north again! today is the 1st day since monday i'v not been throwing up, hurrah! managed to survive some plain old tea biscuits, which saw me thru some rough times with salmonella a couple years back! i can never quite enjoy them now...!anyway, we have
American's! 12 of them descended upon us today, completely jet-lagged after a delayed trip of about 16 hours! they're with us at the church til next friday, on a kind of pilot project for them. the main focus is music outreach, which began today despite their exhaustion and sleep deprivation! during each day they are running bass, guitar and drums workshops which kids from the local area have signed up for, aswell as 'coffee-houses' in the evenings, with some gig's thrown in for good measure! we have a lot of extremely talented musicians with us, including a band called Moxie Bliss from Minnesota- I'v only heard them on Myspace so far but they sound good!
the only thing lacking overall is perhaps the organisation but since i'v not been involved in it i cannot comment further! i know God will do exciting things thru this week- already we had almost 20 kids today, about half with no involvement in church, so i'm excited to see what will come of this visit! it's also awakened in me a desire to get back into music again. for the past few months i'v been focusing more on other things, including hearing lots of new music, and songwriting has been on the backburner, but i'm feeling inspired and that the timing is somehow right again. my voice is a little rusty, altho nothing a lot of singing can't fix! i'v also been learning guitar, which is SORE but fun, and i shall deem to perseve
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God has done amazing things here already and I am so excited to see it continue in the future! I had no idea what I was doing when I came but God totally revealed part of His purpose for me and it's been amazing! Scotland is pretty much the coolest place in the world and we've met some of the nicest people ever, especially your family and such! Take care!
-Justin
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