Alright, so, tomorrow is my last day at the bank. I'm excited about what lies ahead but I'm also a little sad about leaving. I'm going to miss some of the people I work with (note: some). But I know that this will be a good change for me.

I still need to take the GRE. Got to get on that... Not that time is really running out or anything, but I'd still like to go on and check that off the list.

Mandy is thinking about moving in this weekend. She starts work and school on Monday. I have to decide by Wednesday what length lease I want to do (6 or 12 month). I just don't know.

Tomorrow is worship team. Last Sunday went well except that everybody said they couldn't hear me when I was talking so I'll need to speak into the mic more. I don't get near as nervous now as I used to, mostly because I was reading and reflecting the other day and it occurred to me that, we do our work (worry about the technical stuff, getting the notes right, etc) on Friday at rehearsal. Then, on Sunday, I just worry about worshiping. It's up to Javier to fool with the sound system, Jesus has to deal with the PowerPoint, etc. I just have to dedicate that time to worshiping, not worrying. That realization has really helped me on Sunday mornings. I also came across a really neat quote: "Authentic worship is the natural response to a supernatural encounter". I really like that. I'm hoping that, throughout my time as leader, the group will grow as much spiritually as they do musically. I've implemented a devotional time lead by different members of the group. We start with that at the beginning of the rehearsal. Last week I lead it and we read and meditated/prayed a poem that I found. It's basically things like, "Lord, make me a musician that spends more time praying than rehearsing, make me a musician of whom people can say that the volume of my actions and my witness is louder than the volume of my instrument" etc. Unfortunately, when we did the devotional time, only 3 people were there so it wasn't quite as effective as I was hoping it would be but some other people took it home with them so hopefully they read over it. But most importantly I really hope that that would really be the prayer of their/our hearts. I do feel like we might be going in the right direction. I just have to remember that it's not up to me to make the grow spiritually, that's between them and God. I can't make them do anything, I can, however motivate and encourage them, and that's what I plan on doing.

So there you go...a little bit deeper today that usual. But now it's time to get back to work!!