Leaving it Behind

It's been a busy couple of days. I figure I need to write a bit about choir tour now, or I'm never going to do it since we're leaving today on vacation. But first, some more recent news.

I got all my job stuff worked out yesterday for the summer. I'm going to be working part time at a local music store (where I've bought almost all my gear) and I am STOKED about that. I'm also going to be working part time (about 10 hours) with our church plant with the youth. I cannot wait to hang out with those kids and get to know them. I know it's something I'm capable of doing well, but at the same time it's something I feel so incapable of without God's help. It's a good balence, and I'm looking forward to seeing what God does as I'm totally dependant on Him through it all.

So, tour. What is there to say? Fourteen days, 85 girls, four boys, one director, one small child, two buses, 5 states, host homes, too much food, lots of singing. I'd say that sums it up really. Quite honestly there's way too much that happened for me to even begin to sum things up here. Overall it was an amazing time of seeing God's creation (driving through Colorado is amazing), bonding with the girls in choir, getting too little sleep, hearing from God, seeing God work, and being used by Him in ways I never would have expected. There were so many times where God was all the choir had, and that dependancy on Him totally brought us through - and only by His grace. It would be so easy for us to take the credit for all that happened, but God did so much to remind us that it was not by our might but by His Spirit that anything was accomplished. Whether it was totally rebuking Satan before a concert, or showing up five minutes before we were supposed to start - God was there and was the center and the source and the reason. It was truely amazing. If you want more info, funny stories, random inside jokes, or copies of some pictures let me know. I have like 50 pages of journaling about the events of tour. I don't want to forget any of it.

So what's to come? A new layout for one thing, and hopefully a renewed interest to write in here. I'm excited to see what God does with my summer. The way He's already turned things around (I was planning on taking summer school and not working at church) makes me really anxious to see what else is going to happen.

And with that (that's for you Leah) I'm going to go put all my belongings back in a suitcase again. I'm really sick of suitcases. Hawaii here I come.