We've
spent the past three weeks preparing 18 songs, 2 dramas, and stories of
our need for redemption. Many hours of
seminars, rehearsals, prep time and long days. In other words a very stressful but fulfilling last few weeks. With all of the preparation I'm finally at a place where I can say I'm so excited to begin our first time on the
road together as a team! Today starts training tour! We will be on the road with a staff member who will show us the ropes then we will be on our own. This is a scary fact because we have new music, business roles and new and greater expectations of ourselves and the CTI as a company. Below is a copy of our tour schedule at the moment.
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As we leave to begin out stateside tour would you please partner with us and
Please be praying for:
***We’ll be on our training tour until the 20th of September. Then we’ll head to Hong Kong on Sept 26th! We’ll be preparing 6 songs in Cantonese, so pray because I will need to have everything memorized in less than a week. Please pray that I can be intentional in my studies especially in memorizing the lyrics so I can effectively minister while in China. We have a pretty huge event once we arrive the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon is supposed to be the brightest and fullest, which is why the festival is also known as the "Day of Reunion" and the "Moon Festival". This is a huge national holiday in which the entire city shuts down to celebrate. So please be praying God will bless our preparation.
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Please be praying for:
- A new perspective on ministry
- For God at work to be seen in us
- Fundraising for each team member
- Growth as a team and a desire to serve each other
- A deeper desire to pursue God through it all, and renewed spiritual discipline
- Recruiting throughout the year so that we would have a full summer program in order to serve our partners best!
- Our Hong Kong partners as they continue to do the ministry they do year-round, and as they prepare for our time with them and the opportunities that will bring
***We’ll be on our training tour until the 20th of September. Then we’ll head to Hong Kong on Sept 26th! We’ll be preparing 6 songs in Cantonese, so pray because I will need to have everything memorized in less than a week. Please pray that I can be intentional in my studies especially in memorizing the lyrics so I can effectively minister while in China. We have a pretty huge event once we arrive the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon is supposed to be the brightest and fullest, which is why the festival is also known as the "Day of Reunion" and the "Moon Festival". This is a huge national holiday in which the entire city shuts down to celebrate. So please be praying God will bless our preparation.
***Here
at CTI we are reminded that we are messengers first, musicians second.
We are called to deliver the message of God and thus we have been gifted
to do so with our musical talents. Sometimes I feel the pressure to sing better/perform
better. Unfortunately, this mindset causes me to focus more on myself
and our abilities as a team and less on the message of Christ. Please
pray that I think of myself less, and of God more. At the end of the
day, it isn’t about me or how I sound, it’s about sharing the impact
that God has had in my life and, more importantly, the freedom, joy, and
salvation that is found when we decide to follow Him.
I have been really struggling with lyrics but I have the luxury to be staying with Nick and Kristen, (my host parents) who are musicians and they have been helping me run the music, at the house, so that is helping tremendously. I am so grateful for them, while getting to know them, David (drummer) and I found out they were asked to be our host parents just one week before our arrival. They so graciously open their homes to us and made us apart of their while here in Wilmar for this year. We know this was a difficult decision to make in such short notice and will be forever grateful for their hospitality, love and sacrifice they have made and extend to us daily.
As always, if you'd still like to donate to the my year or if you know of anyone who may be interested in being a part of this journey, please let me know!! You can Give Click Here!
I have been really struggling with lyrics but I have the luxury to be staying with Nick and Kristen, (my host parents) who are musicians and they have been helping me run the music, at the house, so that is helping tremendously. I am so grateful for them, while getting to know them, David (drummer) and I found out they were asked to be our host parents just one week before our arrival. They so graciously open their homes to us and made us apart of their while here in Wilmar for this year. We know this was a difficult decision to make in such short notice and will be forever grateful for their hospitality, love and sacrifice they have made and extend to us daily.
As always, if you'd still like to donate to the my year or if you know of anyone who may be interested in being a part of this journey, please let me know!! You can Give Click Here!
