Aussie Sorts of Things.

This was an ad for Cadburys chocolate. Thats English and Aussie stuff.

Brooke knows this girl I guess, and she got skillz for days. 

This is a Australian Christmas song, and it is just a great great video.

EP Goes to Rotorua.

Just a little lookout we stopped at on our drive to Rotorua from Wellington. So beautiful.

In His Time

Last week we did our first mini tour of New Zealand. We left Auckland on a Tuesday or Wednesday and went all the way up to the northern part of New Zealand to a town called Kerikeri. It was beautiful. I couldnt believe my eyes the whole way up. Ill hopefully post some of the pictures from that trip soon. 

We spent a couple days there and did a youth program one night that was amazing. Im really beginning to love the youth here in New Zealand. So energetic and passionate for God, so its pretty awesome to be a part of and be able to lead them in praise. 

Thursday we drove all the way down past Auckland to a place called Whakatane. If I havent explained this already, all the "Wh"es in New Zealand are pronounced with an "F".... If you're not used to Maori language then it sounds like a whole lot of swearing for sure. 

Anyways we did a youth group in Whakatane and then headed over Tauranga. We did a couple churches there on Sunday and then spent a few hours Monday driving back to Auckland, which is kinda like our home base for between minitours while on our tour here in New Zealand. 

We met some awesome people the last weekend. All our billets were amazing. While in Kerikeri, Priscilla and I, Brooke and Zayne decided to throw together a tiny little song for Youtube (mainly this blog) and Alex (the bus driver) was gracious enough to record it. 

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Maori Hymn

Of all the preparations for our tour to New Zealand, we cleaned the house (my job is to vacuum the stairs and the whole main floor... finally something I know how to do!) fixed some things up around outside, and little chores like that, but mainly we went through all the songs in our repertoire to polish them up in case they got a little rusty.

We realized we definitely needed another Maori song, because Maori's are the native people of New Zealand, and we didnt have any new ones since the last time EP went there. So Brooke brought us a new one to learn. After a couple hours of arranging it (and many bathroom breaks) we brought it into Sandras office to see what she thought, and thats what this video is.

This is EP in all its fashion and makeup glory so be prepared.

EP Guys Item: Through the Fire

Last weekend in Sydney, Glow was amazing!! This is just a video of the mens item that us EP guys did. We got a friend Nathan to sing with us, and I have to say Ive never sang with so many amazingly talented MALE singers at one time. lol Definitely a humbling experience. When I listen to this recording I usually skip my little solo part. :)

 It was the first time us guys have done a song just by ourselves, and we loved it! At least I think we all did... I did!  Were gonna try to find a way to make this a trio and take it on tour since Nathan doesnt go on the road with us.

Hope you like it even though the sound qualities not the greatest... :\

What a week!! Its all been a blur getting ready for the New Zealand tour and finishing up Glow, but now Im here in Auckland New Zealand, and its surreal for sure. God has definitely been taking care of me this week. When I needed a break, He hooked it up for me to go to Avondale for a while to see some friends and just relax. When I needed money, friends randomly decided to bless me! But today He used the team to bless me for sure. We were all given 30 kilograms to pack. I guess out of 8 people we were allowed to check a total of 240 kgs (about 525 pounds maybe?...rough estimate). So everyone was supposed to weigh their bags and if they had two they were to make sure they added up to no more than 30 kgs. I have a giant bag, so I packed 30kgs no problem in one bag. The first problem though was that we only bought one way tickets to NZL for now, and they wouldnt let me check my bags unless they had proof that I was coming back to Australia. So we had to buy my return ticket on the spot. While that was going on, everyone else was checking their bags right away and they were sent off down the conveyor belt to the plane. When it finally came down to the last bag (mine) they told us we were overweight already. All the other bags were gone already so we could go through them to make them lighter. We asked if there was a way we could pay for an extra bag, but the fee was 25$ per extra kg! My bag was 27 kgs. We dont have that kind of money in a faith based ministry (regardless of the ideas people get about us being a real rich and famous band) so we emptied my bag out right on the floor there and the whole group rallied around me and grabbed my clothes, chargers, toiletries and undies and stuffed them in their carryons. Now here I am, in New Zealand, with just my carry-on. I have a bible, and devotional book, laptop, ipod, chargers, Brookes shoes, my shoes, one of priscillas boots, a vikings sweatshirt and a sweater from H&M. All of my other clothes are in girls purses or guys duffel bags at their billets, so Ill have to get them tomorrow. :) No matter what obstacle has come up this week, God has been faithful to take care of me. Its pretty awesome. I promise to put pictures up and videos soon!! :) Maybe even tomorrow. But no promises.

This Just In:

Im alive!! Im just really bad at blogging. So heres a quick update (at the request of my lovely sister Katie and others...)

We finished our tour to Western Australia and Adelaide. It was amazing! Ill upload some pictures and a slide show or something later on. Halfway through our time in Perth our director called and said she got us a couple weeks in Adelaide for the trip back, which was incredible and a blessing.

Now that were back in Sydney, weve been preparing for a big womens conference called Glow that EP/Priscilla has kinda run the last 2 years, and its gonna be awesome. Im actually walking out the door right now to go practice some of the music and get some programming things done, because the conference starts 3 days from now!! Its gonna be amazing, and Ill definitely upload some videos from that.

Miss you all, and I promise to try and do better at this... even if its just little paragraphs like this. But pictures and videos stress me out, so I never get around to it. But if you want... Ill keep doing little paragraph updates. Let me know.

Peace homies...