Email Diary MomentsSo 7 weeks … should be far enough away from the tourto be reflective? You would think so. The blur of thewhirlwind has cleared a bit but still I have troublearticulating what that 10 weeks meant to me. So when I was cleaning up my emails I found notes fromfriends saying things like…… “I am so overly estatic that your dream of havingthe boys and girls from NYC come to Australia cametrue! When I was at the concert I started cryingduring one of the peices just out of pure hapiness ofseeing your dream become such huge and awesomereality!”“What an awesome opportunity for you to see Godmoving in the youth of our nation, calling them toHimself through a ministry HE has blessed, openeddoors for, gotten through airport after airport. . .your heavenly papa bear loves you to bits and piecesand He's so excited about the woman He's revealing in you!!!”
They are right … God really did use me. Man, therewere some hard times, and some times of pure joy. Whatsticks is that outside of the “JOB” I did 24 hours aday for the 10 weeks, God used me!! God placed a tinybit of a vision in heart in 2002 on a bus full ofcrazy boys. I saw the Nubian Gents in Australia,reaching out to our youth. That small vision grew andit was always about God. 2004, 2 weeks of hard workand months of closed doors lead to 2005 – 10 weeks ofincredible ministry. Though when I tried to predictnumbers, seeing 100 000 people seemed absurd. The final numbers were 6 cities, 160 schools, 110 000people = 80 000 kids, all in 10 weeks. Incredible!!All that from a tiny little vision. Don’t get me wrong, this was not about me. I was theleast of this process, and yet God used me to do this.That is HUGE for me. Obedience plus faith … mindblowing. Even now I don’t exactly know what it allmeans. Is there more, or was that it? If relationshipsdetermine your resources – then I have a lot ofresources that are just sitting at the moment. I wentto a hip hop expo last night and was totally inspiredto see God do more. Now comes that greatprayer/waiting and more waiting time. What does Godwants from me now. I just want to be obedient and makesure that my daily life doesn’t inhibit my faith. Itis so easy to get caught up in bills, work, bills andmore bills.
I feel different this time. The guys and girls aregone, and I love them. The past 3 tours I felt lost,as if I was in the wrong place because the ministrycontinued on in New York and I was in Australia. Thistime I just feel happy. It was a great time now whatnext. It might be more of the Gents, or somethingelse. Just not emotionally tied anymore which is anice change. It really is hard living one place andhaving your heart in another. Already ministries are asking for the guys to comeback next year. The feedback was phenomenal!Ministries were so touched and inspired by the teams,they now have open doors to take their communities forGod. Our Father really used the teams to “step” opendoors to schools and relationships that seemedimpossible. There was story after story about how Godhad made a way where there was none. Truly awesome. 
On a personal note, THANK YOU!!! You saw that is was achallenging time for me and your prayers and words ofencouragement really made all the difference. I cameout the other side blessed and changed. I really feltyour prayers when all seemed lost. I learnt so muchabout God’s love for me as He challenged me to godeeper and higher. I am so blessed to have you in mylife. Thank you for journeying with me. Well that is it. The end of the tour updates andprayer requests. Please stay in touch. I value yourfriendship and insight. So if God gives you anythingor you have a second to comment on what you thoughtabout the tour … PLEASE DROP ME A LINE! Be blessed in all you do so that you can share thatblessing with others! Much love and respect
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