this summer begins tomorrow.

I go to camp dixie.  Beginner camp starts.  I'm a counselor.  Then its three more weeks at camp dixie.  After that it's one week at a camp in raleigh and then 3 weeks in california.  I just can't explain how Great God is.  "How Great Thou Art" is in my head.  Yeah.   A while back i felt God call me to stop doing music for a while and just trust that He would bring it back to me His way.  Just a month later, someone got up with me about doing the worship stuff for Camp Dixie and the camps following.  He is faithful.

So....after summer camps......

Hold your breath.....

I met this ministry team that is based out of South Africa who tours the US for a full year.  I was curious so i started talking to the man in charge and asking questions about what they do and all that jazz.  As i was talking to him he told me that they were short a female vocalist.....Side note: basically this team is a ministry team that uses the arts to minister to kids at schools and churches all over the US.  They also have a team in South Africa that does the same thing.  They do lots and lots of dancing...mostly hip hop, and then the incorporate drama.  While they dance and do their performance, they have a band that backs them up. 

k.   So...they don't have a female vocalist and need one.  So after much thought and prayer, i've decided to join.  Yes.  Like...this all happened pretty fast, but i'm feeling secure in the decision.  All of the loose ends in me are sort of summed up in this ministry.  Another side note: they usually take weeks to tell people if they are accepted (because you have to try out before you can join).  When i tried out...they sent me outside for about 10 minutes, and then brought me back in to say that they felt that i would be good for the team and that it would be good for me.  The parents weren't too thrilled at first, but they're warming up to the idea.  Right now i'm sending out letters and trying to raise funds for it.

I leave on August 29th...or right around there.  I'll be flown out along with 40 other participants to South Africa where we'll all train for 3 months for the ministry that will take place in the US for the rest of the year.  I'll be gone pretty much for a full year aside from the breaks here and there.  Please be in prayer.  This decision isn't the most comfortable decision, but sometimes God calls us out of our comfort zones and simply says "follow me".

I love you all.  Seriously.  Each and every one of you. 

I love you.