We are three weeks into the Justice and Worship tour, so I thought it would be a good time to update you on how things are going with some stories and some pictures. We have had 9 events, all in the first 18 day’s. These past 3 day’s have been spent recouping, getting caught up and fixing trucks and trailers (we have had some issues). Tomorrow we head up to Eureka, CA and then into Oregon, where we are hosted by the Salem International House of Prayer. I am very excited about that gig for sure as we are working with IHOP and also sharing the evening with YWAM Emerge.
Here are some highlights of our time. We have gotten to hang out with good friends like Will Barrow with YWAM Pismo Beach, Chris Whitler with YWAM Modesto, Joel in Simi Valley and many others. It has been fun serving and ministering at our friends churches and YWAM campuses for sure. Other highlights have been seeing the response on the MyNextStepIs site from the students and leaders at the events. People have been putting down some real things that they want to do in regards to doing justice. It is encouraging for sure.
It has also been great spending time with Chris and Jenna. We are getting to know them a ton on this trip, there are no secrets I can tell you that. I think that has been the best part for me, but also the most challenging. Since I am living my life in public and in community there is no hiding who I am. I have seen myself as a selfish friend, husband and father and feel that God is calling me to change. Man, it has been humbling and scary, but I am becoming one who is quick to apologize and quick to work things out with those I am sharing my life with.
I feel like I have been on this tour for a lifetime, some day’s are good and some are not so good. But, I wouldn’t change it for the world, I love what I get to do and am honored to be a part of it.
Some other little things that are worth mentioning as I live on the road in a travel trailer are as follows:
– drinking my dark beer out of a liquid measuring cup as I forgot all my pint glasses in storage – taking the quickest showers known to man as we don’t have a dumping stations at all our sites for water – standing in the laundry room with sweats and no shirt cause all my cloths are dirty – running out of propane in the middle of cooking/showering/cooking as it runs it all – towing my 31 foot home up the west coast, which is nice cause If I need a coke it is right behind me.
