all about God, His grace and mercy save us. It's good to get refocused on Him!
I stayed with YWAM San Francisco in the tenderloins (home to 30 plus illegal brothels). It was a bit of a culture shock just being in the middle of that for a few days. I met with Tim Svoboda, YWAM S.F. base leader, and pitched the film. 
He was very helpful and gave me good advise on how to continue promoting the film but was not able to give anything towards the funding of the film.
After trying to contact several church's and hearing back from no one and even having a Indonesian pastor who couldn’t speak English well hang on me I Felt like the trip had been in vain. But I hoped God was going to do something great and made the most of my time there. While in S.F. I attended the International S.F. film festival and tried to make connections, but i think the SFFS(San Francisco Film Society) who hosted the event was a bit swamped to set up time to talk. Later that week i had a chance to catch up with a old friend from high school, Alison, and talk with two girls who are leading a ministry called "Becuase Justice Matters", ( a ministry focused on ministering to the prostitutes of S.F.)
After a few days in S.F. i jumped back on the train and headed on a 12 ride to L.A. to meet up with friend Ryan Moser and promote the film at YWAM L.A. ( which is actually in San Fernando not LA) and meet with a film producer Mike Leahy
(YWAM L.A.)
For the last 9 months I have been jumping from couch to couch and a sense of unease has been growing in me. I’ve been praying and wondering what God has been planning. While i was in San Francisco i went to a morning bible study with some homeless guys at the YWAM base. The scripture in discussion was Proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."
Over the last week i had been praying "Lord lead me, direct me". I had no idea what He had planned!
While I was in L.A. I had been talking to my friend Ryan about moving to there after i spent a few months in Prescott, AZ working. But one night while browsing apartments in L.A. for the future i "stumbled" across a little gold nugget, A small apartment in the heart of Hollywood, for a reasonable price.
Ryan didn’t believe it was real so I called on it and we checked in out. After talking with some other guys and praying about it and praying about it some more we applied and got approved!
The apartment is two miles from Reality Church L.A., a few blocks from Hollywood blvd. and 4 blocks from High Voltage Tattoo, home of "L.A. Ink"! It was too perfect to pass up.
I'll be setting up Home base in Hollywood for the next year at least. I'm still running First Fruits Productions and am hoping to establish it as a legitimate company, producing "Sex Diaries" and other future films! I have great hopes for the next season of life, and hope those of you who have watched this story will stayed tooned!
My Heart is still to use the platform God has given me to share Jesus with people. I can’t think of any better place to to do that!
Please keep me and the 3 other guys in prayer who are moving in together. Pray for unity, love, patients and wisdom.
What a journey!
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Good to see God's opening up doors for you! Blessings, Rachael.
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