He That Shall Endure

Wow...I mean WOW! It's amazing just how God works in our lives without us even realizing it. I am not one to wax poetic, but he is truly amazing! I have come to realize that if you just allow God to work in your life and you stop trying to "force" situations, beauty does occur in the strangest of places and oddest of times.

About a week and a half ago, Tony and I decided to take an impromptu day at one of our favorite spots on the west coast, Cayucos. We packed up a cooler with snacks, put the dogs in the car and made a day of it. It ended up being a beautiful day at the beach. Sun shining, cool breeze, sand and surf at our feet. Elle jumping into the waves to get her Frisbee and bounding back to Tony, Rio peacefully lounging in the warm sand. I was soaking up the sun when my phone rang and to my surprise, my friend Matt was calling. He never calls. Well, it turned out that he was filming a short movie called "He That Shall Endure" for the Christian Film Festival and one of their lead actresses had to drop out of the film. He was calling to see if I would be interested in taking her place. I was hesitant at first because I don't know these people and the filming started the next day and I had not even had a chance to read the script. On the drive home, I talked to Tony about it to see what he thought, and after our discussion and prayer I decided to take a chance. Needless to say, even though we were filming in the desert in the middle of summer it was an amazing experience. I felt like I had known those people forever, and the 4 days went by incredibly quickly. Below are some photos, but they are mostly of the car chase scenes. I promise it is not all guns and cars, but we will just have to wait until March 2011 to see!!

A brief synopsis of the short: The world is in the realm of the Apocalypse. Being chased by agents of the Evil one, 2 men and 2 women, are running for their life avoiding the mark of the beast.