Worst Nightmare

Had the worst dream last night.

We were at launch. 300 People showed up. I dont know what happen up till 10am but at 10 I remember vividly. We were getting ready to start the first song, only I forgot what it was. So I turned around to my band and they didnt know because I forgot to give chord charts out and and a song list. So I just picked one and we started playing open the eyes of my heart and everyone went crazy. In the dream there was like 5 feet of flat space in front and everyone came up there. People were singing loud, jumping, going nuts. Then after that first song, I couldnt remember what was next. So we took about 5 minutes of pause time to figure out another song. People were talking and excited to be there, they were cheering. It was nuts. I kept looking at Jeff in the recording studio (ha) cause I knew he would be mad. But he was laughing. OMG. I know this is nuts. For some reason there was this really big stuffed animal covering my microphone and when I took it off there was no mic. So no one could hear me. Then they brought me a mic, but between that time I sang a song accapelo. YEah this is not how I thought service on launch would go. Then after all that my in ear monitors didnt work. So after finally getting through a few songs I remember we forgot our brand new Canon XL 1 video camera. But then I saw some dude out in the crowd floating around with one.

there you go thats all i remember.

We have some sweet stuff planned for launch, lets hope it goes way better that this.

Worshipping Him,
Adam

Element Preview Wrapup

WOW, We made it. Had a great service today. Made some great connections, didn't break any strings, worship went smooth, Jeff preached an incredible message.

--- However, I was very nervous at 7:30 this morning. We were so far behind in setup (which only prooves to have lots of volunteers before you try and plant a church), we couldnt find mics, stands, and light stuff. Then after a stressful week of figuring out our presentation software, the videos loops decide not to work. Needless to say I was stressed.

--- We didnt start rehersal till 9:00 which made for a fast practice, and quick sound check which wasnt producing what we wanted but thanks to great musicians and sound guys it got to where we wanted it.

--- God helped us pull it off, I don't understand how it happens sometimes but it did. Thankyou Jesus.

--- Looking forward to next time and getting smoother and better with everything we do. I am so glad we do preview services before launching. It will make all the difference. Love our team, love serving Jeff, Love Jesus.

--- Look for the video coming Wed.

Worshipping Him,
Adam

Once Again.

Hey everyone, probably just Jeff and a couple of others, haha, anyways. Its here again. I have been so anxious today because our Second Preview service is tommorow morning at 10:00am.

---We found a drummer. Praise God! I was getting very nervous, because we push our Preview services as a much larger production than our Unplugged, so I wanted the full band feel. Anyways Bryant is the new addition and a great addition he is.

--- I am very excited about tommorow. The service layout is really good. A great worship set to open things up followed by a creative monologue drama and I am very excited about Jeff's message. It will be great. We will post the service on the site or this blog by Wed. Please pray for us that things run smooth, that new faces show up, and that God's presence is there and brings change to peoples lives.

--- We couldnt pull of what we have for tommorow, or be as calm as we are with out our priceless volunteers. We have a great crew of people that have stepped up and said yes to serving at Element Church and we thankyou so much. You make the service happen.

---Again I probably wont sleep tongiht, we will see. I am just so excited.

Worshipping Him,
Adam

Addition to the family

Hey everyone that wants to see the addition to Amber and I's family can go to:
www.flickr.com/photos/adamambercruz


Worshipping Him!
Adam