Anyways, what have we been up to? Music. And more music. I like it. We've been writing songs and developing them as a band. I only brought my electric guitar here thinking I'd be playing pretty much only that. But considering we have three electric guitarists, one violinist, and one vocalist in my cell band that hasn't exactly happened. We all switch up according to each song and what that song calls for. So far I've played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and I've sang for some songs. It's fun. I'm thinking about writing my next song on piano....
Here's a picture of my cell band:
(l to r) Erika (violin, piano, vocals); Tony (guitar, bass); Tommy (guitar, drums); me; Will (cell band leader); Sophie (vocals)We have class each week in the morning, with topics ranging from Worship in the Word to "Worship Evangelism" to the history of worship and stuff like that. Last week we had Rob Morris and he was awesome. Hands down, my favorite speaker I've ever had in YWAM, DTS or SOW. His message was simple: Love God and love people. And we had many a good discussion over this. He was probably the most motivational and inspiring speaker I've heard, and he doesn't even try to be that. He just had conversations with us. He said God's heart is for justice, for the poor, the lost, the brokenhearted. Who did Jesus usually hang out with? He is the founder of the organization Love 146. Its purpose is to fight against child sex slavery, and provide safe homes and the like for victims. www.love146.org.
This week we don't have teaching. Instead, we are preparing to record our school CD. It will be 7 songs, handpicked by John Connor (former SOW Director and producer of the album) from the songs we have written as students. My first song, titled All For You was picked to be one of the songs, which I'm pretty excited about. I'll definitely do an update once the CD is out.
There you have it. Thanks for stopping by.
Chris
