At Mothers Tomb

I had to get a couple things together this morning so I wasn't able to make it to Daya Dan. But thank you all for all the help with getting the lyrics for "I am the Bread of Life" to me! It really saved my butt! It's greatly appreciated! This afternoon I got a haircut, first time in India. I was looking for one of the barber on the streets but couldn't find him today... actually i haven't seen him all week. So I went into a shop instead. I got a clean shave with a single switch blade. It was pretty sweet.
I spent a lot of time rehershing for prayer tonight at Mother's tomb today. When the time came around and I showed up at Mother's tomb there was a chair reserved for me, which made me feel happy. The room was packed with volunteers and a corner filled with MC sisters and along the side of the room the MC sisters sat. We sat with Mother and faced a shrine of the image of Christ illuminated with candles. It was such a beautiful prayer session! Briana recorded it all on video and honestly I couldn't have been any prouder of the choral group! They sounded like angels! There were some songs where they hesitated to come in at the right time but I extended the chord and started singing myself to give them the support to sing. It was sooooo amazing! Words can't truly explain it! Everyone was able to meditate, praise and sing! The gospels were being read in every language and I couldn't feel any more universal than listening to the same gospel in every language. I THIRST was the theme and we read about the passion of Christ when he hung on the cross and cried out I thirst. Our soul are always thirsting for something more but Christ's sacred heart thirsts for our souls! He cries out I thirst, on the cross and thirsts for our love, and for our love towards each other. The thirst that's far harder to be quenched is what Christ challenges us to as he was hung there as the true source of the living life. As Our Lord and savior thirst, He gives himself fully to us. He makes present the new Eden, on the Hill of Calvary, and give us the new tree of life, the one he hangs from from which he is the source of life. I thirst. I can not take any glory or compliments without the thanks and offering it back up to Christ. The music was beautiful, I can not deny but it was all for the glory of christ and it was his work through me that I was able to become a channel for him to use me. After the gospel I played "I am, the Bread of Life" By John Michael Talbot. It is one of my favorites song and was praying that I was able to find the lyrics to. I never found the music but I remembered it well enough to make up. The sisters mic me up and had me do it solo as a reflectional song. I said a quick prayer and begin to play... there were no butterflies, no worries, and no nervousness. I truly believe it was because it was not my song that I was offering to Christ and to those to listen and meditate but it was a song God has chose for the moment and he was playing it to me, and to the people in the room. The blessed my voice tonight because many came up afterwards and thanked me and told me they were brought to chills, tears, and awe by the song and my voice. This is something not of my own I realize, and all of God's. I can not do anything for Christ without him giving me the grace to do so. The same went for tonight, God's graced provided the means for the lyrics, the chords, and the vocals. I am so thankful that I was only able to be a small part in his plan and the graditude and thank is all to our Lord and the help of the MC sisters. I'm so excited that sister gave me permission to video record this service. The MC sisters are honestly amazing! They're hooking me up with all the sweet deals! Actually, yesterday when I was practice music, one of the MC sisters called me out and brought me into the room with all the MC sister at Mother House and had me take a picture and asked if I wanted a picture with them! ...... UGGHHH.......DUH! Of course I would! It's probably going to be the best picture I'll own in my life, So I'll be sure to try to get a hold of it because they said they'll have someone email it to me. I'm excited! I really am hoping that Sr. Karina talks to the Sister in charge at Shishu Bahavan so I came have permission to come visit, because it's an all girls volunteer site but it's a site I really want to come see and send a special delivery to the school and one of the students. Today one of the kids at Shishu Bahavan got adopted, so that's extremely exciting and also there were some band from Madrid that came by and played so all the children were dancing. I only know this through Briana and the other volunteers but that brings such joy to my heart knowing that these beautiful children are getting adopted. I swore I've heard of 3 adoption within this week already! So that's really exciting. I just wish one of my beautiful kids at Daya Dan were adopted and I would be able to be a witness to a part of that joyful moment in their life.
Oh, God is great! All the time! truly truly. Well tomorrow I need to be up by 4 and at Mother house by 5:30am or so... It's the annual volunteer day tomorrow and I'm playing music for mass. Plus doing a skit later in the evening and playing a song I wrote called "Give till it Hurts". Continue to keep us in your prayers. I'm starting my travels next friday and will be traveling India for a week and a couple of days. So I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog then but continue the prayers and we'll keep in touch that way. God bless.