The First Thought

MOVED!

Janaki — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:16:17 +0000

Hello faithful readers

I don’t post here very often. I decided to start fresh on a blog with a web address that actually made sense, and a new desire to actually blog.

You can find me here, and update your RSS!: http://janakid.wordpress.com

True friends

Janaki — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:01:26 +0000

Sent from my iPhone

Changing colors

Janaki — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:48:41 +0000

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Downtown Portland, OR

Janaki — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:20:57 +0000

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Sunday Setlists 10/11/09

Janaki — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:36:14 +0000

Ooooh, dusting off the old blog. Here’s a short update:

1. Started school full time in September
2. Working part time (20-30 hours) in an office
3. Working part time for Lifehouse Church (10 hours)

I am BUSY!

Here’s our setlist from Lifehouse Church this morning:

1. I’ll Fly Away
2. All Creatures of Our God and King
3. God of Justice
4. Never Let Go
5. Unashamed
6. Nothing but the Blood

So- a little background: our church is 9 months old, averages about 60 in attendance and we meet in an elementary school in Portland, OR. We set-up and tear down our sound system every. single. sunday. We’ve come across our fair share of problems but today just takes the cake.

In the middle of All Creatures I noticed a little bit of feedback. It quickly grew and encompassed the ENTIRE room – so much so everyone stopped singing and playing and covered their ears. It shook the floor, it was SO loud. We didn’t have a ‘sound guy’ this week so it took about 20 seconds until someone could get over to the soundboard and fix it. After several seconds of silence the room just burst out laughing. Even me! I made a joke about “no one having permanent damage” and moved onto the next song. It turned out fine after that!

Have you ever had something that crazy happen in a service?

This post is a part of Sunday Setlists.

Seal Rocks, OR

Janaki — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:16:39 +0000

Taken with my iPhone and used the Best Cam app.

Five years

Janaki — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:21:57 +0000

I’m writing this post on my iPhone in the Portland airport, waiting for our flight to Vancouver. From there we fly to Calgary, then to our final destination Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Five years ago Bryce and I were married. I say this all the time, but I still mean it whole heartedly: marrying Bryce was the best thing that ever happened to me.

So, here’s to many more!

Graces #6

Janaki — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:43:12 +0000

1. A real vacation. Not worrying about anything. The biggest
decision I have to make today is to drive North or South.

2. Become very fairly certain of my allergy problem… and it’s NOT
coffee. Hooray!

3. Wearing a nice white sweater for the first time, and I’ve gotten
through at least 2 hours so far with no stains!

Graces #5

Janaki — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:08:04 +0000

1. Getting over the really hard part of my diet. I still want food I
can’t have but I don’t feel like death. It’s a vast improvement.
Also, this is making me learn how to cook new and different things,
which I always like.
2. Taking two days away from everything and everyone to spend with Bryce.
3. New clothes. A bit materialistic, but I really like a new sweater
once in a while.

Sunday Setlists 09/06/09

Janaki — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:58:38 +0000

Well, HELLO fall! Woke up this morning to a torrential down pour. Being a holiday weekend I had some trouble finding musicians, but a friend stepped in at the 11th hour (no, seriously, he called me at 11 last night!) and we had a small group – guitar, vocals and a djembe. Here’s our set:

1. Unchanging (Tomlin)
2. Blessed Be Your Name (Redman)
3. Never Let Go/Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (Crowder)
4. Beautiful, Scandalous Night (Daugherty & Hindalong)
5. Holy, Holy, Holy (Arr by Sufjan Stevens)
6. The Doxology (Arr by Tommy Walker)

Our one tech issue was that we overloaded a breaker in the school and half the cafeteria/auditorium we meet in lost power during our rehearsal. While Tom and the school employee searched for the breaker box we did some acoustic rehearsal. We got done on time and everything was great for the service.

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