Tour // Manchester

Manchester highlights: great gathering of worship pastors, awesome ministry and a great evening. The second last night of the tour was really fun: we were in Manchester, hosted by a good friend called Lynn Swart, who I have known since I was a teenager and was instrumental in encouraging me with worship leading.

We arrived into town about 9am and stopped off at 'The Message' to borrow their showers - there are no showers on the bus, so we all hit the washrooms wherever we go like a smelly rugby team: 15 of us desperately in need of soap. Our drummer, Ben Bryant, is a local boy, so we stopped off at his parents place for a coffee. Then onto the venue to set up and sound check. We've been using in-ears only (a system called AVIOM) which makes setting up very quick and easy. The evening was great: we started with a gathering of worship pastors from around Manchester and the North, which was awesome. Then the night was rammed: sold out, loads of people from across the place from Leeds to Wales. The ministry tonight was really powerful, one girl was healed from an arm problem, and it was cool. Anyway, we're hitting the sack as we leave for Birmingham in the middle of the night. Last night on the bus, it's been crazy fun...