The story thus far... (Part II)

And so we waited. And waited. And waited. One month. Two months. However, God was using this time to set up some important things for the next chapter in this story. Remember the aptitude test I took, the one that said I was going to be a flight attendant? Well, we got it back out, and it chose a flight attendant because according to the test, I "Liked to go new places" "Learn new things" and "Meet new people." And what exactly would I be doing on Life Action? :) However, not all things we learned were beneficial. We learned from my pastor that He had called up to the ministry and told Mr. Steven Canfield Sr. that he had a possible member and Mr. Canfield's response was "Send him up, I have a spot for him." However, in that moment, I think that my faith was taken off God and placed in people. Well, not to be outdone, God had to "free" me from that mindset, so one day in April, things suddenly became very complicated.

I was walking to my car one day after church, and my pastor was standing outside his office. He called to me to come over, and asked me how Life Action was going. I told him that I was still waiting, to which he got a little surprised, and said "That's not right for them, remind me, and I will email them this week." So I felt great about that. On Monday, he emailed them and on Tuesday, he got a reply, and the bottom fell out of my world.

In order to sign up for the drumming spot, I had to record a drum audition, and send it in. I found two good friends, Mark and John, to help me with the recording, and soon I had a CD, ready to go. So all I had to do was send it in. And all I had to do was send it in a week later. And a month later. And, I just didn't send it in. Why you might ask? Well, I am right there with you. To this day, I honestly have no clue why I didn't send it in, so your guess is really as good as mine. Maybe I thought it wasn’t good enough. No matter what the reason was, I had never sent it in, and soon, I had forgotten about it. Until that Tuesday. Life Action wrote back to my Pastor saying that they had checked their files and that they had no auditions sent in by me. So, not only did I look like an idiot (which I was), I unfortunately made my own Pastor look like an idiot too. I was called later on that day by the Life Action Blue team worship leader, only to find out that there was one spot left on their team...and it wasn't a drumming part. It was a singer's position. God, in his infinite sense of humor, had decided to give me a last chance at Life Action in a singer's position....of course He did. As I talked with the worship leader, I instantly started asking about how fast I could put together a vocal track for him, when he simply said "Instead, could you just come and do a live audition? We are actually in Athens right now." Cue miniature heart attack.