Phillip Here.
Please subscribe and keep updated on this crazy journey to see if, how, and when VOLVEMOS (we return). That's right, "Volviendo" is Spanish, and it means "Returning". Why returning? Why Spanish? Great Question. I suppose I'll start at the beginning.
Diego wanted to make a movie to unite Latin America with the United States - a sort of bilingual film to expand the minds of the viewers and get a different perspective. As that bounced around in our heads for a couple of months, and we ran around from film set to film set, dreaming our big dreams and thinking up crazy ideas, Britt, Diego, and I found a great "story germ" as they call it.
"Imagine a girl escaping from the sex trafficking industry and traveling back home to South America" Brittany Skyped one day (Skype is a life-saver and a plan-maker). So there it was. We threw it in our hat and kept on dreaming about other things; things like an organization made to link ministries, missionaries, and churches to a movie BEFORE it comes out so that the proceeds can go to a specific issue right out the gate.
Well when God told us to get a move on (a blessing in itself, being as a lot of people complain that they are waiting on God and NOT the other way around, which I think is just a big misunderstanding,) it seemed as if the first thing to come out of our hat was this topical adventure film about a girl on the run back home.
To top things off, Diego found an organization (which we will not yet disclose), that was planning on traveling from the US down through Latin America to our heroine's written hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina of all places. Coincidence? We think not. So we quickly jumped on board with this group, though it was nearly completely irrelevant in the topic of filmmaking and sex trafficking. As Brittany often chimes (moreso lately) "it is what it is", and that's exactly what it is.
We came to the name "Volviendo" after very little discussion. In fact, I personally wasn't involved in the discussion, if I do recall correctly. "Volviendo, cause she's returning to home, to womanhood, to God." we all said. Yes, the name fits the story... and (if you're Spanish) probably 50% of any story you've ever heard, seen, or read. The name might be generic to the Latinos, but we plan on keeping it, unless God chimes in.
How do we know God speaks? Usually because the things we attribute to His voice are just far smarter than anything our brains could produce.
So this trip to pre-trace the footsteps of our heroine rapidly turned into a quest to learn more about the culture, then to educate ourselves on the industry of sex trafficking, then to video document all such research. Finally, after scratching our scalps one day and tossing around a few ideas, we came to realize that this documented whimsical journey through Latin America by the seat of our pants might actually be a good story within itself. SO HERE WE GO!
If I might dare to attempt to add, the FEATURE FILM about the girl is actually about when she gets rescued. She sits down and tells her rescuers her story. So it's a story within a story. And this documentary is a story about that story within a story. And this blog is a story about the documentary about the story within a story. So... go and tell someone about this blog, and you'll be telling a story within a story within a story within a story... within a story. WOW, too much, I know.
Anyway, this blog is our official blog that will keep YOU, the prayer warrior, updated on all of our crazy experiences as we travel from El Paso to Buenos Aires, and 60 cities in between. PLEASE continue in prayer, and let us know what kinds of things God brings to light during your prayer time. To contact us in general, just send an email to elvolviendo@gmail.com and we'll be able to read that on our journey!! If you wish to donate, please keep in the loop, as we will very soon have a website for tax-deductible payment and everything.
God bless you guys, and I hope you thoroughly enjoyed this story within a story within a... oh you know.
In Christ,
Phil and the rest of the crew (Britt, Diego, and Rob)
