Alaska Ablaze 2015...

Here's a short slide show we made to share with our church, last year.  In it, are a few pictures from the 2015 Alaska Ablaze Camp held in Mentasta Village. This was the fourth time our church was invited to come and help with camp. We were honored to be a part of the good things that God is doing there. Thank you to our friends and family in Mentasta for having us.

Alaska Ablaze FB: http://ow.ly/WngM300RpV1

Music: Touch The Sky by Hillsong United
Available on iTunes: http://ow.ly/b9C9300PeZO

Record Project Update 5/28

So it’s been a while since we did the GoFundMe campaign. That was incredible. I cannot believe how much support is behind the project. I wish I could say that we are almost finished w/ recording, but the reality is that the connection that I had fell through and we are back at square one.

During that time, I came away slightly disappointed and discouraged. But what I have learned in this process is that nothing about making a record is easy. I’m learning that I want this process to be fun and enjoyable. I want to make something good…something that’s worth something. But I want do it w/ people who believe in the project.

There’s a quote from the movie, Miracle starring Kurt Russell, that really like. It expresses a something I have come to highly value. Kurt plays Herb Brooks who coached the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team. That year, they go on to win the gold medal, defeating a seemingly invincible Russian squad. When putting the team together Coach Brooks is being questioned as to why he is leaving some of the “best” players off the team. Coach Brooks replies, “I’m not looking for the best players, Craig. I’m looking for the right ones.”

I think for me, if I could ask for prayer and/or help, it would be that God would help me to link up with the right ones for this project. 

In a few weeks...

In a few weeks we'll be heading back to #Mentasta for #AlaskaAblaze camp.

A photo posted by Jared Miyamoto (@jaredmiyamoto) on May 26, 2016 at 2:08pm PDT

I'm Possible // Jeremy Cowart

If you have a few minutes to spare, you should watch this video.

So we have the money, now comes the hard part

I'm not sure how many times is too many to say, Thank you.

But...

Thank you.

One of my fears was that after starting up this GoFundMe page, I'd get stuck on something like $80 for months. Well, I am truly humbled and grateful for the support and words of encouragement you have given over the past few weeks.

Now that we've reached our budget goal, the next steps in my mind is to actually record the song, create a website for this project, and get a whole lot of music business stuff in order.

Before, it was always just a dream or something to think about doing...but now that we have the money, it's kind of funny cause I have to go ahead and do something with it. No excuses. I'm excited...and nervous...but mostly excited.

But most of all, I'm thankful and grateful for family and friends to share this journey.

Almost There

Hey everyone,

Ten days ago, I started a campaign to raise $2000 to record and distribute a song I wrote. Today we have almost reached that goal.

$1469

Couldn't have done this without you. 

So, thank you. Thank you so much.

Please continue to share this link...

www.gofundme.com/jaredsrecording

...however and with whoever you can.

For ramblings on other topics, you can connect with me on...
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That's all for now.

(It's OK to) Give Small, Pass It On

Well, 2 days have past since we started the GoFundMe page. In that time, we've nearly raised $1000! Almost halfway to our $2000 goal.

As I check the page from time to time or am updated by an email from GoFundMe, I am blessed, thankful, and in awe of the support and generosity shown by all of you. Up to this point most of the contributions have been pretty big (or what I would consider big), like $100 - $200. To you friends, thank you. 

For you others, I know if it were me, might feel pressure to give that way too...but might not be able to...so here's another way...hence the blog title "Give Small, Pass It On".

The short explanation is if you would like to give to the project, $10 is a good number...even $5 is good. But after you donate, pass it on. Here's one way to do that on FB or Twitter...

1. Copy and Paste the GoFundMe link on your Facebook and/or Twitter page:

www.gofundme.com/jaredsrecording

2. If you want, add a short note about why you're supporting this project. Example: Jared is nice and I like his song. That's why I'm supporting this project! 

3. If you really want to, add #PassItOn to the end of your post along with #JaredsRecording

The "Pass It On" part comes from my elementary days. Maybe you're old enough...I mean, maybe we went to elementary school around the same time...or...ummm...anyway, back to my story. As lunch would finish up, before we could go to recess, we'd have to be dismissed by a teacher. When a few kids noticed that a table had gotten dismissed, you would always hear them telling the others to be quiet and "be good" so the teacher would dismiss our table. Now if you remember, cafeteria tables were long and rectangular so most times you would hear the signal, which would be whispered (usually) starting from the aisle and ending at the wall, "Be quiet...pass it on." 

 So friends, consider this our aisle...

www.gofundme.com/jaredsrecording #PassItOn #JaredsRecording #100isGreatBut10isGoodToo

If you aren't able to part w/ a few bucks at this time, I totally understand. But you could like my music page. That's free...