This past Labor Day I went to the same event I’ve been going to for the past 11 years, an awesome artist retreat put together by my church, Mosaic. You know it has to be awesome for me to have gone 12 consecutive years, a record held only by me, David Arcos -the creator of the event, and (allegedly) one other person.

The retreat is called Terra Nova which means New Earth. This year it was dubbed MTN for “Mosaic Terra Nova”. It’s a time where a group invades a camp ground to create, explore art, and connect to God. There is a lot of singing and dancing along with that, too. This year over 800 people went! It’s a lot like Burning Man or a rave but with a little more Jesus and a little less ecstasy.

(It is an amazing time and I encourage anyone reading this to go Labor Day 2015! For more info, go to mosaic.org/mtn.)

Late Saturday night I was approached by Maylin, a young attractive asian girl whom I had never met. It was a funny encounter because we were passing on a dark trail and she seemed to pick me at random.

“Do you act?”

“Yes.”

“Do you do any improv?”

“Only for the last 10 years!”

I don’t know if it was completely random or if God lead her to me or if she had been stalking me, but either way Maylin asked if I would be in her team’s short film.

We produced a film that was written, shot, and edited in all of around 12 hours. Anyone who has done anything in film knows this is a feat. The team worked very well together and very hard. They did a great job and what was produced was the short film called “The Parking Lot”.

I’m happy to be a part of it. To watch the film CLICK HERE or enjoy these pics of MTN and watch it at the bottom of this post. :)

Click on the pics to enlarge!