Greetings from the College of William & Mary! This past summer I spent a month in Honduras with a Christian Rock band working with Youth For Christ (Juventud Para Christo). I went with a group called CTI (Carpenter’s Tools International) Music Ministries. That month in Honduras was an amazing time. We played concerts for crowds ranging in size from 10 people to over 1000 people. 50 concerts over 27 days of playing. Thanks to some strikes in the country, the police even shut down the roads so we missed our flight home! It was an incredible time. During that time I decided to pursue a full year’s commitment to CTI. I have been accepted for August 2008 until August 2009.
The Full Time commitment is just as busy as the summer team one. I will be joining a music team for a year and performing/sharing our faith in schools, colleges, prisons, youth homes, churches, drug rehab centers, etc. We will also get another chance to go abroad. We get to travel in a van with out gear in a trailer, setting up and performing in front of new people every day. Personal space/freedom will be limited, as you can imagine. Yet I know that this will be another great time of growth and fun.
What is the cost? Besides my personal space, there is a cost associated with this trip. I have to raise both monetary and prayer support. The bottom line is only about double what I needed for the summer month. I need to raise $7,200 for expenses and I am able to raise an additional $250 per month to act as a “salary” (which will be helpful for paying off student loans!). The prayer support is just as important to me having seen things in Honduras that only God could have done. It is guaranteed that problems will arise over the year that the entire team needs healing for.
Interested in supporting my ministry? I am looking for people who can commit to praying and helping to finance my year with CTI. There is a card enclosed with this letter with some check boxes on it. Prayer is at the top of the list for a reason, I consider it the most important aspect of my support. (Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”) If you can support me once, or with a monthly gift towards the “salary” I am trying to raise, you can send that in with the card. I have included an envelope with the letters EB on the lower left corner. This indicates that anything you send in will be ear marked for me. You can also donate online at www.ctimusic.org. On the left side of the page click on “donate.” From there you can either give a one-time contribution, or a monthly contribution. Under the additional information part of the donate page, you can enter my name (Edward Baumann) to have your contribution support my role in this ministry. All donations are tax deductible and non-refundable, as CTI is a non-profit organization.
I know that you may not be in a position to support me right now, if you would prefer to not hear about this in the future, check that box on the card, or let me know via email (ewbaum@wm.edu) and you will be removed from my list. If you cannot support me right now, but want to stay in the loop about what I am up to, let me know that as well. I will not have time to send out regular letters, but through the miracle of the Internet I will be posting via http://ctisoundguy.blogspot.com/ when I have news to share. There will (hopefully) be pictures, videos, and stories from the road once August rolls around. Until then it will be updated once or twice a month.
Peace and grace to you,
P.S. A timely response is much appreciated, but not required. I will be raising support for the next few months and am confident that the Lord will provide for all my needs.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
¡Hola!
Greetings once again from the College of William & Mary! You may remember my previous letters about a trip this past summer to Honduras with a group called CTI Music Ministries. That month in Honduras was an amazing time. We played concerts for crowds ranging in size from 10 people to over 1000 people. 50 concerts over 27 days of playing. Thanks to some strikes in the country, the police even shut down the roads so we missed our flight home! It was an incredible time. During that time I decided to pursue a full year’s commitment to CTI. I have been accepted for August 2008 until August 2009.
The Full Time commitment is just as busy as the summer team one. I will be joining a music team for a year and performing/sharing our faith in schools, colleges, prisons, youth homes, churches, drug rehab centers, etc. We will also get another chance to go abroad. We get to travel in a van with out gear in a trailer, setting up and performing in front of new people every day. Personal space/freedom will be limited, as you can imagine. Yet I know that this will be another great time of growth and fun.
What is the cost? Besides my personal space, there is a cost associated with this trip. I have to raise both monetary and prayer support. The bottom line is only about double what I needed for the summer month. I need to raise $7,200 for expenses and I am able to raise an additional $250 per month to act as a “salary” (which will be helpful for paying off student loans!). The prayer support is just as important to me having seen things in Honduras that only God could have done. It is guaranteed that problems will arise over the year that the entire team needs healing for.
Interested in supporting my ministry? I am looking for people who can commit to praying and helping to finance my year with CTI. There is a card enclosed with this letter with some check boxes on it. Prayer is at the top of the list for a reason, I consider it the most important aspect of my support. (Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”) If you can support me once, or with a monthly gift towards the “salary” I am trying to raise, you can send that in with the card. I have included an envelope with the letters EB on the lower left corner. This indicates that anything you send in will be ear marked for me. You can also donate online at www.ctimusic.org. On the left side of the page click on “donate.” From there you can either give a one-time contribution, or a monthly contribution. Under the additional information part of the donate page, you can enter my name (Edward Baumann) to have your contribution support my role in this ministry. All donations are tax deductible and non-refundable, as CTI is a non-profit organization.
I know that you may not be in a position to support me right now, if you would prefer to not hear about this in the future, check that box on the card, or let me know via email (ewbaum@wm.edu) and you will be removed from my list. If you cannot support me right now, but want to stay in the loop about what I am up to, let me know that as well. I will not have time to send out regular letters, but through the miracle of the internet I will be posting via http://ctisoundguy.blogspot.com/ when I have news to share. There will (hopefully) be pictures, videos, and stories from the road once August rolls around. Until then it will be updated once or twice a month.
Peace and grace to you,
P.S. A timely response is much appreciated, but not required. I will be raising support for the next few months and am confident that the Lord will provide for all my needs.
The Full Time commitment is just as busy as the summer team one. I will be joining a music team for a year and performing/sharing our faith in schools, colleges, prisons, youth homes, churches, drug rehab centers, etc. We will also get another chance to go abroad. We get to travel in a van with out gear in a trailer, setting up and performing in front of new people every day. Personal space/freedom will be limited, as you can imagine. Yet I know that this will be another great time of growth and fun.
What is the cost? Besides my personal space, there is a cost associated with this trip. I have to raise both monetary and prayer support. The bottom line is only about double what I needed for the summer month. I need to raise $7,200 for expenses and I am able to raise an additional $250 per month to act as a “salary” (which will be helpful for paying off student loans!). The prayer support is just as important to me having seen things in Honduras that only God could have done. It is guaranteed that problems will arise over the year that the entire team needs healing for.
Interested in supporting my ministry? I am looking for people who can commit to praying and helping to finance my year with CTI. There is a card enclosed with this letter with some check boxes on it. Prayer is at the top of the list for a reason, I consider it the most important aspect of my support. (Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”) If you can support me once, or with a monthly gift towards the “salary” I am trying to raise, you can send that in with the card. I have included an envelope with the letters EB on the lower left corner. This indicates that anything you send in will be ear marked for me. You can also donate online at www.ctimusic.org. On the left side of the page click on “donate.” From there you can either give a one-time contribution, or a monthly contribution. Under the additional information part of the donate page, you can enter my name (Edward Baumann) to have your contribution support my role in this ministry. All donations are tax deductible and non-refundable, as CTI is a non-profit organization.
I know that you may not be in a position to support me right now, if you would prefer to not hear about this in the future, check that box on the card, or let me know via email (ewbaum@wm.edu) and you will be removed from my list. If you cannot support me right now, but want to stay in the loop about what I am up to, let me know that as well. I will not have time to send out regular letters, but through the miracle of the internet I will be posting via http://ctisoundguy.blogspot.com/ when I have news to share. There will (hopefully) be pictures, videos, and stories from the road once August rolls around. Until then it will be updated once or twice a month.
Peace and grace to you,
P.S. A timely response is much appreciated, but not required. I will be raising support for the next few months and am confident that the Lord will provide for all my needs.
Once more into the Fray
I have been officially offered and accepted a job as a sound tech for CTI on a full year time commitment. My time is August 2008 - August 2009. After that my future is open.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Where do I go from here?
I have moved on from the summer experience. It was a wonderful time that I still remember quite vividly and often. I felt like applying for a year of fulltime would be a very rewarding experience. So I did. Bottom line I am a sound tech for the 2008 - 2009 full time tour. I am committed to be with them from August to August. More details to come...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
By Karen Wong
Written by Karen Wong, a vocalist from the team. I like it so much I'm reposting it here....
"it's been two weeks. suburbia has once again settled under my skin, the language that we speak of convenience does not need translation. but not everything is the same. and as i sit here sipping honduran coffee in an air-conditioned room reunited with my laptop i wonder exactly how i can write about the six weeks i spent with twelve amazing people, the four weeks of life that passed by in a drastically different environment.
should i tell you about mauricio, the national director of youth for christ in honduras, a man who lives and breathes a life of faith that many of us only read about, a man who was told over ten years ago that he only had ten months to live, and still tells that tale today, of a grace that offers more than eternal life? or about gabriella, a five-year-old girl living in a government center, her knees disproportionately shaped so that they cannot support her weight, a child who scooted her way across the center's floor to find her way into my arms and into my heart, a small soul just looking for love? what about the story of dorian, a man who passed by a concert seemingly by coincidence, broken and on his knees before His Creator, renewed by a love too deep for us to fathom, or the story of an orphan who found His Father in an unscheduled concert, a chain of events that could only have been orchestrated by One who knows all?
i cannot separate the story of honduras from the story of its people, a people loved by the same God who loves us. the God who moves in honduras is the same God here, and while it sounds obvious when written down, it's a powerful realization.
God is real. God is REAL. His love is deeper than the ocean más profundo que la mar and stretches farther than the sky, it endures and it endures. His presence is revealed when He parts the clouds to allow our concerts, when He restores electricity where we expect none, when our overweight and oversized equipment gets checked at the airport without comment. He teaches us to trust when half our equipment doesn't arrive with us in honduras, when we travel in hard weather on difficult terrain, when flying back to the states is delayed and uncertain. He grows us in the hard times, when we see death before our eyes and poverty within the reach of fingertips, when we suffer from stomach pains and heartache, relationships and discomfort. And He blesses us beyond imagination, with the people we learn to love, people with differences in behavior, culture, viewpoints, people who challenge us to grow, who share a part of their lives with us.
there is so much more that i could say, so many stories i could share, of hard times and good times and fun times, of ridiculous people doing ridiculous things, so many things i could tell you about the culture, about the country, about things i learned about myself and things that i learned from others. but those things pale in comparison to the revealing of God's glory and the work of His kingdom. i've seen the works of Our God, and He reigns, forever and ever."
"it's been two weeks. suburbia has once again settled under my skin, the language that we speak of convenience does not need translation. but not everything is the same. and as i sit here sipping honduran coffee in an air-conditioned room reunited with my laptop i wonder exactly how i can write about the six weeks i spent with twelve amazing people, the four weeks of life that passed by in a drastically different environment.
should i tell you about mauricio, the national director of youth for christ in honduras, a man who lives and breathes a life of faith that many of us only read about, a man who was told over ten years ago that he only had ten months to live, and still tells that tale today, of a grace that offers more than eternal life? or about gabriella, a five-year-old girl living in a government center, her knees disproportionately shaped so that they cannot support her weight, a child who scooted her way across the center's floor to find her way into my arms and into my heart, a small soul just looking for love? what about the story of dorian, a man who passed by a concert seemingly by coincidence, broken and on his knees before His Creator, renewed by a love too deep for us to fathom, or the story of an orphan who found His Father in an unscheduled concert, a chain of events that could only have been orchestrated by One who knows all?
i cannot separate the story of honduras from the story of its people, a people loved by the same God who loves us. the God who moves in honduras is the same God here, and while it sounds obvious when written down, it's a powerful realization.
God is real. God is REAL. His love is deeper than the ocean más profundo que la mar and stretches farther than the sky, it endures and it endures. His presence is revealed when He parts the clouds to allow our concerts, when He restores electricity where we expect none, when our overweight and oversized equipment gets checked at the airport without comment. He teaches us to trust when half our equipment doesn't arrive with us in honduras, when we travel in hard weather on difficult terrain, when flying back to the states is delayed and uncertain. He grows us in the hard times, when we see death before our eyes and poverty within the reach of fingertips, when we suffer from stomach pains and heartache, relationships and discomfort. And He blesses us beyond imagination, with the people we learn to love, people with differences in behavior, culture, viewpoints, people who challenge us to grow, who share a part of their lives with us.
there is so much more that i could say, so many stories i could share, of hard times and good times and fun times, of ridiculous people doing ridiculous things, so many things i could tell you about the culture, about the country, about things i learned about myself and things that i learned from others. but those things pale in comparison to the revealing of God's glory and the work of His kingdom. i've seen the works of Our God, and He reigns, forever and ever."
More stories
Packing day was stressful for me. I couldn't get stuff where it needed to fit. I couldn't get weights right. Everyone on my team wanted me to do something different, and half the stuff I didn't know how to do. I got a letter from a friend which helped a lot, but mostly that day wasn't good. I ended up knowning most of the weights of things from memory. The next morning it was kinda my job to send equiment to the counter as it was gonna get checked in. I was watching the equipment, the scale, the ticket counter, and praying like I've never prayed before that ALL the equipment we needed would go. The weights I saw were correct. Which meant our 51 lb JBLs would be in trouble. Chris tried a JBL on the scale out front, it read 50. then 50.5. Woo, that was some hope. God didn't stop there, when it came time for the JBLs (which weigh the SAME amount) the first was 49.5 lbs! The second one is what make me know it was a miracle. The second weighed 48 lbs. The two were within half a pound of each other the day before. There's no reason to have that big a difference. Coming home they both weighed 50.5 lbs. When we got to Honduras God kept teaching me how to constantly be in prayer. We had to check all our equipment before leaving customs. THe first 13 bags checked out 100% fine. The next 10 bags.... didn't even show up. They were still in the US. I just had to walk away and go pray. At first I was feeling useless (without my equipment I didn't have a job). But God worked me through that to a point where I could start making contingency plans and get what we had working somehow. God is good, and God provides (thank you Joe).
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Thanks
How do I sum up these 6 weeks in a short letter/post? It takes me over 3 hours to talk through just my pictures and videos (all 1948 of them). How do I explain all I have seen and done without being able to include so many pictures? Let me start by saying THANK YOU. This remarkable experience would not have been possible without you. Your financial support and/or prayers are what helped to make this trip as great as it was.
Let me start with some numbers. We played 50 concerts over 27 days of concerts, plus 3 days of travel. Our largest single crowd was about 1000 kida from a HS and our smallest was somewhere around 10. I climbed a 15-20 ft waterfall straight up a tree root. On the last day I traveled about 60 mph in the back of a pickup holding our equipment in with my body weight.
The physical beauty of the country and the hospitality of the people astonished me. If you get a chance, visit Honduras. You will love it. The mountains are a lush mix of normal forest (pines, squirells, deer) and jungle (ferns, lemurs, monkies). Every day I was amazed by God's creation. He really did do an amazing job.
Through both miracles and our day to day life God showed me how to grow deeper in prayer and my trust for Him. When I say miracles I mean things I have no physical explanation for. Equipment weighing different things as we check in, running out of gas in a school bus on a mountain and coasting right up TO the pump at a gas station over a mile away, or electrical circuits that seem to magically gain and lose power.
I will close with one story from the trip. We were to play at a university one night. As we rolled up in the bus it was raining pretty hard. Our contact from the school jumped in and asked if we were ready to set up. I explained the equipment could not go outside. He said we should pray about it. After praying he made a comment about faith including actions, and we should set up to show we will be faithful. Again I explained the equipment could NOT go out unless the rain lessened quite a bit. As we walked around outside the bus to look around, the rain slowed enough to get the equipment out. Then it stopped so we could set up. It misted once or twice more, but nothing that worried me. Afterwards we tore down and then met Dorian. Dorian was this large man we saw after the concert, standing where we had done the concert, utterly weeping. He dad had recently died, he had a bad hernia, his family was far away in Nicaragua, and he couldn't find work. His tears were because he realized how far he had fallen away from God; how much he wanted God in his life again. He gave his life to God again during a very moving time of prayer. Even if he was the only person we reached on the trip, it would have been worth it.
PLEASE contact me to hear more stories/answer questions/ask for photos. ewbaum@wm.edu (please also identify who you are when you do I get a lot of spam).
Peace, grace, and love to you all,
Ed
Psalm 84
Let me start with some numbers. We played 50 concerts over 27 days of concerts, plus 3 days of travel. Our largest single crowd was about 1000 kida from a HS and our smallest was somewhere around 10. I climbed a 15-20 ft waterfall straight up a tree root. On the last day I traveled about 60 mph in the back of a pickup holding our equipment in with my body weight.
The physical beauty of the country and the hospitality of the people astonished me. If you get a chance, visit Honduras. You will love it. The mountains are a lush mix of normal forest (pines, squirells, deer) and jungle (ferns, lemurs, monkies). Every day I was amazed by God's creation. He really did do an amazing job.
Through both miracles and our day to day life God showed me how to grow deeper in prayer and my trust for Him. When I say miracles I mean things I have no physical explanation for. Equipment weighing different things as we check in, running out of gas in a school bus on a mountain and coasting right up TO the pump at a gas station over a mile away, or electrical circuits that seem to magically gain and lose power.
I will close with one story from the trip. We were to play at a university one night. As we rolled up in the bus it was raining pretty hard. Our contact from the school jumped in and asked if we were ready to set up. I explained the equipment could not go outside. He said we should pray about it. After praying he made a comment about faith including actions, and we should set up to show we will be faithful. Again I explained the equipment could NOT go out unless the rain lessened quite a bit. As we walked around outside the bus to look around, the rain slowed enough to get the equipment out. Then it stopped so we could set up. It misted once or twice more, but nothing that worried me. Afterwards we tore down and then met Dorian. Dorian was this large man we saw after the concert, standing where we had done the concert, utterly weeping. He dad had recently died, he had a bad hernia, his family was far away in Nicaragua, and he couldn't find work. His tears were because he realized how far he had fallen away from God; how much he wanted God in his life again. He gave his life to God again during a very moving time of prayer. Even if he was the only person we reached on the trip, it would have been worth it.
PLEASE contact me to hear more stories/answer questions/ask for photos. ewbaum@wm.edu (please also identify who you are when you do I get a lot of spam).
Peace, grace, and love to you all,
Ed
Psalm 84
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Back in the US of A
Hey Guys,
While I am not as extremely overjoyed to be out of Honduras like a lot of my team, it is good to be back where we have real orange juice (that tang stuff almost killed me). Reports and such will come in time, I do not have much access to internet and need to figure out who gets what reports. My body is not 100%, I have yet to see how much weight I lost, and I am beat. But I look forward to talking to you all.
Peace,
Ed
While I am not as extremely overjoyed to be out of Honduras like a lot of my team, it is good to be back where we have real orange juice (that tang stuff almost killed me). Reports and such will come in time, I do not have much access to internet and need to figure out who gets what reports. My body is not 100%, I have yet to see how much weight I lost, and I am beat. But I look forward to talking to you all.
Peace,
Ed
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Back in the States
The HONDURAS team ran into some transportation difficulties on the ground and was unable to make it to the airport in time for their flight yesterday. The airline accommodated them however and they all arrived safely in Houston earlier this evening en route to Minnesota. Everyone is mostly healthy. Unfortunately, they'll miss the public debriefing activities and their final concert. Please pray for them as they'll be bringing closure to their time during their short stay at the hotel in Minneapolis before they head home on Thursday.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
A Post Card from Honduras
Hola!
We've played concerts all over. In schools, churches, basketball courts, etc. – seventeen in the last eight days. My health has been mostly good. The food and my stomach have been at odds recently, but oh well. I have had to fix my camera, speaker handles, snake, and a power supply.
God has done some interesting miracles so far for us. Getting all the stuff here was big enough. Our days are really busy, then calm for a few hours. I get at least 8 hours of sleep a night. The exchange rate is 19 to 1 lempiras to the dollar. Yet the prices in places are about 19 times more. So it's all the same. Pizza Hut here is a four star sit-down restaurant. Nicer than the U.S.
Pray for our health.
Peace & Grace to you,
Ed
We've played concerts all over. In schools, churches, basketball courts, etc. – seventeen in the last eight days. My health has been mostly good. The food and my stomach have been at odds recently, but oh well. I have had to fix my camera, speaker handles, snake, and a power supply.
God has done some interesting miracles so far for us. Getting all the stuff here was big enough. Our days are really busy, then calm for a few hours. I get at least 8 hours of sleep a night. The exchange rate is 19 to 1 lempiras to the dollar. Yet the prices in places are about 19 times more. So it's all the same. Pizza Hut here is a four star sit-down restaurant. Nicer than the U.S.
Pray for our health.
Peace & Grace to you,
Ed
Monday, July 9, 2007
July 9, 2007
Ed's team leader called their office to report that things are going very well for the team.
The team has moved from the urban setting of San Pedro Sula out to a camp that YFC runs in the western state of Copan. They've been based there for a week now and will spend almost all of their remaining time there, doing outreaches in the schools and churches in Copan and nearby areas. The team is able to present their testimonies in the schools, and YFC presents the Gospel.
God is continuing to reveal Himself to the team. They also report that it is cooler in Copan than it was in San Pedro Sula.
A recent favorite memory for the team was the 4th of July. The YFC staff presented them with a cake that featured an American flag, and they lit off fireworks from the mountain that evening. That really made the team feel "at home" on an American holiday.
They ask for your continued prayers for health, strength, unity and for God to move among the people they are given an opportunity to minister to.
The team does not have access to the internet in Copan, so they can't pass along messages from each team member.
There may be one more update before they come home.
Ed's team leader called their office to report that things are going very well for the team.
The team has moved from the urban setting of San Pedro Sula out to a camp that YFC runs in the western state of Copan. They've been based there for a week now and will spend almost all of their remaining time there, doing outreaches in the schools and churches in Copan and nearby areas. The team is able to present their testimonies in the schools, and YFC presents the Gospel.
God is continuing to reveal Himself to the team. They also report that it is cooler in Copan than it was in San Pedro Sula.
A recent favorite memory for the team was the 4th of July. The YFC staff presented them with a cake that featured an American flag, and they lit off fireworks from the mountain that evening. That really made the team feel "at home" on an American holiday.
They ask for your continued prayers for health, strength, unity and for God to move among the people they are given an opportunity to minister to.
The team does not have access to the internet in Copan, so they can't pass along messages from each team member.
There may be one more update before they come home.
Monday, July 2, 2007
News as of July 2
Hooray! The Honduras team has reported in. It's been a long wait, and this is actually not a lot of news, but if you want to watch for more or see what the rest of the team members have to say, check out this web site and click on the Honduras team http://www.ctimusic.org/public/STM_07/summer_2007.htm. I'm sure Ed will fill in with a lot more when he gets back. And please, continue to pray.
From Ed:
Hola Amigos. It´s hard to write down a summary of everything. The short story is that I am learning a lot first hand about who God is and all his power. The concerts are good too. I will close with Psalm 84 (read it).
And from the team leaders:
July 2, 2007
Hello wonderful people!
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. Our team is definitely seeing the hand of God move powerfully here in Honduras. The testimonies that have been shared have been so anointed and the concerts have been very divine.
We as a team are doing great. Some of us are having some stomach problems, so please lift that up in your prayers. Praise the Lord that no one is extremely sick.
The Youth for Christ staff have welcomed us with such warm and open arms. We are being treated very well. We are so excited to see more of Jesus in our lives and the lives of the people in Honduras.
Please continue to pray that we as a team would humble ourselves, develop servant-hood attitudes, and love one another more. Glory to God! =)
From Ed:
Hola Amigos. It´s hard to write down a summary of everything. The short story is that I am learning a lot first hand about who God is and all his power. The concerts are good too. I will close with Psalm 84 (read it).
And from the team leaders:
July 2, 2007
Hello wonderful people!
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. Our team is definitely seeing the hand of God move powerfully here in Honduras. The testimonies that have been shared have been so anointed and the concerts have been very divine.
We as a team are doing great. Some of us are having some stomach problems, so please lift that up in your prayers. Praise the Lord that no one is extremely sick.
The Youth for Christ staff have welcomed us with such warm and open arms. We are being treated very well. We are so excited to see more of Jesus in our lives and the lives of the people in Honduras.
Please continue to pray that we as a team would humble ourselves, develop servant-hood attitudes, and love one another more. Glory to God! =)
Monday, June 25, 2007
First News from Honduras as of June 20th
From Edward:
Hey guys! We're here with most of our stuff. God has already worked a few miracles getting our stuff here and I look forward to the rest of it arriving.
And news from the Honduras team leaders:
Hello wonderful people! Thank you for your prayers! Our team has arrived safely in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We had a good time today getting to meet the Youth For Christ staff workers and hearing about what's ahead of us. Some of our equipment has not arrived yet, but we are leaning on Proverbs 3:5-6.
We are all very excited to see the love of Jesus stir in this country. Our vision as a team is to fall deeper in love with Jesus in humility, servant-hood, and love for one another. Please pray that vision over our team, that we may continually humble ourselves, have a servant attitude towards the Youth for Christ especially, love each other more day by day, and that our equipment would arrive soon in Jesus' desire. Tomorrow at 7am is our first concert! Woot woot! You all rock!!! *smile*
Hey guys! We're here with most of our stuff. God has already worked a few miracles getting our stuff here and I look forward to the rest of it arriving.
And news from the Honduras team leaders:
Hello wonderful people! Thank you for your prayers! Our team has arrived safely in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We had a good time today getting to meet the Youth For Christ staff workers and hearing about what's ahead of us. Some of our equipment has not arrived yet, but we are leaning on Proverbs 3:5-6.
We are all very excited to see the love of Jesus stir in this country. Our vision as a team is to fall deeper in love with Jesus in humility, servant-hood, and love for one another. Please pray that vision over our team, that we may continually humble ourselves, have a servant attitude towards the Youth for Christ especially, love each other more day by day, and that our equipment would arrive soon in Jesus' desire. Tomorrow at 7am is our first concert! Woot woot! You all rock!!! *smile*
Sunday, June 17, 2007
I'm leaving on a jetplane again
Again, I'm pretty sure when I will be back, but who knows God's will?
A prayer list for while we are in Honduras (in no particular order):
*Safety (while traveling, while sleeping, with the food, etc)
*Health
*Unity
*Strength and renewal for the YFC staff (led by Mauricio [sp?])
*That God would work in the hearts of the people who hear us and come into contact with us. Whether or not we see the results does not matter, just that they would be saved at some point
*Good weather. We are in the rainy season for Honduras, rain every day, but not all day. Pray that we would have good weather for our outdoor concerts so that we do not have to cancel them. If we do have to cancel them that we would still be willing to serve the YFC in some fasion
*Rest!
*Strength to get through each day
*Joy for the work, both in our hearts and our faces
*That our hearts would be broken for the children we are reaching out to, so that we earnestly desire to serve them
*That we could learn more about and grow clsoer to God
*That we would not rely on ourselves to do the work, get through the day, or save people, we cannot do that on our own and to think we can would be lying to ourselves and to God.
*That we could fall deeper in love with Jesus in humility, servant-hood, and love for one another (our vision for the trip).
Please do not limit your prayers to these, if you can think of others, we would love to have those as well. We will be in the Eastern time zone, the last team that went had days where breakfast was at 6:30 am. So when you wake up for work, we are waking up for work. We are told we will play an AVERAGE of 2 shows a day. Usually not so much on Sundays.
This is most likely my last post before when I return in July. If anything of note happens it will be posted here (hopefully). You should be able to follow along with the limited info passed back to the states here or at www.ctimusic.org, find your way to the Honduras Summer team stuff. I've taken 170 pictures so far and most of those were just us rehearsing in one room. When the scenery starts to change... well, I've got 4 gig of memory and 20 batteries.
Peace and grace to you all!
A prayer list for while we are in Honduras (in no particular order):
*Safety (while traveling, while sleeping, with the food, etc)
*Health
*Unity
*Strength and renewal for the YFC staff (led by Mauricio [sp?])
*That God would work in the hearts of the people who hear us and come into contact with us. Whether or not we see the results does not matter, just that they would be saved at some point
*Good weather. We are in the rainy season for Honduras, rain every day, but not all day. Pray that we would have good weather for our outdoor concerts so that we do not have to cancel them. If we do have to cancel them that we would still be willing to serve the YFC in some fasion
*Rest!
*Strength to get through each day
*Joy for the work, both in our hearts and our faces
*That our hearts would be broken for the children we are reaching out to, so that we earnestly desire to serve them
*That we could learn more about and grow clsoer to God
*That we would not rely on ourselves to do the work, get through the day, or save people, we cannot do that on our own and to think we can would be lying to ourselves and to God.
*That we could fall deeper in love with Jesus in humility, servant-hood, and love for one another (our vision for the trip).
Please do not limit your prayers to these, if you can think of others, we would love to have those as well. We will be in the Eastern time zone, the last team that went had days where breakfast was at 6:30 am. So when you wake up for work, we are waking up for work. We are told we will play an AVERAGE of 2 shows a day. Usually not so much on Sundays.
This is most likely my last post before when I return in July. If anything of note happens it will be posted here (hopefully). You should be able to follow along with the limited info passed back to the states here or at www.ctimusic.org, find your way to the Honduras Summer team stuff. I've taken 170 pictures so far and most of those were just us rehearsing in one room. When the scenery starts to change... well, I've got 4 gig of memory and 20 batteries.
Peace and grace to you all!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Concert
Our concert went ok. It is a LOT different being outdoors then inside a cinder block room. THat led to some difficulties, along with a poor sound check (part my fault, part the bands). We'll have to talk about all that before our first Honduras concert. The promo pics of our team are cool. They are up on the CTI website which I have given out before. Clock on Summer teams, and then Honduras. You can click on any of the pictures from that point on to download a large version. Yes, I am that much taller then my team except for Joe (tall skinny guitarist who is standing on the left in the shot by the corner of a building). Some are not even up to my shoulder. I am feeling better now, which is good. I will come up with a list of prayer requests for our trip tomorrow and post that tomorrow night. I will be out of all internet contact after tomorrow. Our team leader's emails (which might have a short message from the rest of us) will be posted on the CTI site and mom might post them on here. Those emails will most likely be weekly at best. If I need to be reached because it is an emergency, CTI can get in touch with us, so call the office. If it is not an emergency, don't call them. If it is an emergency that can wait (it sounds bad, but it's true) call during normal business hours. I have been classified by members of my team as an "honorary asian" for the time I spend with them. Only 2 of the 7 guys are white. We've talked with a guy who went with CTI to Honduras a year or two ago. He told us about everything. THe place we are staying has been defined as a ranch in the middle of nowhere. The guy also woke up with a scorpion in his bed. Although everyone told him it never happens. So we'll see what happens. Thats all for tonight.
Happy Father's day Dad.
Peace and Grace to you all.
Happy Father's day Dad.
Peace and Grace to you all.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Another Concert
Our training time is almost complete. We have half a day of rehearsal left! Then a concert tomorrow night, then pack and fly out. Our concert set is 3 spanish songs and 3 english songs with me giving a "testimony" (If I refer to testimony from here out know that it's not neccesarily my life's story). Please be praying for health and strenght and rest. We get Sunday off, then it's packing day and we are off. freaky... almost gone... a week and a half down and we have a 17 songs repertoire (rep) with 7 songs in Spanish. Most of them are pretty good now too. Please keep us in your prayers and when in doubt you can check up on us here or on www.ctimusic.org if you click on the summer teams link. I'm not done posting, just putting up thoughts.
Peace to you all...
Peace to you all...
Of broken strings and good/bad news
So I'm a bit under the weather today. I was yesterday as well. I do not know what it is, I think I might have picked up a bug somewhere. So prayers for healing would be great!
The good news, we won't have to pay anything for the oversize and over weight charges! In the past they have cost $200-$500 each way for CTI.
There was an old musician named Paginini. He played Violin. One day he was playing a beautiful concerto, when all of a sudden, one string break. Astonished he keeps playing it on 3. Then... another breaks, incredulous that 2 of his strings could break he improvises what he can on 2 strings. Finally, a third string breaks. As he finishes the piece on one string, the crowd gives him a huge ovation, expecting him to leave then. He says "Paginini and one string". Then he plays an encore on his one string.
I tell you this story so you can understand the analogy I will make. We won't have to pay anything because NOTHING over 50 lbs or 61 linear inches (length + width + height) will go with us. Continental has been very strict about this. Going so far as to put it in our flight records that we have been informed multiple times. So we cannot show up and claim ignorance. What does this means? Well, the keyboard, kick drum on the drum set, acoustic guitars, and bass guitar are all over size limit. THe keyboard and drum are also over the weight limit. So right now we take my sound system (which now is 100% under limits) vocal mics, electric guitars, and some smaller parts of the drums. We feel like we have had some strings break. THere is still time for this to change, so you can be praying for someone at Continental to let us take it, or if any of you know someone from Continental that would be willing to let a BAND take MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, that'd be awesome. It's slightly astonishing that you cannot take an acoustic guitar on a plane right now, at least not to South America.
The good news, we won't have to pay anything for the oversize and over weight charges! In the past they have cost $200-$500 each way for CTI.
There was an old musician named Paginini. He played Violin. One day he was playing a beautiful concerto, when all of a sudden, one string break. Astonished he keeps playing it on 3. Then... another breaks, incredulous that 2 of his strings could break he improvises what he can on 2 strings. Finally, a third string breaks. As he finishes the piece on one string, the crowd gives him a huge ovation, expecting him to leave then. He says "Paginini and one string". Then he plays an encore on his one string.
I tell you this story so you can understand the analogy I will make. We won't have to pay anything because NOTHING over 50 lbs or 61 linear inches (length + width + height) will go with us. Continental has been very strict about this. Going so far as to put it in our flight records that we have been informed multiple times. So we cannot show up and claim ignorance. What does this means? Well, the keyboard, kick drum on the drum set, acoustic guitars, and bass guitar are all over size limit. THe keyboard and drum are also over the weight limit. So right now we take my sound system (which now is 100% under limits) vocal mics, electric guitars, and some smaller parts of the drums. We feel like we have had some strings break. THere is still time for this to change, so you can be praying for someone at Continental to let us take it, or if any of you know someone from Continental that would be willing to let a BAND take MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, that'd be awesome. It's slightly astonishing that you cannot take an acoustic guitar on a plane right now, at least not to South America.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
My "story"/"testimony"/whatever you want to call it
So I thought I wanted to write out what I am currently working on for my 3 - 5 min bit of stage time. This story could change depending on the audience, but so far I think this story is the one I can get in the time limit and do well. It first occured to me during the individual Bible Study time on Monday. *Things like this are an aside*
Hola, my name is Ed and I am the sound guy for this great band while we tour in Honduras. *I was instructed that if we say their country name/compliment it they really like it* I have always enjoyed technology. I have been working with sound systems like this for the past 10 years of my life. Before that I played with computer technology. This love of electronics led me to take a few electronics classes in school. *I do not know what their school system will be like, so I am refraining for now from "college", I am also refraining fro mas many words that cound trip up the interpreter as possible, "physics major", etc* These classes were set up with one day being taught by a teacher, and one day building what we just learned about. We'd sit in class and learn the theory behind gadgets, so that we could read the instructions and put that into practice the next day. Each person was better at something different. My lab partner was a genius. By far one of the smartest people I have met at school. He could explain any of the theoretical parts of what we were doing. He probably could have taught the classroom part himself. But when we got into the building part, he almost blew stuff up. I, on the other hand, could build most anything given the instructions, but when asked to explain it, I failed. Together we made a good team. When asked to build something, I stepped up. When asked to explain what was happening, he got us through that part.
This is something that God has been showing me is true about having a relationship with him as well. There is both a practical and a theoretical, and you need both parts. The practical part is what we DO in this life. Do we love others as ourselves? Are we living as Jesus did? The theoretical part is this. *hold up Bible* This is like our instruction manual. It explains who God is, how we can know him better, and how we should act. If you haven't read it, I would encourage you to do so. It's full of good true stories and God's love for you. As we finish/continue our concert, I want to encourage and challenge you to think about your life. Do you have that two part faith? If you have just the practical side, I would encourage you to read the Bible and learn more about who God is. If you have the theoretical side, I'd encourage you to put it into practice. Thanks... *walk back to sound board*
Hola, my name is Ed and I am the sound guy for this great band while we tour in Honduras. *I was instructed that if we say their country name/compliment it they really like it* I have always enjoyed technology. I have been working with sound systems like this for the past 10 years of my life. Before that I played with computer technology. This love of electronics led me to take a few electronics classes in school. *I do not know what their school system will be like, so I am refraining for now from "college", I am also refraining fro mas many words that cound trip up the interpreter as possible, "physics major", etc* These classes were set up with one day being taught by a teacher, and one day building what we just learned about. We'd sit in class and learn the theory behind gadgets, so that we could read the instructions and put that into practice the next day. Each person was better at something different. My lab partner was a genius. By far one of the smartest people I have met at school. He could explain any of the theoretical parts of what we were doing. He probably could have taught the classroom part himself. But when we got into the building part, he almost blew stuff up. I, on the other hand, could build most anything given the instructions, but when asked to explain it, I failed. Together we made a good team. When asked to build something, I stepped up. When asked to explain what was happening, he got us through that part.
This is something that God has been showing me is true about having a relationship with him as well. There is both a practical and a theoretical, and you need both parts. The practical part is what we DO in this life. Do we love others as ourselves? Are we living as Jesus did? The theoretical part is this. *hold up Bible* This is like our instruction manual. It explains who God is, how we can know him better, and how we should act. If you haven't read it, I would encourage you to do so. It's full of good true stories and God's love for you. As we finish/continue our concert, I want to encourage and challenge you to think about your life. Do you have that two part faith? If you have just the practical side, I would encourage you to read the Bible and learn more about who God is. If you have the theoretical side, I'd encourage you to put it into practice. Thanks... *walk back to sound board*
Much needed day off...
And yet I'm up at roughly the same time. Apparently if I get 8 hours of sleep, I'll still wake up at 7 am. Today's agenda is to hang out with Honduras folks, do some laundry, and REST above all else. We are hoping to hang out at a pool that was offered for us to use. Some more info on our flight... They measured the JBL speakers in their bags that we would send them in. THe speakers are 46 lbs, the bags need to be 4 lbs or less to get them on the plane. The bags are 5 lbs. 51 lbs. So we are going to cut the carrying handles off of them and hope it knocks off the pound or so to get it to register 50 when we get to the airport. You can pray for my assistant team leader's brother who just had major surgery yesterday on his brain. The surgery went well, but he was having some complications afterwards (although he WAS alive, awake, and talking).
Peace to you all...
Peace to you all...
Monday, June 11, 2007
First concert DONE!
We justr finished our first concert (well, a few hours ago)! It rocked. We played for the other 2 teams and the staff in a room barely more then 30 x 20 with a full sound system. It was loud and boisterous. I personally feel our team played the best concert out of the three, but I AM biased. We performed two songs in spanish (Trading my sorrows for the joy of the Lord, and one about if you have the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains) along with a song called God-shaped hole, Wherever we go (kinda a disco feel), and one more slightly escaping my thoughts. It had it's rough spots, it had high energy though. Which is something we had been trying to get. We finally (I say we since I am considered just as much a part of the band) got some stage presense and made it look like we were having fun on stage, not just being awkward.
To those who are... hesitant about the music... let me say that this mission is to reach the children in as culturally relavant way as possible. They love American Rock Music. We bring them American ROck Music plus the Gospel and Christian songs. I really am buying into this ministry. We are very focused on prayer in our day to day lifestyle, and especially before we perform and after we perform.
Flight logistics are still waiting to be heard about. I think they are trying to send me with JBL's even if we have to remove the speaker coils before the flight and send me with a leatherman to put it all back together on the other end.
One final note, my comments are now being reviewd by me before they are posted. Yes, when you submit your comments they WILL go through, do not worry about that. Please post comments in English, or give me a translation. Thanks!
Peace to you all!
To those who are... hesitant about the music... let me say that this mission is to reach the children in as culturally relavant way as possible. They love American Rock Music. We bring them American ROck Music plus the Gospel and Christian songs. I really am buying into this ministry. We are very focused on prayer in our day to day lifestyle, and especially before we perform and after we perform.
Flight logistics are still waiting to be heard about. I think they are trying to send me with JBL's even if we have to remove the speaker coils before the flight and send me with a leatherman to put it all back together on the other end.
One final note, my comments are now being reviewd by me before they are posted. Yes, when you submit your comments they WILL go through, do not worry about that. Please post comments in English, or give me a translation. Thanks!
Peace to you all!
Hello Monday
Unlike Garfield, I have no issues with Monday mornings. We had a huge storm front move through last night (70 mph winds?). I'd just like to thank God for bringing us that light show in High Definition and Widescreen. Seriously very impressive with cloud to ground lighting strikes and power going down to part of the city. The concert was quite good, I look forward to us sounding like that. One person shared some comments (well, a few people did but one in particular said some things that were helpful for me). He talked about how you need a passion for what you are doing to go along with your works, if your heart isn't in it, whatever you offer to God really doesn't matter. Because what God desires is our heart, our works are a "bonus" if you will. This made me stop and think about my prospects for after college. I have wanted to do A/V work for Missions organizations, but if I don't have a passion for that mission, I might as well be working for a secular company, no? Going to Spain would be awesome, but would I be doing it just because it's a job opportunity, or because I feel called there? Would a full year of CTI be what I'm supposed to do? I'll hopefully be able to anwer that question better AFTER Honduras. Today we learn our last 2 songs, and practice for our practice concert. Over the next week before we leave I want to really develop a passion for the kids we will be seeing and serving. I am told that if you do not reach kids before the age of 18 (as in they do not express a love for Jesus as their savior) they have a 90% chance of NEVER doing that. We seek to present the gospel in ways that are relevant to today's younger generation, because many have not heard it in ways that they can relate to. So bring on the American Rock band that sings... worship songs? I want this to be a passion for my team and I while we are there. Computer time's up,
Peace,
Peace,
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Just keep moving... just keep moving
The days are packed. Today is my day off and it is busy as well. Spent this morning at a Baptist church here with my host family, that many CTI members go to. Then a church open house/picnic for some free lunch and chilling with CTI team members/staff and my host family. They basically drag me (willingly) around to do stuff since I do not have much to do. Don't get me wrong, I have PLENTY to do between 8 am and 8:30 pm on days we practice. But other then that I don't have much to do. It's very freeing and relaxing not being in constant contact with everyone via internet and phone. I have been informed that out of the many people my family has hosted for CTI and others, I'm the easiest and most polite, so I guess someone raised me correctly. My saturday was opened with french toast for breakfast! Then we added 3 more songs to make our total 15 with just 2 more to add. We had a team time of prayer/worship (Korean style), which basically means everyone prays at once. We worked on the team set up and tear down of the system. I'm in charge of the board and the snake. That is fitting, but it takes a bit longer then I'd like because I want to be able to help others troubleshoot their jobs more. But it's heavier work so I am glad to do it for the team. The snake is 30 lbs of cable to unwrap and wrap, the board is over 50 right now with it's current case, but I am getting a new board case, a new amp rack, and possible other new things to cut weight. Our team is bonding, somewhat over playing pranks on each other by playfully taking someone's cup at lunch, or their pen while they are not looking. We'll need the humor when we get to Honduras and are faced with stress and little sleep and cold showers. We heard a talk last night by Chuck Swindol that was recorded many years ago about Attitude. It was good. We will definitely need the right attitude to get through Honduras when things go wrong. I have gotten some chances to just sit outside in the later afternoon/close to twilight here and it is really peaceful and quiet. I took the family dog for a walk to enjoy the night air. I could live in a town of 20,000. It's only 4 times the size of William $ Mary, NOT counting grad students, profs, or staff. My team has a large asian population. We have 5 members that are at least half asian out of 13 people on the team. The rest of us are totally white. Not that any of this is about race, because in Honduras we will all be minorities. When we are in Honduras updates will be posted on www.ctimusic.org. We already have a website off that for our team with temporary pictures and info. On Tuesday (I think) we will be taking team pictures that are actual promo pictures! That will be a lot of fun. I am finally just relaxing at my host home for the afternoon. Tonight is the Full-time team's final concert, so we will all be going to that to cheer them on and see what we COULD sound like.
Prayers:
That we would have the right attitude
More good bonding
Good rehearsal time on Monday (We do practice concerts for the other teams Monday night!)
REST/strength to get through the day.
Peace to you all
Prayers:
That we would have the right attitude
More good bonding
Good rehearsal time on Monday (We do practice concerts for the other teams Monday night!)
REST/strength to get through the day.
Peace to you all
Friday, June 8, 2007
Woooo
So we've finally got the band together! We are running most of the new songs without breaking into sectionals first. I get to mix monitor and main speakers for everyone. Some songs even have all 6 vocalists! (Maily the spanish ones). My day now starts at 6:45 am for waking up since my pickup time was pushed back to 8 am. Mornings are a breakfast then off to "work". We get Sunday, Weds, and the next Sunday off. Every other day is a full day. I do not get much excersize so tonight when I got back I took the family dog for a walk. It was quite relaxing. We are through 12 songs by now. It doesn't seem like we are that far, but we only have 5 left to learn. We have learned a drama involving 5 members of the team. So far I am not involved other then to push play. It is a pantamime to Switchfoot's Dare you to Move (a 4 min song) that shows the Bible. It goes from God creating the world, creating man, man sinning and disobeying God, God coming back for man, being cruxified, and finally being reunited with man how he originally intended it. It's surprisingly moving when put to the song well. We are working on testimonies, speaking on stage, and all that fun stuff.
Some more prayer requests:
Strength to get through the days on not enough sleep (OVER 8 hours is not enough now)
The ability/courage for us to speak the truth both here and at Honduras
Breaking through this embargo
More good bonding (the team is coming together well so far)
I am enjoying my host home, I have been called the "long lost brother" to the 17 year old boy of the house. He is also a runner, tall and skinny. We spent last night watching a band concert on DVD.
Peace and grace to you all,
Ed
Some more prayer requests:
Strength to get through the days on not enough sleep (OVER 8 hours is not enough now)
The ability/courage for us to speak the truth both here and at Honduras
Breaking through this embargo
More good bonding (the team is coming together well so far)
I am enjoying my host home, I have been called the "long lost brother" to the 17 year old boy of the house. He is also a runner, tall and skinny. We spent last night watching a band concert on DVD.
Peace and grace to you all,
Ed
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Fellow Team Members stop reading here...
So we've hit our first snag. I'll explain the title in a second. The airlines we are flying (Continental) changed the 50 lbs then a fee for luggage overseas to 50 lbs then an embargo. Right now that means that anything over 50 lbs or oversized cannot be flown with us. What does that mean? Well, my main speakers (JBL Eon G2 15") are 56 lbs poacked. My board is 56 lbs packed. Half my monitors are about 54 lbs packed. My mic stand case is over sized. My amp rack is 60 lbs. The main part of hte drums is oversized AND overweight. The 2nd part of hte drums is over weight. The key board is over weight and size. Prayer for a somewhat quick, low budget fix to this would be great!
Other then that we're doing well. I finally got my band all together to hear what it sounds like and do some actual work. I love it. I have an 18 channel board of which I'm using 17 channels. 6 vocal mics, 2 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, 3 drum mics, bass, keys, etc. It's quite windy here right now. All day long it blows. So it's good we're indoors mostly.
Now to explain the title. We were assigned "secret buddies" for the trip. We are supposed to be praying for the "constantly" and doing things to cheer them up. I got our drummer, Jeff Pak (from Canada). I thought it might be cool for people UNRELATED to me sent him mail to encourage him. His mailing address is Jeff Pak at the same address. Please, do NOT send from Herndon, or from a last name that can easily be traced to me. But a quick note to say he's a great drummer, or something encouraging would be awesome! I'll even give you 41 cents when I get back. You would have to send it probably by Tues for him to get it before we leave. More to come later, these time restrictions are killer. I'm having fun and doing well. If you want a quick phone call, leave me a message during the day, or between 6:45 am and 7:15 CT!!! NOT Eastern time. Please not Eastern time.
Peace and grace to you,
Ed
Other then that we're doing well. I finally got my band all together to hear what it sounds like and do some actual work. I love it. I have an 18 channel board of which I'm using 17 channels. 6 vocal mics, 2 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, 3 drum mics, bass, keys, etc. It's quite windy here right now. All day long it blows. So it's good we're indoors mostly.
Now to explain the title. We were assigned "secret buddies" for the trip. We are supposed to be praying for the "constantly" and doing things to cheer them up. I got our drummer, Jeff Pak (from Canada). I thought it might be cool for people UNRELATED to me sent him mail to encourage him. His mailing address is Jeff Pak at the same address. Please, do NOT send from Herndon, or from a last name that can easily be traced to me. But a quick note to say he's a great drummer, or something encouraging would be awesome! I'll even give you 41 cents when I get back. You would have to send it probably by Tues for him to get it before we leave. More to come later, these time restrictions are killer. I'm having fun and doing well. If you want a quick phone call, leave me a message during the day, or between 6:45 am and 7:15 CT!!! NOT Eastern time. Please not Eastern time.
Peace and grace to you,
Ed
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Safely Here
Hey all!
I am now in Willmar Minnesota. It's surprisingly cool here, getting down below 50 at times! The flight out was quick, and mostly uneventful; one lady held up security because she claimed to have "no liquids" but when they searched her bag she had a few bottles of water and soda and some yogurt. It was rather commical. I made it to Grandma's house fine, we relaxed and had dinner with my uncle and aunt. Tuesday I helped fix her canoe rack, cut down some small trees (more like weeds) fixed her push broom, and was generally useful. Then we drove to Willmar.
I have met a lot of people. My host family and home is very nice. Dale and Ann Anderson, with their son David and a dog. They've got ESPN on in the mornings and a nice comfortable bed for me to sleep on. Very nice family. My team is 13 people, half of which have a name starting with J. Dinner and orientation followed. We have a large packet of stuff. Rules govern everything from cell phones (do NOT bring then to the training site, do NOT use more then 15 min per day of training) to dating (do NOT date anyone with CTI, do NOT date anyone in the countries we visit) to language (clean and above reproach). All for good reasons, it can just seem pretty strict. Our typical day is get up early. My pickup time is around 7:30 am. Then we do private Bible study time 8:15 - 9 am, 9 - 9:30 worship and announcements, 9:30 - 11:45 REHEARSAL, 5 min break, 11:50 - 12:30 team prepared devotionals, 12:30 - 1 Lunch, 1 - 1:30 team bonding, "Afternoon activity" 1:30 - 2:20, Rehearsal 2:30 - 4:45, 15 min break, "evening activity" 5 - 6:30, 6:30 - 7 Supper (NOT dinner), 7 - 8:30 KP and leave or evening rehearsal, Lights out by 10:30ish. Some quick prayers : Bonding and team unity as we start spending so much time together, Strength for the long days. I need to get ready to walk out the door, peace and grace to you all.
I am now in Willmar Minnesota. It's surprisingly cool here, getting down below 50 at times! The flight out was quick, and mostly uneventful; one lady held up security because she claimed to have "no liquids" but when they searched her bag she had a few bottles of water and soda and some yogurt. It was rather commical. I made it to Grandma's house fine, we relaxed and had dinner with my uncle and aunt. Tuesday I helped fix her canoe rack, cut down some small trees (more like weeds) fixed her push broom, and was generally useful. Then we drove to Willmar.
I have met a lot of people. My host family and home is very nice. Dale and Ann Anderson, with their son David and a dog. They've got ESPN on in the mornings and a nice comfortable bed for me to sleep on. Very nice family. My team is 13 people, half of which have a name starting with J. Dinner and orientation followed. We have a large packet of stuff. Rules govern everything from cell phones (do NOT bring then to the training site, do NOT use more then 15 min per day of training) to dating (do NOT date anyone with CTI, do NOT date anyone in the countries we visit) to language (clean and above reproach). All for good reasons, it can just seem pretty strict. Our typical day is get up early. My pickup time is around 7:30 am. Then we do private Bible study time 8:15 - 9 am, 9 - 9:30 worship and announcements, 9:30 - 11:45 REHEARSAL, 5 min break, 11:50 - 12:30 team prepared devotionals, 12:30 - 1 Lunch, 1 - 1:30 team bonding, "Afternoon activity" 1:30 - 2:20, Rehearsal 2:30 - 4:45, 15 min break, "evening activity" 5 - 6:30, 6:30 - 7 Supper (NOT dinner), 7 - 8:30 KP and leave or evening rehearsal, Lights out by 10:30ish. Some quick prayers : Bonding and team unity as we start spending so much time together, Strength for the long days. I need to get ready to walk out the door, peace and grace to you all.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
I'm leaving on a Jet Plane
I'm pretty sure I know when I'll be back again. I am now shutting down everything here at home. I fly out of Dulles bright and early in the morning. In about 14 hours I should have touched down in MN. Let the adventures begin!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
It's finally really hitting me...
So my bags are more or less packed (one totally packed, one just awaiting the clothes I am ironing). What's left on my to do list is aquire a few street addresses, cut my hair, and charge my iPod. That's it. About 30 min ago I started getting either really hungry, or really excited about the trip. I think it's actually a bit of both. On that note, I'm not sure if I'll be able to sleep tonight. In about 36 hours I will be touching down in MN. Some of the team is already headed out driving. In a few short days we'll be at training, living with a different family for 2 weeks, interacting with people I haven't met before. It's gonna be crazy! Some prayer requests for the next few days:
1) Safety in travel (Still a BIG one)
2) Team bonding/unity (We don't get long to get to know one another)
3) Open hearts for the kids we will be reaching out to (Possibly THOUSANDS)
4) Strength and willingness to help from the Youth with a mission/Youth for Christ staff in Honduras (Without them, there would be no follow up for these kids)
5) Strength for our team leaders (Willie and Julia) and good leadership skills
6) Good health for all involved (We're all taking malaria pills, but plenty of diseases and injuries could take someone down)
7) That we would grow together as a team, grow in maturity, and grow spiritually from the next 6 weeks
8) Praise for all of the host families who have opened their doors to untold numbers of us (6 teams, our team has 13, plus the full time teams there now... 70ish?)
9) For musical ability (We are all gifted, and those gifts come from God, so that he would grant us the ability and the opportunity to reach these kids)
10) That this time would help me know if I want to sign on to do this for at least 1 full year after college, or if I should set my sights elsewhere (Avant in Spain)
At this point, your prayers are some of the best things you can give me and Team Honduras. I may still post again before leaving, but if not let me say that this trip is not without risk, however I leave knowing that whatever happens will bring Glory to God, wether it's 1 person coming to know him, 1000 people in a single day, or someone getting drastically ill. I'd love for it to be the 2nd, but it's not up to me.
Peace to you all,
Ed
1) Safety in travel (Still a BIG one)
2) Team bonding/unity (We don't get long to get to know one another)
3) Open hearts for the kids we will be reaching out to (Possibly THOUSANDS)
4) Strength and willingness to help from the Youth with a mission/Youth for Christ staff in Honduras (Without them, there would be no follow up for these kids)
5) Strength for our team leaders (Willie and Julia) and good leadership skills
6) Good health for all involved (We're all taking malaria pills, but plenty of diseases and injuries could take someone down)
7) That we would grow together as a team, grow in maturity, and grow spiritually from the next 6 weeks
8) Praise for all of the host families who have opened their doors to untold numbers of us (6 teams, our team has 13, plus the full time teams there now... 70ish?)
9) For musical ability (We are all gifted, and those gifts come from God, so that he would grant us the ability and the opportunity to reach these kids)
10) That this time would help me know if I want to sign on to do this for at least 1 full year after college, or if I should set my sights elsewhere (Avant in Spain)
At this point, your prayers are some of the best things you can give me and Team Honduras. I may still post again before leaving, but if not let me say that this trip is not without risk, however I leave knowing that whatever happens will bring Glory to God, wether it's 1 person coming to know him, 1000 people in a single day, or someone getting drastically ill. I'd love for it to be the 2nd, but it's not up to me.
Peace to you all,
Ed
Friday, June 1, 2007
While I'm in MN
Hey guys,
While I am in Minnesota, I will be able to recieve mail/packages for the 2 weeks I am there. My address should be:
Edward Baumann
1809 19th Ave SW
PO Box 100
Willmar, MN 56201
Anything that arrives while I am at training (until June 17) I should get right away. Nothing will be forwarded overseas, so you can still send me mail at that address, but from June 18 - July 17 I will not get it. After July 17, I will be leaving CTI after debriefing, so consider that address good for the next 5 weeks.
I will also not have access to internet every day (maybe not at all) so from this point out please assume that email will not get to me. (starting Monday). The best way to comment/ask me a question will be through this blog. Simply click on the comment button below, write your comment, click on anonymous and click submit. Wether I check them, or call someone else to check them, I should see those on a somewhat regular schedule for the next few weeks.
Peace,
Ed
While I am in Minnesota, I will be able to recieve mail/packages for the 2 weeks I am there. My address should be:
Edward Baumann
1809 19th Ave SW
PO Box 100
Willmar, MN 56201
Anything that arrives while I am at training (until June 17) I should get right away. Nothing will be forwarded overseas, so you can still send me mail at that address, but from June 18 - July 17 I will not get it. After July 17, I will be leaving CTI after debriefing, so consider that address good for the next 5 weeks.
I will also not have access to internet every day (maybe not at all) so from this point out please assume that email will not get to me. (starting Monday). The best way to comment/ask me a question will be through this blog. Simply click on the comment button below, write your comment, click on anonymous and click submit. Wether I check them, or call someone else to check them, I should see those on a somewhat regular schedule for the next few weeks.
Peace,
Ed
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
t minus 4 days and counting!
Almost there! I've got plans lined up for arrival and departure from MN (thank you grandma!) travel to and from Willmar (again, thank you grandma), and the rest of my supplies. I now have a rain poncho that is good, a NKJ pocket Bible (smallest I cound find), a Spanish pocket Bible (so I can try to read it the way it will be read in Honduras), some detergent, etc. It's getting down to the little things, memorizing songs, packing bags, figuring out what goes where, etc. I keep juggling that and fixing things at home. I found out that there are 13 members of the team! (we're kinda large)
The good news is that we have running water again and it was relatively cheap and painless. It took about 30 min to identify the problem, get to it, fix it, and write an invoice! Woohoo! The bad news is my car is still in the shop, and my dad's car now has a mysterious problem, it can start if jumped, but the battery isn't the issue (we just replaced that). So we'll get that to the shop when mine is done and see what it would take to pass inspection.
I'm really looking forward to the chance to impact thousands of people for God! 1-3 shows per day over a month really adds up. That's more people in a month then I have had a serious chance to impact over the past 21 years...
I will probably post once more before leaving, so if you have any questions or comments, now's a great time to get them to me!
Peace,
Ed
The good news is that we have running water again and it was relatively cheap and painless. It took about 30 min to identify the problem, get to it, fix it, and write an invoice! Woohoo! The bad news is my car is still in the shop, and my dad's car now has a mysterious problem, it can start if jumped, but the battery isn't the issue (we just replaced that). So we'll get that to the shop when mine is done and see what it would take to pass inspection.
I'm really looking forward to the chance to impact thousands of people for God! 1-3 shows per day over a month really adds up. That's more people in a month then I have had a serious chance to impact over the past 21 years...
I will probably post once more before leaving, so if you have any questions or comments, now's a great time to get them to me!
Peace,
Ed
Saturday, May 26, 2007
The Music
For all of you interested in the lyrics to the music (due to copyright issues I cannot post the music itself) you can find the lyrics/chords at www.ctimusic.org/2007honduras.htm . I am supposed to know the lyrics (spanish included), how each song progresses (verse, chorus, bridge, etc), and what instrumentation is used where. I'd post the information here, but it's in .pdf format, and I am not able to upload those. Este el Dia is "This is the Day" (that the Lord has made) in Spanish. Cambiare Mi Tristeza is Trading My Sorrows in Spanish. Most of the English songs have a Rock feel to them. The Spanish songs are in the typical Spanish instrumentation including horns and the fun percussion instruments. I have yet to see what direction we will take with those.
Peace,
Ed
Peace,
Ed
Friday, May 25, 2007
I'm curious
About how effective this blog is with communicating with people. If you read this, would you please tak 10 seconds, click on comment, and add your name. You do NOT need an account to do so.
Thanks,
Ed
Thanks,
Ed
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Big Day
So today was a big day. I went out and did the vast majority of my shopping. I won't post the final bill (so far) but I am still within what was given to me to purchase supplies with. I now have:
2 new pairs of pants (casual dress and Khakis)
1 new pair of shoes
1 new belt
1 new travel alarm clock
1 new set of space saver bags (to help me pack more)
1 new over the shoulder bag for my second carry-on
1 new concelable money pouch so if I get mugged they get my wallet but I get my passport
4 new 1 gig cards for my camera (so I can take plenty of pictures)
1 new iPod
I am still looking for a windbreaker/poncho/water proof light jacket as my last item... Any tips would be great.
In other news my car didn't make it home from the Apple Store. It is now in a repair shop to find out the problem. That could get expensive. When we got home we discovered we've got a small flood in our basement. Apparently a pipe burst in the walls and trickeled down. Not only is it standing water in part of our basement, but the rug upstairs is soaked underneath. We don't know the entire extent of the damage, but our house might need some remodeling. Prayers for both of these issues to be resolved quickly and with as little cost as possible would be amazing! Whatever happens, it'll be an interesting ride.
Peace to you all,
Ed
2 new pairs of pants (casual dress and Khakis)
1 new pair of shoes
1 new belt
1 new travel alarm clock
1 new set of space saver bags (to help me pack more)
1 new over the shoulder bag for my second carry-on
1 new concelable money pouch so if I get mugged they get my wallet but I get my passport
4 new 1 gig cards for my camera (so I can take plenty of pictures)
1 new iPod
I am still looking for a windbreaker/poncho/water proof light jacket as my last item... Any tips would be great.
In other news my car didn't make it home from the Apple Store. It is now in a repair shop to find out the problem. That could get expensive. When we got home we discovered we've got a small flood in our basement. Apparently a pipe burst in the walls and trickeled down. Not only is it standing water in part of our basement, but the rug upstairs is soaked underneath. We don't know the entire extent of the damage, but our house might need some remodeling. Prayers for both of these issues to be resolved quickly and with as little cost as possible would be amazing! Whatever happens, it'll be an interesting ride.
Peace to you all,
Ed
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
People I have "met"
In addition to praying for me, my safety, my preparation, etc. Here are a few others you can be praying for from my trip...
Willie Moon: possible guitarist. Team Leader. Requested prayer for both team leaders for preparation, leadership, and the general stuff I have asked you to pray for me about. (Northern VA!)
Julie Kilpatrick: Assistant Team leader. Vocalist. Same as above. (CA)
Jeff Pak: Drummer. (Canada)
Lydia Bier: Keyboard/Vocals. (TN)
Karen Wong: Vocalist. (St. Louis)
Joe Gomez: Guitarist (Electric/Acoustic). (San Jose, CA) Driving from San Jose to Wilmar, MN (2000 miles or so). He is doing it in 2 days.
There are more of our teammates out there, we just have to find them.
More to come shortly,
Edward
Willie Moon: possible guitarist. Team Leader. Requested prayer for both team leaders for preparation, leadership, and the general stuff I have asked you to pray for me about. (Northern VA!)
Julie Kilpatrick: Assistant Team leader. Vocalist. Same as above. (CA)
Jeff Pak: Drummer. (Canada)
Lydia Bier: Keyboard/Vocals. (TN)
Karen Wong: Vocalist. (St. Louis)
Joe Gomez: Guitarist (Electric/Acoustic). (San Jose, CA) Driving from San Jose to Wilmar, MN (2000 miles or so). He is doing it in 2 days.
There are more of our teammates out there, we just have to find them.
More to come shortly,
Edward
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Shots and pills
Hey all,
Today was spent getting shots and pills. My left arm can't be raised fully thanks to two nice shots that are both supposed to make your arm sore. I have also looked up the State Department's travel warnings, some highlights include landmines, hijackings, murder, robberies, etc. Prayers for safety would be awesome which we are there! I won't piost everything, in case people don't want to hear. But you can look up Honduras off of www.travel.state.gov to see more.
Peace,
Ed
Today was spent getting shots and pills. My left arm can't be raised fully thanks to two nice shots that are both supposed to make your arm sore. I have also looked up the State Department's travel warnings, some highlights include landmines, hijackings, murder, robberies, etc. Prayers for safety would be awesome which we are there! I won't piost everything, in case people don't want to hear. But you can look up Honduras off of www.travel.state.gov to see more.
Peace,
Ed
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Trip info has come in!
Hey all,
I have now recieved the music and packing info. I will be in the western part of Honduras mainly in San Pedro Sula. I'm told a trip to the South could happen. And supposedly we will be somewhere in the vicinity of the Mayan/Aztec stuff. The music list contains mainly Christian songs. About half of the music is in spanish. It looks like only one song is secular, and that one is a Spanish pop song. We will mainly be playing in a rock/salsa style which I really enjoy. I look forward to working with musicians who can play this and make my job easy!
Now I just have to have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to go over shots and pills. So far I just need a typhoid shot, Hepatitis A, and some malaria pills. Yay medications...
Peace,
Ed
I have now recieved the music and packing info. I will be in the western part of Honduras mainly in San Pedro Sula. I'm told a trip to the South could happen. And supposedly we will be somewhere in the vicinity of the Mayan/Aztec stuff. The music list contains mainly Christian songs. About half of the music is in spanish. It looks like only one song is secular, and that one is a Spanish pop song. We will mainly be playing in a rock/salsa style which I really enjoy. I look forward to working with musicians who can play this and make my job easy!
Now I just have to have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to go over shots and pills. So far I just need a typhoid shot, Hepatitis A, and some malaria pills. Yay medications...
Peace,
Ed
Friday, May 11, 2007
Questions, comments?
If you desire to ask me specific questions about my ministry that has not yet been answered, please feel free to contact me.
You can:
1) leave a comment on any post on this page.
2) drop me an email at ewbaum @ wm . edu.
3) call me (only recomended if you already have my phone numbers).
4) ask me in person.
Peace and grace to you,
Ed
You can:
1) leave a comment on any post on this page.
2) drop me an email at ewbaum @ wm . edu.
3) call me (only recomended if you already have my phone numbers).
4) ask me in person.
Peace and grace to you,
Ed
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Hello!
Greetings again from the College of William & Mary! Thank you for all your support up to this point! There is no way that I would be able to work with CTI this summer without your help. I currently have an over abundance of funds! My required goal was $3750 and I have now received over $4300! Thanks! That is a tribute both to your generosity and God’s provision. But it is not just about the $$, your prayers are much appreciated as well.
I wanted to find a way to keep people in the loop while I found out those little bits of information (that people find so interesting) so I have created an online blog at www.CTIsoundguy.blogspot.com. I will try to post somewhat frequently to this blog to let people know my thoughts/feeling/new information as well as prayer requests leading up to the start of training. I do not think that I will be allowed to continue during training, as the rules are correctly strict about our lines of communication during training and our tour. E-mail and phone usage will be restricted to 15 min a day during training, and 0 min per day once we hit the ground. This is to ensure we work on building relationships with those around us and bond as a team, which will be crucial for all of our work to go correctly; “a cord of three strands” and all that fun stuff.
Now to the part that has delayed this letter being sent out… where is Ed going this summer? I received the call last night to let me know that I will be headed to Honduras for the summer. I am to arrive at training on June 5th (less then a month away). The team departs for Honduras on June 18th. One month later we reenter the states on July 17th. By July 18th/19th I am released from their hands to figure out what the last whirlwind of a month was like. Again, I am told to expect 1 to 3 shows PER DAY to set up and tear down. This will be quite the workload. To see what some of the concerts will look like go to the CTI home page (www.ctimusic.org) and check out the videos.
I am aware that the music choice is not viewed as “good” to some who are supporting me. I thank you for supporting me anyways. I myself had to sign a document saying I would support the music that was deemed appropriate by my leaders and the churches that we would be working with. I know God can use anything to bring glory to Himself. This choice of American rock music is chosen because this is the music that the younger generation of the world listens to. If you go to any country we will be in, you will hear lots of American rock.
Some prayers:
• Safety in travel and strength to continue the work we have started.
• Local workers having the energy needed to reach out to those we draw in.
• Revival in the 6 countries where teams are headed (Honduras, Singapore, St. Vincent, Guatemala, Mexico, and Taiwan).
• Team unity and bonding.
• That God would be glorified.
Peace and Grace to you,
Ed
Greetings again from the College of William & Mary! Thank you for all your support up to this point! There is no way that I would be able to work with CTI this summer without your help. I currently have an over abundance of funds! My required goal was $3750 and I have now received over $4300! Thanks! That is a tribute both to your generosity and God’s provision. But it is not just about the $$, your prayers are much appreciated as well.
I wanted to find a way to keep people in the loop while I found out those little bits of information (that people find so interesting) so I have created an online blog at www.CTIsoundguy.blogspot.com. I will try to post somewhat frequently to this blog to let people know my thoughts/feeling/new information as well as prayer requests leading up to the start of training. I do not think that I will be allowed to continue during training, as the rules are correctly strict about our lines of communication during training and our tour. E-mail and phone usage will be restricted to 15 min a day during training, and 0 min per day once we hit the ground. This is to ensure we work on building relationships with those around us and bond as a team, which will be crucial for all of our work to go correctly; “a cord of three strands” and all that fun stuff.
Now to the part that has delayed this letter being sent out… where is Ed going this summer? I received the call last night to let me know that I will be headed to Honduras for the summer. I am to arrive at training on June 5th (less then a month away). The team departs for Honduras on June 18th. One month later we reenter the states on July 17th. By July 18th/19th I am released from their hands to figure out what the last whirlwind of a month was like. Again, I am told to expect 1 to 3 shows PER DAY to set up and tear down. This will be quite the workload. To see what some of the concerts will look like go to the CTI home page (www.ctimusic.org) and check out the videos.
I am aware that the music choice is not viewed as “good” to some who are supporting me. I thank you for supporting me anyways. I myself had to sign a document saying I would support the music that was deemed appropriate by my leaders and the churches that we would be working with. I know God can use anything to bring glory to Himself. This choice of American rock music is chosen because this is the music that the younger generation of the world listens to. If you go to any country we will be in, you will hear lots of American rock.
Some prayers:
• Safety in travel and strength to continue the work we have started.
• Local workers having the energy needed to reach out to those we draw in.
• Revival in the 6 countries where teams are headed (Honduras, Singapore, St. Vincent, Guatemala, Mexico, and Taiwan).
• Team unity and bonding.
• That God would be glorified.
Peace and Grace to you,
Ed
Monday, May 7, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
So uhmm... yeah
So I got my most recent statement for CTI (t-minus just over a month). I'm sitting at $4300+ out of the $3750 I needed. For those of you who have had a while since you last had a math class $4300 > $3750. I came across a Bible verse last night which is quite appropriate. It has been slightly edited to fit the context, all I have changed are names and locations.
Phillipeans 4 : 14 - 20
14Yet it was good of you to share in my [fund raising]. 15Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from [Williamsburg], [no one] shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16for even when I was in [Williamsburg], you sent me aid again and again when I was [fundraising]. 17Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. 18I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from [CTI] the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
At this point I AM amply supplied, and even more. Although your prayers are still greatly desired. I am still waiting to hear about where I am headed. I hope to hear that information today or tomorrow!
Time for class.
Peace,
Ed
Phillipeans 4 : 14 - 20
14Yet it was good of you to share in my [fund raising]. 15Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from [Williamsburg], [no one] shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16for even when I was in [Williamsburg], you sent me aid again and again when I was [fundraising]. 17Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. 18I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from [CTI] the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
At this point I AM amply supplied, and even more. Although your prayers are still greatly desired. I am still waiting to hear about where I am headed. I hope to hear that information today or tomorrow!
Time for class.
Peace,
Ed
Friday, April 27, 2007
Prayer Requests
Hey guys,
Here are some ways you can be praying for me right now in regards to CTI.
1) Health. At this point if I get injured seriously or very sick I might not be able to go. So pray that I can stay healthy for the next few months.
2) Team unity. We will be finding out our teams shortly and we need to start preparing soon to live and work together for over a month.
3) Focus on School. I need to be able to focus on school work to finish out these last 3 weeks of the semester strong. It is easy to focus on the future beyond that last final.
4) Sinapore, Honduras, and St. Vincent/The Grenadines. That the Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and Youth for Christ workers would be prepared, be able to use us effectively, that the people would be open to our mission, etc.
5) That I would be excited abotu wherever I go (wether or not it's in the bahamas).
Thanks for your prayers!
Peace,
Ed
Here are some ways you can be praying for me right now in regards to CTI.
1) Health. At this point if I get injured seriously or very sick I might not be able to go. So pray that I can stay healthy for the next few months.
2) Team unity. We will be finding out our teams shortly and we need to start preparing soon to live and work together for over a month.
3) Focus on School. I need to be able to focus on school work to finish out these last 3 weeks of the semester strong. It is easy to focus on the future beyond that last final.
4) Sinapore, Honduras, and St. Vincent/The Grenadines. That the Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and Youth for Christ workers would be prepared, be able to use us effectively, that the people would be open to our mission, etc.
5) That I would be excited abotu wherever I go (wether or not it's in the bahamas).
Thanks for your prayers!
Peace,
Ed
Monday, April 23, 2007
T-Minus 6 weeks
Hey guys,
I will attempt to post to this blog my thoughts and feelings about my time with CTI this summer. As of right now I am waiting to see where I am headed. The list is currently between Singapore, Honduras, and St. Vincint/The Grenadines. I'm kinda hoping for the carribbean, but will go where ever I am asked to go. I should find out more in the next week.
Peace,
Ed
I will attempt to post to this blog my thoughts and feelings about my time with CTI this summer. As of right now I am waiting to see where I am headed. The list is currently between Singapore, Honduras, and St. Vincint/The Grenadines. I'm kinda hoping for the carribbean, but will go where ever I am asked to go. I should find out more in the next week.
Peace,
Ed
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