a beautiful sight

As you can see, we have our "media department" up and running on full cylinders. I just got a macbook, kate's 17'' powerbook, and my 20'' imac is no longer corrupted and running as smooth as a baby's behind, oh yeah.
We were so excited to set everything up in our closet of an office. As you can see in the background, we had no storage space, so I put what little tooltime taylor skills I had and set up curtains to create private storage in the office. It's actually turned out quite nice.

Just so everyone knows, that's 3 mac's sitting right there, and we couldn't be more proud. They are our children, 2 girls and a boy. The girls are named Mandy "smooth operating" McAdams, Regina, and Leo (kate love's leo from the West Wing, don't ask about my girls, they're pretty sensitive about their names).

Anyhow, on a serious note, these computers will be incredibly important for us. Because we're coming in with such great equipment, our costs are minimized to software purchases and a video camera. Kate has already been working on the website, and we're all coming up with cool video concepts.

Here's the other exciting thing for you nerds out there: It's only been until recently that consumers can affordably purchase high-end camera equipment, I'm talking 24 fps HD capability that really enhances the quality of a video (most are shot in 32 fps, which is the speed the human eye captures light. Slowing down the fps gives a smoother, more flowing render that allows for a movie-quality look). We're looking at getting one at the advice of National Communities video department, as well as the NXT youth group at Calvary. The camera runs for roughly $1600, so you if you know any church that would like to take on a project and purchase this for our Church, the team would be so blessed. I'm in the process of connecting with my contacts at some churches throughout the states, so be praying for open hearts for this Church that so many of you have had already.