I attended the Coast Vineyard for nearly six years and I was a worship leader there for four years. It was a beautiful place to grow up. I came into the community following friends from UCSD and InterVarsity. The simple, honest and transparent love in the place refreshed me and made so much healing possible. Powerful experiences of and teaching on the present and arriving kingdom of God and His heart for justice irrevocably shaped me. I gleaned so much about hearing from the Lord, gained so much confidence in leading, and received some huge vision and commissioning for my life.
Since High School, God has put a clear passion in me to love people cross-culturally with missions work. As I grew in musical ability and leadership, I felt tremendously led toward ethnomusicology for the sake of worship. God confirmed it in some spectacularly clear ways.
I want to see national worship movements birthed and the stage set for international revival. I plan to connect with local churches on the mission field, develop worship leaders and songwriters, and see the Spirit bring forth music and art in the heart language of that people group.
On September 5 of 2008, Charlotte Leanna Beck walked into my Starbucks store and changed my life forever. We assured each other things would go slowly, but this last year has been a whirlwind of God's leading, pursuit, patience, fun, and trials. God blessed the season with mutual encouragement, challenging and growth as He began to knit our hearts together. I decided to move on from Coast for the sake of the relationship, so that we could serve together and make moving forward possible.
I intended to be an intern at the City Church, more of a mixed bible college and discipleship program than training for a specific job. Months earlier, it seemed clear that Charlotte and I would be able to continue during it, despite the program's crucible of strict guidelines for dating and personal integrity. Instead, God allowed for miscommunication to occur that led to a wonderful testing of our hearts, desires and plans this past weekend. Thankfully, we received preparation, when in May, "Pastor Tami had the image of carefulness in signing a contract, a Joshua 9 kind of a warning" and from my last morning at Coast through some remarkably strong and wise words prayed over us. In the difficult but ultimately life-giving and faith-stirring weekend, He made His priorities clear to us individually. Together, we chose to put off interns for another year, until we are at a different relational place ;)
At this point, I plan to work with the Sound department, training and scheduling sound engineers, invest in churches in Tijuana and serve toward an intern scholarship for next year. I get to encourage Charlotte through this heavy year of school and prepare financially for this next season. We are blessed and so excited to see what God wants to do with us. Thank you for your prayers and love, my family and constant friends from past seasons. Thank you and bless you for your investment, gracious send off and support, my unshakable brothers and sisters at Coast (2 Tim 1:4). And thank you for your welcoming and understanding hearts my new friends and family at the City Church San Diego. May His grace, wisdom and truth indelibly mark you.
In His service,
Daniel/Dan/Dano Joseph Sanchez
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