Jubilant Praise... Our Band!

In March of this year a group of us got together and put on a Praise Night for the churches in the area. We have stuck together and named ourselves Jubilant Praise. Our last "gig" that we had was for the Simms Valley Fun Days, in the town up the road.

It was a beautiful day! There was a three on three basket ball tournament, horseshoes, a parade and an auction. We were the last event of the day. We set up on a trailer and pulled it into the middle of the town for all to hear. We made it through the sound checks, and as we were doing that the wind started to pick up. Determined to play anyway, we pressed on. Half way through our second song the wind started blowing so strong not only did it blow our music away but it was blowing the drum set over!! Then the rain started to come. We had to cancel our little concert and take shelter in a shop near by.

We wondered why God would allow this to happen but He knows what is best even though we don't see it. Just the other day, I was told that the head of the organization committee really liked what she had heard and told us that we would have a prime spot in the activities next year!! Praise God!!

We must learn to see past the things we see as unfortunate to realize that God sees all. He uses the bad things for good. Trusting in Him is the only way to see the silver lining in the storm clouds.

Next we are headed up to Camp Utmost, to play for a family camp.

The process of moving; One step at a time

As some of you may know I am planning on moving to Indonesia in November. It is soon approaching and I have been working on getting what needs to be done, well...done. In order for me to leave I must have a passport, which I have, and a visa, which I don't.

Applying for the visa is a 2 step process. The first is like a pre-application which must be sent to Indonesia where they will review the information I sent them and deside whether or not it is okay for me to live there. Once that is reviewed and okayed, they will send me a letter informing me that I am welcome to come to Indonesia. The second step is applying for the visa that gets placed in my passport. Once I have that, then I can buy my tickets and head over there.

"Where am I in this process?" you might ask. Good question! I have sent my information to Indonesia and am waiting for step one to be completed. But it is the Islam fast month and because Indonesia is primarily Muslim, everything has slowed down and I am not sure how long it will take. Please pray for this process to go quickly.

Failing at communication

I realize that it has been a long time since I have written anything on here (and some of you have reminded me of it) :). The whole purpose for starting this blog was to keep you all informed of what has been happening in my life and I have to say that I have failed miserably! But even though we fail it doesn't mean we should quit. So I shall continue on trying to improve my communication habits.