Music Party!

Here's another poster we found online.

Videos of The Music Party!

Check out This Site for a few videos of what we might see/hear in Grenoble during this national music celebration.

Music Party!

Here's a poster we found online for the event we'll be playing at in Grenoble.

4 Weeks to go!

In exactly 4 weeks, we'll be on a plane, flying to France! This weekend, we have our second and final training weekend for our team as we prepare! Our plane tickets should be in our hands by the end of this week.

We're still busy raising the financial support we need, and would continue to appreciate your prayers on that end. Also pray that all of the last minute details will be worked out and made clear for everyone involved!

Thanks!

Fund-Raising Goals

Our fund-raising goals, both on a personal level and as a team:

25% by February 15
50% by March 15
75% by April 15
100% by June 1

Pray with us that God will add many to our team who will support our mission financially.

Meeting With Matt Glock

The France Team will be hanging out with Matt Glock this Monday evening. Matt is traveling around the US and will be making a pit stop on the OBX just long enough to give his mom a kiss and spend a few hours with us before flying back to France.

We're really looking forward to spending this time with Matt, as this will most likely be the only opportunity we have to hear first hand from him about the trip and what to expect in France.

Thanks for your continued prayers!

Urgent Praying

Please pray with us that airline tickets will drop dramatically, very soon. Typically, this time of year, an airline ticket to France can be found for well under $1000. Unfortunately, the price has yet to come anywhere near as low as $1000. Tickets are, by far, the biggest part of our budget for this trip.

Thanks for praying with us! We're trusting that God will provide.

January

January will bring our official "kick-off" for our France mission trip! Our France Team, now secured at 18 members (see This Post for team members), will begin meeting regularly for prayer, spiritual discipleship and logistical and cultural training as we prepare for June.

Burnie Staples, our Missions Pastor and one of our MilePost13 Band bass players, will be working closely with our team in the coming months. Although Pastor Burnie is unable to travel with the team to France, he will be helping to train the team, particularly working with the team to better understand the Biblical Foundation of Missions.

Along with our regular meetings, the team will also be gathering together on the evening of January 7 to spend some time with Tom Nylander. Tom is a personal friend and former boss of Nathan, and has several years of experience serving with and leading short-term mission trips as Director of Light Ministries. Tom will be sharing about his experiences with our France Team.

We'll also begin to update the blog on a regular basis, as we document each step of this journey with photos and video. Fortunately, we have two professional photographers on our team. We've recently purchased two Flip Video cameras to use as well.

Check back in often this coming month of January to stay up-to-date with our France Team!

Rich's New Bass!

Rich C. is normally one of our electric guitarists, but he's been filling in on bass recently and will be our bass guitarist in France. He decided it was about time that he stopped borrowing other guitars and buy his own bass...here he is testing his new guitar out with an amp for the first time. (apparently, cell phones do not pick up low end very well, cause the amp was cranked)

Bonjour France!

A Greeting to France from the MilePost13 Band in Nags Head, NC!