Mile 701.

Us with FCC Staff 2008...We played some tunes for their dinner party.

Besides being the only two guys, I think we blend right in, right?

(Where's Waldo?)

Mile 683. Atlanta, GA

This blog finds us sitting in a hotel somewhere near Atlanta and we couldn't be more thankful. The Lord protected us the entire 683 miles thus far and we are able to get a beautiful nights sleep.

So tonight we led musical worship for the FCC staff. It was a great time for sure. The Spirit moved in that church gym (and the sound system happened to have like a half-second delay from when we played to when the sound actually came out the speakers. That was definitely a first for us, and let me tell you, it is hard to play music under this circumstance) But it was all good because we got to worship Jesus. We just thought it was funny...

Oh and also, on the way here we were able to stop in South Carolina and visit one of my college roommates, Blake (he's in the center). Blake is going to Thailand and Burma for two months to help out with the cyclone victims. He leaves in two weeks and will be there all summer. Please pray for Blake; read his blog here: http://cbw444.blogspot.com/

Mile 0.

So allow me to draw your attention to the mileage on Josh's Honda Accord. ...212,589... That is a lot of miles folks. But the ole Accord is running perfectly smooth and we plan to add about 7,000 more miles to it!!! Lord willing of course...

Here goes nothing...

I made it!

I can honestly say that was one of the smoothest travel days I have had in a looong time. Seriously, it was awesome.

So I'm here at Josh's house, starting to pack our equipment into his Accord, trying to figure out how in the world everything we got to take is supposed to fit into this Accord...but it will work. It has to.

Tonight we plan to visit with Josh's parents for a bit, and then head off to Charlotte to our buddy Paul's house. Wait, I think we still have to call him to let him know we are coming...I'll tell Josh to go call him. Hopefully we'll be there by like 2am, get a good night's sleep, and then head off to Atlanta tomorrow afternoon to be there in time for a worship gig with the FCC staff before they head out to their camps for the summer.

Thanks for all your support and prayers...

And don't forget to remember the people of Burma and China in your prayers. It is unbelieveable to me that nearly 200,000 people have died in these two disasters alone...

-Tim

Setting out...

Dream big, because you never know when that dream might become a reality...

Ever since I was five years old, I've wanted to be on a stage playing music, anywhere. I would pull the mattress off my bed and onto the floor, gather my family around my mattress-stage, and would lipsync to whatever was on the radio. Those were the days...

But it wasn't until I was fourteen that I actually ever picked up a guitar, and even then, I really just wanted to skip the whole learning-how-to-play-music part and go straight to the big-time.

It's funny, now seven years later, my dream of traveling and playing music is becoming a reality. And yet, it is nothing like what I had always imagined.

Instead of performing on a stage, so as to bring attention to myself, I get to worship on a stage, to bring attention to the Savior of the Universe. I am so blessed to be able to say that.

In this blog, Josh and I will story-tell from our experiences from the next three months of living out of a Honda Accord, traveling about 7,000 miles, sleeping on couches, and playing music in parts of this country that we have only read about in books.

Tomorrow, I will hop on a plane. Hopefully, Josh will be there to pick me up on the other end, somewhere near his home in Virginia.

May the journey begin...

-Tim