Back in September, I mentioned to you my new partnership with Hopegivers - benefitting orphans in India. I have been there on behalf of the organization a few times now, and am so thrilled to share that Jacob and I are heading to Haiti with Hopegivers on November 8-11 to visit their new Hope Homes. I can't wait to send you updates and pictures upon our return. If you are interested in taking a short-term mission trip with Hopegivers to India, Haiti or Malawi, Africa, want to get involved by supporting these miraculous kids, or just want more info on their ministry, visit www.hopegivers.org.

The last two weeks have been full of adventure, fun, new friendships, some good music, and lots of fast food. Our choice of travel was a big electric blue tour bus that often failed us in AC, lighting, Internet, and pleasant smells, but it was our home for 16 days and we became a family on the road. I happened to be the only girl among the 11 guys on the Phil Wickham/Fee tour, but fortunately for me I grew up with 3 brothers and knew the necessity of spraying down everything with disinfectant spray early on!

I love how God is so faithful to remind us of the aspects of His character that we tend to shelve after having lived with them for a while. What was once a ‘holy cow!’ moment becomes more of an ‘oh, that’s nice,’ and the Katherine McFee tune “Over It” starts playing like background music in our heads.

As I type I am sitting in the balcony of Heartsong Church just outside of Memphis listening to my new friends Fee rocking it out. The guitars are blaring, the drums are pounding, our ears are bleeding. But don't be fooled, this is no ordinary rock 'n roll show. Jesus is being lifted high in this place and we're all coming out of our chairs. We're only 4 days into our fall tour with Fee, Phil Wickham and myself, but already the Lord is uniting all of our hearts and moving mightily among us.

It happened again yesterday. I was leading the song “Adoration” by Brenton Brown at our Harvest Niles campus, and when we got to the bridge I was so struck by what I was singing that I thought I might just jump out of my skin. The lyric says this in the second half of the bridge: “We’re caught up in the angels’ song, we’re gathered to Your ancient throne. Children in our Father’s arms, shouting out Your praise.” Wow, what a vivid picture.