Mini Tour.

Today I am reminded: God is ALWAYS at work.  

Let me set the scene for you : I am currently sitting on the floor, hair curled and in my Sunday best,  under a stairway at North Phoenix Baptist Church. 

This morning the University Choir and Orchestra was supposed to get on the two coach buses and head back to California. Kayla and I spent every night at my house, in QC, therefore every morning we had quite a lengthy ride. This morning I was awake at 5 o’clock on the dot, and papa took us on our way. Long story short, one bus turned on and one bus didn’t. 

And you guessed it, I am stuck at the church while half the choir is on their merry little way to San Diego. There is this joke in our choir that whenever this happens, there is an ugly bus and a pretty bus. If the joke is true, I am definitely on the ugly bus. Sad day.

But aside from dwelling on the negative, the Lord really worked this weekend. 

We performed 5 concerts in 3 days. Yes, I am home. Well, I slept at home. It doesn’t really go beyond that. We were up early every morning and back late every night. 

 But even though this weekend was absolute chaos, it was also an absolute blessing.At every single concert, there was someone in the audience that was there to support me.

UCO sings so many times throughout the semester, and I never have people that I know in the audience. It was so refreshing to look down and have someone there that I know loves me and is there to support me and also to invest time into what I love to do. 

So if you came out this weekend : 

 THANK YOU for the very bottom of my heart. 

You will never know the type of blessing that was for me. 

Out of all of the days on tour, Friday was probably the most interesting. 

I have to humbly admit that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

We were scheduled to have the morning/afternoon off. Therefore Kayla and I were going to

lay by the pool, after we slept in {of course!} 

Thursday night, however, we were informed that there was another concert that was scheduled last minute.

Soooo...we were up early. way early. 

So to brighten our day, Kayla and I decided to stop by Starbucks!

We went into Safeway, since there are no Starbucks stores in QC, and got our coffee.

My mom was sweet enough to let us borrow her car, THANKS MOM!

As we were getting back into the car, I hear this sound that sounded as if something had ripped.

YEP- my skirt ripped up the back. lovely.

I immediately looked at Kayla with fright.

Being the best friend that she is, she remembered that Grandma Peggy lived just up the street.

I frantically called her and told her I needed her assistance, immediately. 

Grnadma Peggy was the hero. :) Thanks Grandma!

This is the skirt that grandma had to fix!

We sang at Valley Christian High school that morning.

It was so weird to be back there.

I had not roamed those halls since I was a  freshman in high school.

It was so awesome to see some of my old teachers and have them remember me.

whoa.

But Friday night. was fantastic.

The first two rows at Scottsdale Bible church were either related to me, or good family friends.

I also had people throughout the audience from church there.

The concert was going great! Doc announced that "Song for the King" was next up.

This is an orchestrial song, therefore the choir does not sing.

As I stood there while the piece was playing, I began thinking of heaven.

More specifically I was thinking about how when I get to heaven, there are going to be brothers and sisters from my entire life there with me.

Just like at the concert, there was family, friends, even friends that I had not seen in many years, all coming together in one place.

My eyes started to water at this thought.

I am just so excited to see all of the children of God and be in the presence of

my Heavenly Father forever.

Another kodak moment from the trip. UCO is fun when you sit with

entertaining FOCUS leaders :)

But on a more serious note:

I definitely grew tremendously over the past few days.

Recently I have been a little discouraged.

 I seem to be dwelling on graduation in December, where I am going to live,

what my career is going to be, and who I am going to spend the rest of my life with.

Yes, I know. rediculous.

anyways- being home reminded me that I am completely showered with love and support.

it is ok to not know things sometimes. 

its ok to not know where I will be in 8 months.

its ok to not have a hubby yet. 

its ok to completely rest in the Lord and where He has me at this moment in time.

He is much greater than I

and His plan is better than I can fathom.

I am definitely under this umbrella.

Being showered with love and blessings.