The Challenges of The Project
I've run into a few roadblocks and I need help.
This post was written for an online group I belong to. It is meant to share some of the struggles I’ve had this year with The Project. These by no means new challenges. However thanks to other issues going on at the same time. Making things a bit more difficult.
As everyone knows I’ve been doing The Lego Church Project for at least twenty-four years straight. It is something that I truly enjoy doing. The interactions with the people. The interviews I do online. All of joyful and important to what I do. Like with anything we enjoy doing we reach moments where we struggle. Sometimes those can be more often than we are willing to admit to ourselves. Moments of deep frustration that never seem to end.
Most who I run into don’t fully realize that I’m just a “one person operation. I’m a guy who is on a very fixed income so I mainly have to rely on word of mouth to tell people who I am. Self promotion is the only way to let people know because I don’t really pay for advertising. This can be extremely exhausting at times. Needless to say getting the word out that I even exist can be a challenge on top of everything else. However I am more than willing to try.
The public displays I often talk about can be very hard to come by. Reaching out to parishes can be a struggle. I really have this desire to share my creative talents with others. I want to be able to visit parishes and show my work in person. Or have visitors come out to the current location because the pictures I do share. Really don’t capture all the details very well. The lack of transportation on my end (given that I don’t drive) makes cold calling or even cold emailing parishes not always ideal. Since the parish that would host me would have to provide transportation and other consideration. I don’t have a lot of extra rides. I’m blessed enough to get to the store and to Mass. That’s about it right now.
For Season 24 I’ve attempted to reach to as many parishes, places, and groups I can think of. Even the usual names that come up. Sadly those attempts at outreach have not developed anything so far. In any ministry or work that you do. You run into this kind of frustration often. Reaching a point where the desire to push though becomes extremely difficult. Self doubt comes into play because your wondering if what you are doing is having any kind of positive impact. If what you are doing is worth the endless challenge and frustration.
It might surprise people that I don’t get a lot of support for what I do. The the reality of things that I deal with. I enjoy going on podcasts and radio shows. I enjoy having the write ups done about me and my work. I love to share my story with others. I do this will full understanding that their is a good chance new doors will not be opened.
Those of us who do this kind of stuff know when we’ve hit a major roadblock. This year I’ve run into mine. You follow my social media posts you can tell it’s been an on going issue. I have yet to take Season 24 on the road and so far don’t have anything lined up for the summer. Self doubt has been a challenge to navigate lately. Combined with my very nature that does not like asking for help. This is an issue that I’ve always had to deal with. Not because of people saying no. Mainly because when I ask for help the only reply I get is silence.
When I get like this all I can do is seek out the Lord and pray for wisdom. To ride things out. Asking Him to send me somewhere with The Project. I will go where Lord is willing to send me. Even if I have no idea how it would work out.
Now I just need the Lord to put me on the right path.
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