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Lyrics:
In 2013
10 people formed a team
Flying overseas
Tryna transform communities
(RIP commtrans)
We could only bring
A couple things
Passports IDs
you know what I mean
Dancing my way (way)
up through TSA (A)
What ya gonna say
It’s a brand new day (day)
Bunch a young people
And we filled with the spirit
Matthew 28
The whole world gonna hear it!
This is our skill set
Liz brought her kid
And Petes a paramedic
Carrie is a pillar of the faith
Don’t forget it
And Joe got the Camera
Just to prove that we did it all
Tim and Kate both
Are the leaders of the crew
Got some Norwegian spice
All thanks to Knut
Chelsea is a cook
Making meals with some flavor
And I’m the guy who
Made a song a 10 years later
“So…Statistically speaking we had a 60% chance of getting sick, a 30% chance of getting robbed, and the oh so comforting 10 percent chance of dying - great my life is literally a tithe now”
……
8 hour plane ride
Finally land
Hopping off the plane
Realize I’m stranded
Can I go back
Please don’t make me do this
You already signed contract
Boy you so foolish
That’s how it felt
we all were kind of Timid
Only white people
In a world of Fijians
Fear started creeping
Made me wanna hide
Little did we know
The Holy Spirit was our tour guide
Now we on the move
Double edge sword
You know what to do
Moving to the beat
Feel it in the Woofer
Meeting all our neighbors
Ask em’ do ya need some sugar
Praying for the sick
Meeting lots of new people
Making new friends
Like Walter and Louisa
Gettin pretty loud
Cause we Singing lots a praise
Growing in the word
God Stirring up the faith
Tell me
Can you hear the sound
Victory Horns as we conquer new ground
Partner with the local
C3 in our town
Team starting to grow
Into something so profound
Life’s good
Feeling bliss
Till Tim and Kate
Told us all to gather up and sit
They said “the only way to say this is to say it”
“Your going on a Faith Journey
Starting in the morning”
…..
Alright a Faith Journey
Consist of three rules to survive
Each of these
Crucial if you do not wanna die
I recognize
To some this may come as a surprise
But you can not chicken out and sneak back to the house at night
Also - Participations mandatory
And remember this
god gets all the glory
Honestly we’re pretty sure
You’ll be fine
Teams of 2 to 3
That’s something we’ll decide
RULE 1
You must leave the house
For a week
Taking nothing with you
But shoes up on your feet
RULE 2
Read Matthew 10
It’s the great commission
Try not to sin
RULE 3
Take $20
And have fun
Don’t come back till
The lord says your done
To sum it up in words
We’ll that’s really all
Good luck
God speed
And don’t you dare try to call
……
Now I don’t wanna start this out Complaining
But how come my partners
English is their second language
Oh well
I trust that god knows what he doin
So me K-Nut hit the road
Day 1 grooving
Only got a twenty so
How Should we spend it?
Headin to Tavuni
But we need a ferry ticket
Dock master says it’s $10 each.
Quick prayer
Should we do it?
Yes!
We take one a piece!
One hour down and we’re already
BROKE
coolest part about it
Was ya boys were STOKED
Walk-in by Faith
when we heard God SPOKE
Did we have a plan
When we got there? NOPE
Man shoot
This is really fun
Man I’m kinda hungry
What we got for lunch?
Holy buns lunch!
We don’t even have a food!
If I have to eat Knut
I would probably have him stewed
Calm down I didn’t say it
I just thought it
In my defense I was
7,000 miles from an Olive Garden
And you’d probably do the same thing
Up in my position
But … I digress
It’s a pointless conversation
So We make it to Tavuni
And we’re getting off the dock
We could really use some shelter
And by some I mean a lot
So we take a little moment
Asking god where we should go
We Both hear the word South
And Start walk-in up the road
Called an audible
Now we’re going north
First thing that we see
Is a AOG church
Knocking on the door
Like “how ya doin neighbor
Here to tell your family
About our Lord and Savior”
Door opens
No Fijian
man named Dharmin
He’s pure blood Indian
always thought that we would die
But never turned into curry
He invited us inside
Turns out he wasn’t scary
We talked a bit
And he agreed we could stay
On one condition
We would go into the hospital
And pray
Hopped inside the truck
And we were on our way
Went inside
And laid hands
On the sick where they lay
Praying in the name of Jesus
Seeing people saved
Feeling overjoyed
Like “Knut, man we made it!”
But Mr.Dharmin
He had one last trick
Brought us both to the back
To a woman who was sick
Come to find
They believe she had demons
Didn’t even have my bible with me
I can’t believe it!
I didn’t need it!
I just prayed in the spirit!
Got down on my knees
Thinking that would help him hear it!
She never woke up
That had me choked
How do you react
When something doesn’t go the way you hoped
That’s a real life question
Faith Journey teaching me some
Real life lessons
Spent the next week
In the same town preaching
Knut got sick
Stayed at the house sleeping
Did a lot of good things
But it was time for us to go
In the back of my mind
I thought that Dharmin
Would get us home
But he never did
He just gave us a ride
Told us to have faith
Dropped us off said goodbye
Sitting at the dock
With no money for the fare
Captain says last call
Time to set sail
Argued with the lady told her
We believe in god
Then she told me I should ask
If we could use his credit card
Moment kinda Awk
Bunch of people on a boat
2 people on a dock
Blabbing at the mouth
Trying to make their way on
But the captain wants money
And ya boys have none
But just when you think the
Boys ain’t going
A mysterious man in the front
Gave a signal
The captain looked back
And said “are you sure”
The man just nodded
And she said “all aboard!”
Now we’re both just crying
Can’t believe were gettin on a boat
Leaving From the island
Still don’t know who the man
That paid was
All we had was faith
In return he saved us
Guess the lord did it
Now we can’t forget
After gettin off the boat
Someone bought us bus tickets
Yes you do
You know who
Mysterious man
Now sitting rear view
Knut still sick
But we’re glad to get back
Mysterious man
Started buying us snacks
Ask him what his name was
So I could say thanks
Munching on the snacks
Haven’t eaten all day
He never talked to me
But instead gave us cake
“This part of the story is weird…
Like who just has cake on a bus?”
Finally arrived
Asked him for his name
But he never did reply
In return I did the same
Got off the bus
Same place that we started
Saw the man through the window
He Threw me a Shaka
Aloha!
Wow - well god
That was really cool
Either he was an angel
Or you just really moved
When we walk in faith
God is watching every move
Feeling like we won
After a journey so huge
Ran back to the house
Hoping we would find our team
Can’t wait to hug them all
Tell them bout the whole thing
But no one was home
We’re the first ones back
Opened up the fridge
All the food had gone bad
Funny little story
But it’s true and it happened
Our team started showing up
Back to the cabin
The joy that we felt in those moments
We’re surreal
Knowing that they hadn’t died
And conquered all the fear
Joe and girls
Stayed close by in town
Had their own struggles
But they’re made it work out
Pete and Liz
Really get the MVP
Somehow made it to Australia
In just one week
Tim and Kate
Made their way up to Nandi
Encouraging the people
Lookin like the hands and feet
Everyone was fine
In the end thankfully
No major injuries
I did got stung by a bee though
Faith Journey
Made an impact
Haven’t really since
Done anything like that
Always be special in my mind
When I think back
If you really wanna try it
I would tell ya
Gotta have faith!
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