The Tour Bus and Exile

Lessons on the road (Part 1)

For the next 14 days, I’ll be on a tour bus sharing God’s Word in 11 cities. This is truly a humbling opportunity in so many ways. But in a unique way, it is humbling personally. You may wonder what could be humbling. Joel, you’re on a tour bus. You get to visit a new city everyday. You are speaking to hundreds of people This sounds amazing! Well, it is but also its complicated. Let me give you a quick insight into tour bus life. 

1. I’m on a bus that is roughly 500sqft with at minimum 4 other people but usually closer to 7 people. 

2. I live out of a suitcase that I have to pull out every day and pack away every day

3. We are allowed to use the bathroom on the bus but only for #1. NO #2 on the bus, and no exceptions! So, this means if you need to go in the middle of the night, the bus driver has to pull over the entire bus and everyone watches as you make your walk (or jog depending on the urgency) of shame to the public bathroom.

4. At night we have no control over the conditions of the road. So it…