what a crazy couple of days. we have traveled from virginia to georgia to tampa, then clearwater, then orlando and now melbourne, singing and dancing and jamming on the guitar the whole way. lastnight we had one of our all time best concerts. we performed in ladylake florida, outside of orlando, and home to the famous "The Villages" retirement community. they came out in droves to hear us perform, all 340 of them. the choir was up to task and performed flawlessly, give the crowd what they came to hear. unfortunately this is where my tour journey ends, i am now sitting in the orlando international airport. no i did not get sent home, this is a planned early departure. one of my greatest friends is getting married on saturday and i am flying home for the rehearsal tomorrow. but the choir shall carry on without me. they will perform tonight in melbourne, then travel up to sanford, north carolina, to give the last performance of the tour tomorrow night before heading home saturday.
before i left i spoke to the senior class, hopefully purveying some words of wisdom. i presented them with the verse from Timothy, challenging them to live with RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, FAITH, LOVE, ENDURANCE and GENTLENESS as they travel on in life. i went on to tell them to really listen to the words to the last song we have always sung as our last song on tour, Not To Us/A Closing Prayer:
the time has come for us, to leave this loving place. GUIDE US and PROTECT US, and LEAD US in thy GRACE....wherever LIFE may take us, as we go our separate ways, help us share with others the things we learned today...and bring us back to this FELLOWSHIP, once again.
[note: i am horrible at remembering lyrics in this manner, they may not be 100% correct, but the main idea is there...]
the COMMUNITY of the choir still is very strong once we leave the program. there is no greater example of this then every dec 24, when we get together again. as soon as we step into the room together, it is just like every other sunday at 4pm, and all the memories come flooding back. we are then able to turn this community in to song, as our offering to GOD. it is a beautiful things and something that the class of '09 will remember for a long time to come.
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This Summer, God has presented me with several adventures to take part in. He has called me to be His hands and feet in places like Florida, North Carolina, Costa Rica, West Virgina, and West Chester. I will logging about 8000 miles in the next two months, and so have created this blog so I can share what I see and experience. I will try and post 3-4 times a week, depending on internet availability.
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