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And Here We Go!
At the beginning of each new year, Eric and I get together in a 'staff meeting' to pray and put together an outline for the year ahead. With one month done, we've already started a few of our goals! Actually feeling rather productive over here right now. Here's a bit of an outline of our 2017 Musicianary plans:
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Concert Project: Super excited about this one! It's a bit more of a long term goal and we'll let you know more when we can.
Australia Touring: Starting in August we are planning a music ministry tour in SQLD, Sydney, Central Coast, Canberra, Tasmania.
Europe Touring: We are planning a four week music ministry tour of Germany, Austria and the UK in November-December.
Our biggest goal, of course, is about the new baby growing his way into this family. Adjusting to being parents and how that will look at being full-time musicianaries will be sure to be a massive part of 2017.
We'd love to hear from you about song requests, parts of musicianary life you'd love to hear about and generally what you'd be interested in. Also, if you live in any of the places we're touring in this year and would like us to come to your area, we'd LOVE to hear from you!
- Monique
Baby Steps of Trust
God doesn't hide from us.
This is something that I have been reminded of today. I love the Bible verse Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." It reminds me that when circumstances change in our own lives, there is one consistency. Jesus.
When we found out that we were pregnant last August, our journey took an immediate shift. We were in the middle of planning 2017 to have 7 months of on-the-road touring. It was incredibly exciting! Then seeing those 2 strong lines on the test changed everything. It was immediate. So rather than planning a tour that started in January, our plans went into a little bit of a tail spin that resulted in what we like to call, tour postponement. Throughout this whole time the thought never crossed either of our minds that we should stop full-time music ministry. We had and have a peace that this is still where God is leading us. We're not exactly sure how, but we know that God is still guiding in this direction and put this unexpected little blessing into our lives. And we're excited to see what it's like to tour with the little man later in the year.
Now, this isn't to say that at times it hasn't been tough to trust that God has all of this figured out. I believe it's important to be honest. And sometimes it's been scary.
We absolutely love music ministry touring! We love meeting people, hearing their stories, sharing Jesus through music & word, and travelling! And knowing that we would have been on a tour right now if we weren't pregnant may have brought out a tear or two a few weeks ago.
We feel incredibly blessed to live in a country where the majority of all our doctors, midwives and hospital care is for free through Medicare and that the government gives maternity leave payments even if a person is self-employed. This is a blessing and it's allowing us to be able to plan to have some time getting used to baby boy Johnson before getting back into touring. Praise God! But not having a big music ministry tour at the beginning of the year has been a little difficult to trust in God financially with all the extra costs that are coming out of nowhere it seems. Here's the thing, we don't have a tangible reason to not trust in Him, but sometimes the heart and the emotions run off on little tangents leaving our minds trailing behind with the faith flag. We have seen in the past that God is always present. He doesn't hide from us. He has put us in this new journey, one that is sometimes uncertain, but we know that He isn't going to abandon us in it. He's here and He's already got it all figured out. I've decided that rather than stress, worry and get all tense, I can thank Him for His providence that hasn't arrived yet, but that will. I can ask for His will to be done in our lives. And I can trust in Him, the God who never hides from us. He is always here and He's the same yesterday, today and forever.
- Monique
Tour Vlogs
Touring is a bombardment of the senses. So much happens while on tour that it is easy to have information overload and forget the amazing moments that happen. That is why we are aiming to keep a tour vlog. We tried it out on our last tour and we hope that it will be a way to record the memorable moments, testimonies, and just general cool stuff that can happen while on the road. We would love to hear your feedback and if you have any comments or suggestions, fire away in the comments below.