My story with God

This is Steffan, one of the twelve people filmed for a internet video series called 'My story with God'.

About three years ago Steffan was on the verge of becoming a muslim. He has been unhappy for a while in his student lifestyle of messing about with girls, smoking weed and not caring about things. He wanted to change and knew that God could give him a destiny and something to go for. But who is God, he thought.
For months he bowed down to pray to Allah, got a prayer cloth and prayed like a jew to Jehova and also prayed to Jesus Christ. After a confusing time he finally decided on becoming muslim because it made the most sense to him: you follow rules and if you do it well, Allah will accept you. And you become part of a huge group of muslims with a strong identity and feeling of belonging.

But then one day he was walking down the street and suddenly he understood that Jesus died for him, and had to go on a cross to bring peace between him and God. In his own word 'God revealed himself to him'. One moment no one could convince him that Jesus was the way to knowing God, and the next moment no one could convince him otherways.

Last week Aad had his first shooting day of 'Mijn verhaal met God' ('My story with God') and Steffan was one of the three people telling their story. Over the course of the next two months another nine stories will be filmed and edited. The final result is shown on ikzoekgod.nl (translation: imlookingforgod.nl) and via YouTube and Facebook.

It's great working with some fine and talented friends on this project: Jantine (middle: production), Michiel (right: camera/interviews) and Jordi (standing: camera/design).