TOMORROW IS TOUR!!

Tomorrow I will be waking up around 6:15 am [gag], spending approximately 15 minutes getting ready for the day and doing last minute packing or whatever needs to be done. Then I get to spend my last 30 minutes of freedom with my wonderful boyfriend who is going to wake up early on his day off just for me. I'm a VERY lucky girl.

At 7:00 am tour officially starts. We will be meeting at the vans and loading them with our one suitcase each and whatever equipment we personally need. I still need to finish packing, oh dear. We are actually departing at 7:30, where we will spend at LEAST 9 hours driving down to Jacksonville, FL. The church there is having a cook out for us upon arrival, which is nice. Hooray for southern hospitality :]

Specific prayer requests:

- That the group gets along. No major drama. That we can all deal with our annoyances maturely and not make something dumb and little into a whole huge fiasco.

- That all of our traveling goes smoothly. There will be a lot of driving in this next week so that's a big deal. Pray that we remain safe.

- PLEASE PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY and PRAY some more that we keep the outlook of leading worship instead of performing, it's hard since we've been rehearsing the program since August and we know the ins and outs of hopefully every pitch in the every single second of the approximately 1 hr long program. We know the music. But pray that we focus on what we're singing, what we're leading other people in singing, that it impacts and refreshes us as much as it does for them. Even if we've all heard the songs 2,374,398,245 times. Pray we aren't just singing words and phrases and notes, that we are singing about life, and salvation, and a God who loves us and died for us. Those are big messages. We need to remember to treat them as such.

- Pray for the people who are going to show up to see us. Pray that they are the right people, with open hearts, ready to worship our Creator with us. Pray that they come and aren't distracted, but are ready to receive God's love, grace and mercy through us and the speakers.

- Pray for the churches that are welcoming us into their church families for even a short while. That we may bring a good representation of Christ, Christians, and MACU.

- Please also pray for Mrs. Avery. This is a new experience for her, too. She has had to deal with putting it all together, and now it's time to go. Please pray she doesn't get stressed out [about us, the churches, traveling, or grad work], that she doesn't miss her family too much, that she can actually relax and enjoy the tour with us.

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING! It's finally here!!

Until Florida...