Swineflu continues to wreak havoc across our country. And by ‘across’ I mean the south-eastern state of Victoria, where nearly 80% of the cases have been recorded.  Weird.  We have gone from 30 to 1,300+ cases in 2 weeks, there’s only 30,000 cases world-wide, and Australia – a country with ~0.3% of the world population, has ~4.3% of the total cases…perhaps pandemic is an accurate description for us?

Anyway, this post has nothing to do with that  … you can find loads of information about it at various other netstinations (yep, the el crapola word making doesn’t let up), so I’m not gonna stir up any more paranoia than I already have. **

What’s really going to be in lockdown is our worship team, who are going to be holed up in the studio Saturday working on our second recording session.

For me, that means approximately 14 hours in the studio, praying, working with the engineer, praying, co-ordinating who’s coming and going, praying, making sure everything is brilliant.

Oh -  and praying – did I mention that bit?

All of this is great, but it also involves sacrificing precious time with my marvellous wife. And the sacrifice is getting bigger over the next few months as we go from one session a month to two sessions starting in August, aiming to wrap up recording in mid-November for a mid-December release.

In the meantime, we personally have that small issue of moving in July too. Yay!

We’ve been talking about recording our original songs for years (and years) so I am excited that this year it’s not just talk, but the sacrifice still hurts.

I know, I know … that’s what sacrifice is all about. 

Apart from losing out on time with Diane, one of the things that I’m personally sacrificing is spending more time on my personal writing and recording goals.  So, if anyone finds that extra day per week that I’ve seen getting talked about on the interwebs recently, please send me the code for that too.

What sacrifices do you make to pursue dreams?

**Seriously, do pray for our country, and especially Victoria, as this flu continues to worsen its grip on that state and the physical and mental well-being of its residents. Thanks.