This was the line of a classic Gino Vannelli song back in the 80's entitled "Sunset On L.A." The song describes the relationship he has with a city that, for one reason or another, has not been too good to him. Well I saw another sunset on LA but my experience was quite different. Thought I'd talk about it.

After 7 days here, one from NY looks forward to returning to the Big Apple, especially when you have 2 sons and the NY Yankees waiting for you. But not for Gino's reasons. This city has been good to me and to my family, going back to the 50's. This city invited my mother, a young evangelist from the Bronx, to come and preach at various campaign's/rally's, etc. This city welcomed my family back in the 80's with even more love than the first time and since then we have not stopped returning. It's not the Hollywood Hills or the backlots of Universal that does it for us. It's people, His people in this city.

Meza is a family name that comes attached with other names that are equally important and must be mentioned. Please include Fernandez, Sandoval, Mellone, Valdes, Edwards, Mata, to name a few. This is L.A. for us. This is what makes this place so special. And these people continue to expand the boundaries of blessing by introducing us to other names like Padilla, Shaw, Crouch, Jones, Trujillo, etc.

We came out here this time to do some video post production for a project that Crossroads produced called Audience Of One. We collaborated with a young filmmaker named Reign Shaw, who was introduced to us by Brian Meza. Reign directed a music video for All 4 One's Jamie Jones. After seeing that project, I said "Lord, please, one day, allow me to work with Reign". In due time Jesus said "yes".

Every time I come to this city, the Lord drops a seed in my heart that I either never noticed or never happened back home. It's like we come out here to hear from God, then go back home to do what He said to do in L.A. The same thing happened to my my mother, Rev. Aimee Garcia Cortese, 30 years ago. She sat in the Meza home and heard God say, "Aimee...go back to the Bronx to open a new work called Crossroads". Every sunset on L.A. seems to come with a new word, a new wind, a new vision. This trip was so much more than a video post project. It was another seed dropped in my heart about the things that need to get done when we get back home. This is a blog, not an autobiography. So I can't get into the details right now.

But I want to thank the people of L.A. for causing us to dream again, to rethink the proclamation of the gospel in this post modern age, to make anew those things that have been dormant. Thank you for not hoarding the tremendous gifts you have in people and sharing them. Thank you for making 3000 miles seem like 3 miles. I love your sunsets, they're golden... just like you!