I've enjoyed travelling through Great Britain thus far, seeing the sites and meeting people of the church. The whole ministry aspect of the trip is what I have been preparing myself for for months ahead of time, and this is came despite of struggles to raise funds for the trip itself. However, the knowledge that I had before hand is the tendancy to lose focus on the ministry aspect of tour altogether, and a week into the trip I can see hints of that happening already. Mainly, I think this is due to: 1) being around people you don't normally associate with outside of choir 2) the sites 3) travelling.

1. Being around people - I have noticed just how the choir divides into ingroups and outgroups, pre existing friendships tend to disallow for any newcomers to fit in just rightly. Friendships take presidence and there is little will to get to know people outside of one's social circle. Not only that, but people judge people before getting to know them, or refuse to understand and get along with someone with a different viewpoint or personality. Moreover, people miss the fact that we are God's stewards, a travelling congregation of ministers that need to be unified and respected and treated equally.
2. Sites - I can make a fair assumption that it comes as quite easy for people to be destracted with the sites around them and make their focus that rather than touring for ministry.
3. Travelling - The fact that we're travelling away from home, to a majestic place full of beauty and history becomes a fascinating dream-like reality to people on such a trip. Travelling and being received by people with such generosity can become a wrong focus when we are to be sharing God's love.