Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ever wanted to be a worship leader? Come to Sudan.

Fun facts:

~I ate goat intestines about thirty minutes ago and they were very good.
~It's hard to drive a motorcycle in complete darkness, but very fun.
~Mosquitos aim for my eyes.
~If you smack a mosquito when it's on your eye, subsequent eye pain far outweighs the glory of vengeance.
~The feeling of a gecko trying to jump out of a toilet which you are covering with your butt is unpleasant.
~It's hard to "#2" standing up.
~Bamboo poles don't break over your head, no matter how hard you hit them against it.
~If you are standing on a stage and you reach your arm out over a large crowd of people, someone will probably try to pull you in.
~Drunk soldiers with firecrackers and bicycle chains don't like people yelling at them.
~If you lend in-ear headphones to someone who has never heard of cleaning their ears, the headphones will magically change color.


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One of the things I really want to do is bring Sudanese worship songs to the United States. I thought the best thing to do would be to teach you guys how to write them, so I wrote this handy dandy guide:

The Handy Dandy Guide to Sudanese Worship Song writing.

1: Think of a line that has to do with God
2: Add any tune you want
3: Scream it until your lips get numb

It's easy! Here is a real life example, my favorite:

"Jesus, you are the king of Africa"

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x4)

Prechorus:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x2)

Chorus:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x4)

Verse 2:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x4)

(repeat chorus)

Verse 3:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x4)

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:
Jesus, you are the king of Africa! (repeat x4)

(repeat chorus x2000 or until you pass out)

It's that easy! Anyone can do it!**





**does not include persons that are mute, dead, or are for any reason unable to perform the following actions: "screaming, "thinking", "speaking", or "repeating".


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So the team came in this week, and in the last few days the conference that I have been working to advertise happened. Over 5000 people have decided to give their lives to Christ so far! It has been really awesome this last week, and I am looking forward to an amazing next two months here. I am working on my Sudanese accent so I can be more easily understood by the people here, you have to speak in a very special way for them to be able to understand you.


7 comments:

Nicole said...

sounds awesome! Praying, praying, praying!

mk said...

5000??!
That's fantastic.
I'm praying that God'll make it 10 times more!

Anonymous said...

Ahhh. I love you Justin!
The joy of the Lord really is your strength.

Anonymous said...

man 5000 people! Praise God!

simple, yet passionate worship. sometimes thats better than going on and on.

ill keep up my prayers

thanks for posting this stuff

colorful love and paint said...

Heyy I need you to check you email ASAP if you can, it's extremely important =) Miss you alot man,

Brittany Ann.

Evangelist Daniel King said...

Justin,

It was great getting to know you in Sudan! We will be praying for you and all the Bible Clubs. I love your blog...very funny!

Blessings,

Daniel King

Bridgette said...

Praise God for the harvest!