For Lack of a Better Title: Wellspring 2

Sooo sorry it has been so long for a post...It's been hard to get good internet and free time to be able to post...

I'm in my third week of going to camps and playing the worship with seven other people...We form a band called Wellspring...This job has been awesome...The previous two camps gave us a lot of free time because we weren't camp counselors, just the band...So we hung with kids whenever and practiced a ton...Musically our band is pretty tight, as well as friendship-wise...Everyone in the band has a similar mindset and it makes things soo much better and easier to work with...

These last three weeks have been the coolest and in some ways hard for me...I am living my dream job...But I am also struggling with staying focused all the time...I am not 100% sure where my role is on the team all the time...It's not really because everyone else fills every role I have ever had either, although that IS part of it, the main reason is my lack of identity I have gained from Christ...Not that Jesus has changed at all...I have just lost some of what has made me who I am...

In a few weeks I am the speaker at one of the camps we go to...If you read this, I need prayer...I know God is here...I just seem to be missing a gear once in awhile and can't quite put my finger on it...When I speak I want to be filled with The Spirit and say what He wants me to say...And everyday I want to do what He wants and minister to these kids in the way He wants...

Time is short and I must go, so more on this later...Thanks for reading and don't worry...I am having a great time!

Peace and Love in Christ,

:jake

WELLSPRING...

So...Here begins a journey...For the next 2 months my job is traveling around Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin in a worship band...We go to a different camp every week and lead worship and help as camp counselors...Basically I am on tour with some of the coolest people ever...We have been training this whole week, working on songs and sitting in meetings about camp stuff...Our name is Wellspring...

Logistics and technical stuff aside...Oh my word what a great opportunity I have this summer...This is like a dream job for me...I love to play music...I love to worship God...I want to maybe work at and/or own a youth camp...Once again, right up my alley...

Basically it comes down to this though...I have been in a lull/rut/hole/whatever is the last bit...I have lost who I once was...

Not that I am looking back to the past trying to relive it, but more like trying to find God in THIS VERY MOMENT...

So here is where I ask for a favor...I don't care what you believe, but I would appreciate it so much if you would pray for me...Guys, I HAVE to be transformed more by Christ than I let Him...No more settling for getting by...It's time to step it up and be who God intended me to be...

I want to be myself, but a more sanctified version of myself...

Right Here. Right Now.

The journey begins.

I want to look in the mirror and see the mold I create to not be one of myself, but the reflection of Christ...






"SOMETHING SACRED IS AT STAKE AT EVERY MOMENT."
-Abraham Heschel

The CO...

Wow...What a trip to Colorado...Had a great time...Jerm and I drove out and hung out with Abe for a few days...Whitewater rafted, 4-wheeled up a mountain with Abe's 4Runner at 1 am and talked about life for a few hours, and played my guitar 12,000+ feet above sea level on top of a mountain...Great to see Abe in the place his heart is and see the maturity this past year has brought the kid...Funny how all of us friends want to change the world somehow...Good to spend time in the car with Jerm too...Had so many discussions about God, Faith, and Religion that I wouldn't even know where to begin...I guess with twenty hours in car, you tend to talk about stuff below the surface :)

Here's some pictures from it...