New Blog, New post

So... I decided to make this blog to journal and write down thoughts in regards to my music ministry opportunity.

Hmm... what to write. There's so many things going on in my mind, it's hard to write down.

Dang y'all. I leave in 27 days to head off to Willmar to meet my teammates and start practicing together. I still have to raise a big bulk of my financial support, get my music and start memorizing everything, and all the other logistical stuff.

Got a lot of stuff prepared on my end these last couple of weeks. Found a possible laptop to take on my trip. Pedalboard is mostly completed (need some more decent cables... might try a few lava cables instead of the George L's). Got the callaham parts for my strat and installed them. Equipment end is good (still need to stock up on strings though). Man... I didn't know just how much went into being a traveling gigging musician. It's been a real interesting informative journey though getting everything together. Training packet was completed and sent in too.

I feel so out of the loop here though... part of me feels like I already left. I want to hang out with people before I leave but it seems no one wants to? I know that sounds mad depressing and all. =/ maybe it's just me. Forreal y'all. let's hang out. Let's grab a bite to eat. Watch a movie. Visit Guitar Center. Go crab hunting. Go-cart racing. Whatever. It's all good.

It all seems so unreal. 27 days isn't a lot of time... I'll have 3 Friday Night Fellowships and 4 Sunday services to lead worship during. Maybe less if I have a chance to visit friends outside of Orlando and all. It'll be interesting leaving Harvest_PT for a whole year. I've grown so close to a lot of you over these last 5 years or so. I've grown so used to having a group of young, humble, extremely talented servants to play in a worship team with. I really wonder what my teammates at CTI will be like and wish they were like you.

Man. I need prayer big time. I dunno what it was but this last week was so discouraging. There was actually a day where I wasn't looking forward to going and having second thoughts about it all. Maybe it was the day I got my Hepatitis A shot. hahaha. But in all seriousness, I'm honestly really nervous about it all. I kept having these "what ifs" pop into my head. "what if i'm not as talented of a musician as they need me to be." "what if they send my music a week before I leave and i don't have anything down (because they still haven't sent my music)." "what if i don't mesh well with my team... i know i'm not the easiest person to live with..." One thing that encouraged me though is the amount of prayers lifted up these last few weeks for our summer missions teams. Shoot. If people fervently prayed for these short term trips... ya know?

So yeah. Not much else to update everyone on. The day approaches. Keep praying for me. =)

Cheers,
Jon