I’ve been wanting to do one of these for a while and just haven’t gotten around to it until now. Brody Harper started a weekly post on writing something positive about someone on Tuesday. So here is my first installment.
I am blessed with a lot of phenomenal musicians at Sunset. Leading them is very, very easy most of the time. They come to practices prepared and desire to become better musicians while leading the congregation into a time of worship. On the top of the list is Aaron Soule, a drummer at Sunset. He plays twice a month a lot of the time, comes as prepared as anyone on the team, and the odd part is that he was in my position before me. He left to pursue a job on the east coast that didn’t work out exactly how he had planned. He felt God calling him back to Sunset and to Portland for this time in his life. At first I thought, “this could be awkward”: My old band leader, whose job I now have, is coming back to play with me. But, to be completely honest, it could not have worked out any better.
Aaron is truly a blessing to the worship team, to Sunset Pres, and to me. He makes my job so much easier because he understands what I do all the time. He has supported me in my role at every chance, and continues to encourage me to schedule him as often as possible.
Today I am en route to Chicago and that is all thanks to Aaron. He is a pilot and had some connections to get Jay and me standby tickets to Chicago through Seattle. I continue to be surprised by God’s humor as he took my negative feelings towards having him back and has turned it into such a positive thing.
