Mary and Marha with Jesus – Uganda card from Roberta to Ken
Mustard Seed Songs concert for Roberta at Holy Rood
“Don’t Be Ashamed of Jesus” The Mustard Seed Soul Band featuring Nicola and Fiona Poustie, Kat Hands and Katy Summer.
Tomorrow Joffy and I are off to the London School of Music in Ealing for the last day of mixing Risen!-The Musical before handing over the huge task of mastering to LCM Senior Lecturer, Andrew Bourbon. Then one more listen from Joffy and me before 1000 are replicated by Sound Performance Ltd – all ready for release on Palm Sunday, March 29th!
Tomorrow I also have a meeting with the London College of Music, Performing Arts Department to discuss auditioning and creating a cast for the Risen! – The Musical performance in Coventry on May 23rd – the same cast hopefully then performing in the autumn stage production at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth. All very exciting!
I have also been responding to all the advice given by Jonathan Brown MD of Integrity Music and Ross Gill of Global Fire and have been registering with PRS- PPL- ISRC and MCPS to ensure that Risen! is fully protected for copyright.
Found myself in the loft the other day – as one does – and there was a programme of a very early Mustard Seed Songs concert at Holy Rood church in aid of Roberta Cousins’ ministry work in Uganda.
I could not do Roberta’s amazing story justice here but suffice to say that she overcome agoraphobia and a lack of support from the elders of her church to obey what she knew to be God’s call and to go to Uganda on her own – not knowing anyone and with no planned place to stay. Now, after many years, some very challenging and despite continuous bouts of malaria Roberta is still in Uganda preaching, evangelising and blessing the local people of Kampala and the surrounding villages- a true “Woman of God.”
On 11th of November 2000 Roberta gave me a book in which to write thoughts and verses – the book had a card inside from Uganda with a picture on the front (see featured pic) of Martha and Mary with Jesus – Mary at His feet with Martha looking on irritated as she prepares Sudza en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadza Inside Roberta wrote “A Word from the Lord” for me – it is something that I often turn to for encouragement when things don’t seem to be going well – most especially in all that is connected with Mustard Seed Songs. Here is an extract – it’s the part that begins “You must remain in me “ that I need to constantly remind myself.
Though you I will heal the broken hearted. I will bring hope to the desolate, I will strengthen the weak. I will comfort the lonely, giving my love to others as I give my love to you. You must remain in me for I am the vine that feeds you, without me you can bear no fruit. You did not choose me but I choose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my Name- this is my command love each other.