In 2001, while living in Honduras, God gave me a vision: I would use my talents of storytelling and videography to exalt him, and my future family would go into the nations to serve him. A few years later, after studying in Mexico and working hard, I became a well-known filmmaker in my country. I also got married and had a son in 2012. Forming a family and becoming a father had always been dreams of mine, so it was confusing to me when I got divorced a couple of years later. Around this time, my mom moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and was led by the Spirit to come to Lutheran Church of Hope. She told me how they had things going on all year and played movie clips with every sermon. “You would be so happy serving here,” she said. This caught my attention, and after experiencing how God was moving at Hope, I came to worship every time I visited. She was insistent on me coming to live in Iowa, but I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving my son. Some years passed, and by God’s design, my so...