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Swamped!

notesI sit here at 9:59 PM Mid-Atlantic Time, knowing very well that I need to get up at 4:00AM to make the two hour trek into the international airport in São Paulo. I sit here and am petrified! Why?

Are there burglars outside my door? Not that I know of. Am I sick? Nope. I have been sick about two week now but am finally on the road to recovery thank the Lord. Am I afraid of the dark? A little bit.

So, then, why am I petrified? I am trembling about our pending Music Conference! An event that will probably be a delightful experience and will enlighten us all in this very important aspect of life and I’m in a fuss. Silly isn’t it?

It probably is but my mind is a flutter with the many things that remain to be done. How many people will come? How many lunches should we order? How much will all of this set us back financially? What if nobody come? What if too many come?? WHAT IF….

It is ONLY a TWO day conference for Pete’s sake! What could go wrong? Probably nothing. But, I have never had to organize a Music Conference before! I’ve only been to one in my life and that one seemed so cool and fun. I didn’t realize that they could be such a lot of work to put on.

Funny too. Just a week ago my coworker mentioned a great idea, “Mike, you should print up a list of musical terms that we translators will need to be familiar with.” “Sure, that sounds like a great idea” I responded with out a blink. Then it hit me, “Where does one find such a list?” Google of course! But with the list of 89,500,000 options I was immediately overwhelmed! “HELP ME! I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP!!”

Praise the Lord a good friend sent me a concise list that we can use. He found it on Google. What drowned me he found rather quickly. I could see God beginning to work.

As I was printing out all of the outlines and handouts I again began to go under! HELP! Again a coworker, Alexandre, came to my aid. “How about I take my laser printer to the school and we can print out however many copies we might need?” Whew! Thank you again Lord.

I actually believe that God is going to get all of the glory for this conference and we are going to have a great one. I will update you during and afterward. PRAY for us. Thanks.

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