Hey peeps. I'm still doing just fine and learning a LOT of things. I pray that you are as well.
Right now, Hillsong Church is on the last day of Encounter, which is the youth conference that they put on every. It starts on Thursday night and lasts until Saturday night (tonight). Which means that for the past 3 days, I have had 16 hour days of work. So far, I've moved lights all over the place, cleaned up stage, changed bulbs, wrapped cables, and ran the spotlight. Currently, I'm sitting in rehearsal by my trusty spotlight, waiting for the musicians to get done and the speaker can come on stage. I love production and everything involved so far.
Yesterday, I was blessed by Anthony with the knowledge of how to make a really good and cheap sandwich. There's a local butchery and bakery that sell rolls and roast beef so that I can make a really filling roast beef sandwich for under $2. Plus, I just love sandwiches, so this is incredibly exciting for me.
This Thursday at Sisterhood, all campuses combined and so did the kids as well. In the homeschool age where I volunteer, I had the opportunity to lead a blind kid around for awhile, keep him company during a movie, and help him play Wii. He is very interested in drumming and was showing me his skills on the college drum set. I'm really happy that his parents are allowing him to have this really creative outlet and I'm excited for what he's going to do in the future. This coming Friday is a one-day event called Kidsfest. Going against my normal self, I decided to be a group leader for Kidsfest. This means that I'll be hanging out with a lot of kids all day and just having fun and running around. I'm really excited to see how God will work through me into the lives of these kids.
Also coming up is college break, which is a week long and is very similar to spring break back home. I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do for it yet, but I'll probably go to the City and the beaches and the zoo with anthony and Matt. I'm looking forward to having a week off, but I'll probably be doing a crazy amount of things every day, just like normal.
I expect that I'll be updating more regularly as God continues to work on my diligence and work ethic as I continue in production. Please continue to pray for me to be a good impact on these kids and to learn things efficiently and allow God to teach me what he wants me to learn. I pray for y'all back home and I'd love to know how you're all going.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Lately
Hello everyone! Sorry that I've taken so long to update. I have a really hard time sitting down and recounting the adventures of the day. However, the Lord has been working on my diligence so here we go!
Dave has officially moved out. He flew to San Diego to stay with Junior for a week and then is headed back to Dallas to work and hang out with his parents. He is currently unsure of whether he will be returning, so we had a farewell party for him. We are currently down to 3 guys living in a house meant for 5. Junior just received his work visa, so he should be here in a few weeks. Dave has been incredibly helpful for the past 2 months and has provided much needed knowledge in just about everything. I am sad that he left, but wish him the best. Since Dave left the country, he blessed me with a really great deal on his phone and also hooked us up with a really cheap television. We moved all of the couches from Dave's room into the living room, set up the TV and set up stage blacks over the windows and watched the Lions play the Chiefs on Monday with 8 guys from my worship Band. So far, it's the most American I've felt since I've been here.
The new song list for the next performance is also out. We perform on the 31st of October and have 8 songs, which are:
Pick Up the Phone - Dragonette
Driftwood - Travis
Dave has officially moved out. He flew to San Diego to stay with Junior for a week and then is headed back to Dallas to work and hang out with his parents. He is currently unsure of whether he will be returning, so we had a farewell party for him. We are currently down to 3 guys living in a house meant for 5. Junior just received his work visa, so he should be here in a few weeks. Dave has been incredibly helpful for the past 2 months and has provided much needed knowledge in just about everything. I am sad that he left, but wish him the best. Since Dave left the country, he blessed me with a really great deal on his phone and also hooked us up with a really cheap television. We moved all of the couches from Dave's room into the living room, set up the TV and set up stage blacks over the windows and watched the Lions play the Chiefs on Monday with 8 guys from my worship Band. So far, it's the most American I've felt since I've been here.
The new song list for the next performance is also out. We perform on the 31st of October and have 8 songs, which are:
Pick Up the Phone - Dragonette
Driftwood - Travis
Distant Sun - Brook Fraser
These Walls - Teddy Geiger
You Found Me - The Fray
I'm Singing - Kari Jobe
That's What You Get - Paramore
Extraordinary - Mandy Moore
The hardest part about the next performance is that we only have 3 classes before rehearsal, which means that most of the rehearsals will be totally student led and planned. I think that our band is up to the challenge though.
For the past two weeks, I've been attending lighting production team nights. Under the tutelage of the main lighting guys for Hillsong/Hillsong United, I've been learning how to set up, program, and perform light shows. It has been an incredible experience so far and is definitely something that I am looking forward to serving in wherever I can. Tomorrow, I'm assisting in doing lighting for the Powerhouse service. I'm very excited to start programming shows and really serving in whatever God has for me as far as lighting goes.
On a more serious note, a friend of Matt's died recently in a motorcycle accident. Please pray for Matt and the other people who were close to his friend.
Thank you all so much for continuing to pray for me and push me along God's path. I am learning a LOT over here and can't wait to bring back the skills and knowledge that I've gained here and put them into immediate use back home.
The hardest part about the next performance is that we only have 3 classes before rehearsal, which means that most of the rehearsals will be totally student led and planned. I think that our band is up to the challenge though.
For the past two weeks, I've been attending lighting production team nights. Under the tutelage of the main lighting guys for Hillsong/Hillsong United, I've been learning how to set up, program, and perform light shows. It has been an incredible experience so far and is definitely something that I am looking forward to serving in wherever I can. Tomorrow, I'm assisting in doing lighting for the Powerhouse service. I'm very excited to start programming shows and really serving in whatever God has for me as far as lighting goes.
On a more serious note, a friend of Matt's died recently in a motorcycle accident. Please pray for Matt and the other people who were close to his friend.
Thank you all so much for continuing to pray for me and push me along God's path. I am learning a LOT over here and can't wait to bring back the skills and knowledge that I've gained here and put them into immediate use back home.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Name
"God said to him, 'Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.'" -Genesis 35:10
Hey friends! I sorry that I haven't posted anything in awhile. Most of my time has been spent taking care of housemate Dave and taking naps to recover from whatever sickness that I caught.
For the past week, Dave has been bedridden with a double ear infection which prompts him to throw up with any sort of motion. Within the past two days, Dave has made remarkable recovery and has been able to prepare things for his flight back home. However, because of the recent infection, his doctor has ordered his flight to be delayed for at least a week. Which means that I'll be able to hang out with him for another week yet!
When I woke up on Sunday morning to go to Macquarie, I felt awful. I had a fever, the chills, aches and pains, as well as a cough. Thanks to your prayer, when I woke up Monday morning, almost everything was gone. I still have a weird cough which makes my voice do some funny things, but I'm far on the road to recovery.
Since coming to Australia, I have been given many names. The reasoning for this is probably because Australians like to shorten just about everything, so having to remember two names is really an inconvenience. When I first arrived, Junior decided to name me "Moose", since I'm from some place near Canada. Matt insists on calling me John, just because he knows that it bugs me. Dave has decided to call me "The Epistle". This came about after he couldn't remember my exact name, but knew that I was named after 2 of the 4 gospels. Rather than try and guess which ones, he settled with Epistle. At Merrylands, I received the name, "Stick". I'm not entirely sure why I was labeled this, but it probably has something to do with my natural tendency to "stick" with a job until the end. Dave has also decided to start calling me Marcus. No explanation there at all. Gotta love Dave.
Around campus, I'm mostly known as "That guy that plays piano" or "that one guy that asks good questions in New Testament Introduction". However, today I was renamed by the guys who run the sisterhood primary class. Apparently, they thought that John Mark takes too long to say, so they introduced me to everyone as "John Mark Junior Senior Ben Ben.....Luke....Ben." I have to say, it's pretty catchy. However, if I ever wanted to have business cards made, I'd probably run into a few issues.
Thank you all for praying for me to be healed. I am very far on the road to recovery and wouldn't be here without you. Things coming up: Building a Youth Center this Saturday, Macquarie Sunday, Rebecca's basketball game Sunday, First band performance Monday (please pray for that).
Hey friends! I sorry that I haven't posted anything in awhile. Most of my time has been spent taking care of housemate Dave and taking naps to recover from whatever sickness that I caught.
For the past week, Dave has been bedridden with a double ear infection which prompts him to throw up with any sort of motion. Within the past two days, Dave has made remarkable recovery and has been able to prepare things for his flight back home. However, because of the recent infection, his doctor has ordered his flight to be delayed for at least a week. Which means that I'll be able to hang out with him for another week yet!
When I woke up on Sunday morning to go to Macquarie, I felt awful. I had a fever, the chills, aches and pains, as well as a cough. Thanks to your prayer, when I woke up Monday morning, almost everything was gone. I still have a weird cough which makes my voice do some funny things, but I'm far on the road to recovery.
Since coming to Australia, I have been given many names. The reasoning for this is probably because Australians like to shorten just about everything, so having to remember two names is really an inconvenience. When I first arrived, Junior decided to name me "Moose", since I'm from some place near Canada. Matt insists on calling me John, just because he knows that it bugs me. Dave has decided to call me "The Epistle". This came about after he couldn't remember my exact name, but knew that I was named after 2 of the 4 gospels. Rather than try and guess which ones, he settled with Epistle. At Merrylands, I received the name, "Stick". I'm not entirely sure why I was labeled this, but it probably has something to do with my natural tendency to "stick" with a job until the end. Dave has also decided to start calling me Marcus. No explanation there at all. Gotta love Dave.
Around campus, I'm mostly known as "That guy that plays piano" or "that one guy that asks good questions in New Testament Introduction". However, today I was renamed by the guys who run the sisterhood primary class. Apparently, they thought that John Mark takes too long to say, so they introduced me to everyone as "John Mark Junior Senior Ben Ben.....Luke....Ben." I have to say, it's pretty catchy. However, if I ever wanted to have business cards made, I'd probably run into a few issues.
Thank you all for praying for me to be healed. I am very far on the road to recovery and wouldn't be here without you. Things coming up: Building a Youth Center this Saturday, Macquarie Sunday, Rebecca's basketball game Sunday, First band performance Monday (please pray for that).
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