Finally..the start of touring...

So far, I have never driven so much in my life! Friday, Bri (my teammate) and I, had a show in Santa Barbara, CA! Successful setup, i must say! We had some awesome middle school boys help us set up and tear down. The school loved the show. Oh! Did I say what the film is called?? Its "Dare to Move"..yes..the song is in it. Dare to Move is the assembly film we are showing in schools that encourages kids to step out of their comfort zone, face their fears, and be all they can be. Like i said, we can't go inside a public school and talk about God, but they are based off scripture. Anyways, we spent the night in vegas with bri's friend and then headed off to Parker, CO to stay with some family there. Driving from vegas to colorado was the coolest but weirdest thing in my life. We drove probably like 14 hours. The mountains in Utah, are SOOOo weird. I felt like I was in a dream or something. But when we hit the Rockies...OH MAN!! I was like, "Jesus, you are SOOO amazing!" Rockies felt like home to me (though i was there only like 2 months ago). Driving through the mountains just gives such a good depiction of God's majesty! While going into that, God has been so faithful on this trip. The one thing that i have learned so far is that not everyone has the exact same relationship as I do with God. Just how I might know someone you do but for example, my inside jokes with them are going to be different than yours. Before starting this job, i guess I judged people in the way that their relationship with God had to look like mine. That is false! Everyone has their own unique relationship with God. God convicted me of this and boy, did i feel bad. I met so many people with Camfel and through that, God just opened my eyes to people even more. How we can all encourage each other as bro's and sis's in Christ. We need to spur each other on because this life is not easy, and it can be so confusing! I learned through a friend I met at Camfel something that was really cool. His relationship with God is like, if God's grace and love was a hot tub, this guy is chillin in it. I always struggled and still struggle with this mindset that I need to perform for God, that he is looking down at me thinking, "its all on you Jessie.." When really its "Jessie, trust in me, remain and love on me..I will guide you, I am with you! I will help you!" God doesn't want us to perform for him. He wants to help us and be with us in the things he wants us to perform. We are never alone! Ministry is rest! Read Hebrews 4! So often we get caught up thinking, "oh no! I gotta meet the quota this month for ministry or I"m not a christian!" That is false! And any of you who are struggling with that, ask God to open up your eyes like He did mine. God will bring opportunities, our hearts just have to be open to them! I"m excited to see what God will do more with me this year! I'm now in Kenosha, WI ready to do a show tomorrow..taking the day chilling! I love you all and hope you are doing well! miss you bunches!

2 weeks of training!

So..FINALLY I can blog! The training site we were at these past 2 weeks had no wifi and on top of that, I really didn't have time to blog. We were pretty much working our butts off from 6:30am-6:30pm everyday! Though training was intense, I have met some AWESOME people! The unity all of us camfel techs had together these past 2 weeks was SOO God! He gave us unity between all of us! Though a bunch of us are starting to take off and begin touring, I know we will stay in touch! I have made some awesome friends! God has been teaching me so much about multi-tasking, which i do say, i am horrible at! But though training was draining (ha, that rhymed!) and it was hard to even find God time, I was able to speak and communicate with him during time tests, set ups, and just during the day. God has been giving me so much grace with this job. I never thought i would be able to figure out tech equipment, set up huge frames in under 10 mins, do a whole set up in 32 minutes, and do what i do now pretty much! I really do love my job so far! I have an awesome partner named Bri! We will be touring the midwest which consists of Wisconsin, Illinois, INDIANA!!, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia! So I"ll be close to home! I love california!! its so awesome! I just can not get over how much God has been giving me grace with doing this job and helping me with my homesickness which has not been too bad because honestly, i dont have time to think about home because training is so intense but also the unity that we have out here is SOOOO sweet!! But pretty much that is a brief description of the first 2 weeks! I'll be sure to continue blogging regularly now! :)