The Tour has Begun!

Hello Everyone!

Well, our rehersal camp ended on the 18th with our first performance on the 19th! Praise the Lord that we were able to put together (AND Memorize) a set of 14 songs! The camp sure was intense; we sang from 6-8 hours a day (so now singing anywhere from 2-6 hours a day seems like nothing!), and had a speaker each night. I truly believe it was the Lord who kept me healthy so that I did not loose my voice.

During the camp I had an amazing experience with the Lord. I had this longing to go and focus on prayer so and God led me to the book of Matthew. I turned to chapter 6 (either 5 or 6, my Bible is not handy at the moment) and read about how we are not to pray for others but for the Lord. As I focused on that passage in prayer, the wind blew two pages over to chapter 9 and I thought, 'If God wants me to learn anything on this page, it is going to be highlighted'. The Only thing highlighted on that page was the words, 'According to your faith will it be done to you'.

So it is with our ministry. We must have faith that God is and can use us. I must have faith that God can use me to reach out to others, even when I can feel so unworthy. God is an awesome God!

Since the 19th we have had a performance everyday except form Monday where we finally traveled out of Califormia and stayed the night in Flagstaff Arizona. Yesterday, Tuesday, we then drove to Santa Fe New Mexico and had one mass and one performance.

I have to tell you how amazed I am at how the Holy Spirit is moving! I know that music is powerful, but I feel so blessed to have God using me to minister into peoples lives.

My prayer for the past few weeks has been that I would be sensitive to the Spirit and His work. I have been desiring that because I want to be led by him in my worship, and led by him to pray with the people in the audience, instead of me trying to 'figure it out'. So far I am blessed to be hearing him and ministering to people after our performances. Please pray for my sensitivity to the spiritual realm.

Also, please pray that we would be a team united in Christ, with love, grace, and mercy for eachother. Satan wants to stop the work that we are doing and being in a small bus with little to no private space, it becomes harder and hard to be giving grace to others. Pray that for the problems that occur that we would be assertive and confront them, especially with love. Please pray all these things also for me personally.

Pray for voices to stay healthy, good night sleeps, healthy chops for instrumentalists and the annointing of the Holy Spirit on our ministry. Please also pray for financial support. Our team still has 25-28,000 to raise and we need the money to buy tickets and travel.

Also if you are in the Wisconsin/Illinoise region, we shall be in Mc Henry Il on July 1 ! the information is:

Tuesday, July 1 7:00 pm
Mc Henry Evangelical Free Church
2614 N. Ringwood Rd.
Mc. Henry, Il 60050
CH 815-344-1111
Rev. Cal Hiebert

I apologise for any errors in grammer or spelling, I only have a few minutes to write to you on my host families computer. Tonight we shall be heading to Pueble Co!

This ministry does have its challenges but it has been an amazing blessing from God. Thank you for your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for me and my team.

In Christ

Holly

Praise and Prayer Requests

Hello Everyone!

A few quick updates. First, I recieved a daily itinerary and it turns out that we will not be traveling to Montreal, Canada. There were some complications with coordinating our bus travel with flights, but we will still be going to the Philippines!

Also, I am joyous to let all of you know that I have recieved over 100% of my fundraising! Praise the Lord for He has truly provided for me! With the extra amount I have recieved, I will be able to help out my teammates who have had less time to fundraise (some as short as two weeks!)

Monday, the 9th, I will be heading to California to begin our preparation for our summer tour. From the 9th through the 18th we will be at St. Nicholas Ranch & Retreat Center in Dunlap and on the 19th we will begin our tour! While we are at the camp I will not have access to the Internet.

Please Keep me and my team in your prayers. Pray for:

• Safe travels to the camp on Monday
• A productive and fun camp experience: music prepared, team bonding, growing our relationship with God
• Any spiritual attacks on our mission trip
• That I would not have a spirit of timidity or fear, but have faith in an awesome God.

Thank you so much for your prayers!