After a nearly-sleepless friday night, rounds and the nursery were well-behaved on saturday. Dr. Anil was on call this weekend and I was s’posed to lead worship on sunday at church. We couldnt meet for practice on saturday evening like we usually do as I hadnt yet chosen the songs and also Dr. Anil was at a meeting till 6 PM. I finally handed over the pager at 7 PM to him and set to work putting things together for the worship session. I called up people – Jyothi said she would make it and Sara and Sonia confirmed their availability. Abu and Kenny were not there, so there was noone to play the keys. I managed to catch Cynthia by SMS late in the night and then talked to her – she sounded tired (the busy life as an intern!), but said she would try to get permission to come. Trinity and Miriam were not contactable.
The songs fell into place quite quickly – I decided on the theme “Security”. Getting the lyrics and the powerpoint took some time and I downed quite a few cups of coffee before I finally got finished at 2 AM. I had very refreshing chats with Suneeta, my classmate, and Priya, an online friend, in the midst of the preparation which was very useful. I woke up just before 7 today and things seemed OK. Just after a shower I got a message from Jyothi saying she had overslept and wouldnt make it. I felt a little disappointed. Almost in answer, Shirley called up out of nowhere and said she’s be there. I SMSed Sara and Sonia in case they had overslept – they hadnt! Phew! Gladwin offered to pick me up ( I had to carry a guitar and the laptop). He was 20 minutes later than what he promised. We reached church by 8.30 AM and soon set up the mikes. After doodling with the LCD projector settings we started practice with Shirley, Sonia and me. Oops – we ran into trouble trying out the first 2 songs – Rock of Ages and Fear Not; Both of them did not know it. We were struggling. Almost in answer, Jacob, who was in Vellore for the weekend, popped in and soon Cynthia was there too – she looked tired, but her voice was awesome!! Soon time ran out and we prayed and started the service. Amazingly the songs came out better than we expected and the congregation really worshipped the Lord. It’s so great to see God in control of things with his presence and power! The rest of the service was great too! Kalyani aunty gave a very practical talk about Love – very realistic!
I had a great lunch, a peaceful afternoon siesta and then lazed around.
I managed to set right some forms on my website which left me satisfied. Sheba called up and we had a looooooooong brother-sister talk!! It was nice.
Jeremy Camp continued to blare out of my boombox and at 11PM I found that Vinu was shifting into the room opposite me! Great – good company at last!!!
After a cup of coffee with him at F&H (where we bumped into Arpudh and Sushil) I updated the blog.
It’s been a very refreshing weekend. I know the week ahead will be busy again…. but I feel better prepared