Editing

A real update coming in the next day or two, I promise!

I brought little speakers to work with me today. I was tired of listening to the same internet radio station over and over. So I brought speakers to work with me. They’ll let me play my ipod instead of whatever I happen to find on the internet.

I set them up, plugged the ipod in, and starting flipping through my playlists, trying to decide what music I wanted to start my morning with. I came quickly to the conclusion that I’d better stick to just playing albums for today, and do some work over the weekend to come up with “work appropriate” playlists for longer periods of listening!

It’s not that I listen to anything particularly raunchy. In fact, I can’t think of any songs that I wouldn’t play within earshot of my parents. But, I somehow don’t think that the Mennonites that I work for are going to be all that excited about songs on my country list with titles like “Whiskey Girl.” Ah, well, here’s to censoring that at least allows me to fill the monotony of putting mailing labels (two on each) on 4200 envelopes with some kind of music!

Prayer Request for my Brother

I got the following email from my brother this morning, something he sent out to the church we're a part of. It was a situation I was aware of, but reading his words made me tear up a bit.


Hello friends and family,
I sent out a request for prayer regarding my wrist injury about a month ago, and I have an update about it. Unfortunutely my condition has become a great deal more serious to the point where I can't play my guitar without consistent pain, and my wrist often causes me pain regardless of whether I use it or not. Not being able to play guitar is a serious problem since I'm studying guitar at Rocky Mountain College. However, the school has granted me a health related leave of absense as long as I will agree to work hard at the healing process and stop using my wrist. They have been very gracious to me and have restructured my lessons and created a way for me to continue practical music training apart from playing guitar. I would ask your prayers for healing for my wrist, and especially for peace and joy despite these difficult circumstances. God is teaching me patience and trust in His plan, however these things are much more easily written than learned. I'm definetely feeling very overwhelmed and frustrated, but I believe God is teaching me to love Him more than music and athletics...definetely a challenging lesson for me. I appreciate your prayers very much, they mean a lot to me.

Thank you very much
Your brother in Christ
Tim

You need to understand that my brother is not only a guitar player, but a volleyball player. Guitar is his major form of self-expression, of worship, of tension release. It is his source of joy. He is my baby brother, and has a very tender heart - one that is constantly seeking after God. He is hurting right now. His school has told him that he is not even allowed to type papers on the computer. He is to completely avoid using his wrist (or at least as much as is humanly possible).

So, my mom and I will type his papers for school, and we will pray that God will intervene quickly with healing, and that, in the meantime, He will give Tim great peace and patience. I would appreciate it if you would pray with us.