Well it's been a while since my last update, but that's certainly not for lack of eventfulness. Round 1 of summer training was nuts. Every day would begin with the worship team, which includes me, arriving early to practice for the morning songs. Three hours of rehearsal, an hour of sectional rehearsal, two hours of team time, two meals, and one seminar later comes the end of the day. On some days, there is even an extra hour of band rehearsal after dinner. After these twelve hour days, we go to our host homes, where I, along with the other music trainers, begin to go over the music for the next day's rehearsal.
It all went by in the blink of an eye.
Each day was exhausting and a whole lot of fun. Through teaching each of the bassists their parts, and working with an entire team through all of training, I grew to enjoy the challenges and joys of teaching (as if I needed reassurance that I'm like my mother). It's been fulfilling to pass on all that I've learned over the past year to a group of kids who've never done anything with CTI before, or sometimes never played with a band before, or even been overseas. And that's fine; I was like that with my first CTI experience.
And now they're all in Japan, Taiwan, or Zimbabwe, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ wherever they go. I'm so excited to hear about, once they return, all that God's done in the lives of those they met and in them as well.
In a week, 3 new teams of people come to prepare for completely different experiences in Guatemala, Honduras, and Singapore. I have some music to learn!
If you'd like to follow the summer teams and their updates, you can find it all at ctimusic.org
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