Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe it’s 2010 already?
As we turn the page in our calendars to January, we are really getting busy on preparing for the concert on Jan 30 (have you ordered your ticket yet? 
One of the real blessings from the preparation process so far has been the time spent with the team as we have spent hours working on the music and sharing meals together. All of us are hoping and praying that this concert will be a real blessing to everyone who comes. It was a bit of a surreal experience seeing the actual printed posters and tickets as we picked them up from our printer last week. I kept thinking to myself, “Wow! This is really happening!”
Last night after rehearsal I caught myself having one of those moments where I was reminded how blessed I am. As it is our “custom”, the team eat dinner together after our Sunday rehearsals. It’s always a great time of fun and laughter as friends share simple meals. Last night we talked about how the concert is less than a month away (!), we started talking about what to wear (which we still can’t decide on , and the band decided doubling up to rehearsing twice a week in January leading up to the concert. I looked around the table and I felt so…thankful. They are all busy people, and yet they have taken on this concert as their own and wanting to give their very best. Last night Mandy, our vocalist came despite having completely lost her voice from a bout with the flu. Even though she couldn’t sing last night, she did what she could to help. Week in and week out Anna gets dinner ready for us while we practice. Even Taylor knows to give us space to practice and not come to bug her daddy (not too much anyways .
It occured to me that even though the concert is not even here yet, one of my hopes for it has already been realized: From the very beginning I wanted to work with a team of friends and musicians who share the vision for what the concert is about, and make it their own so that it really becomes OUR concert. I realized last night that has already happened. Now, we can’t wait and see what will happen on Jan 30!! I hope…no, WE hope to see you there that night!!
(If you’d like to order tickets, just click the concert poster above and you will be taken to the order form. Thanks!!)
