Halfway Through

Hey everyone!

This week marks the halfway point of my internship! 6 weeks in and 6 weeks to go! 

This week has been a particularly busy and chaotic week – it’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) week for the kids at the church. The theme this year is MegaSports Camp: Go Beyond the Gold, where each child signs up to be trained in a sport for 4 nights, while also receiving God’s Word into their lives during the ‘halftime’ sessions and rallies at the end of the night. I have always loved VBS – it is such a joy to watch all the kids who came out, had fun, and some even accepted Christ as their Savior. It was cool to watch them get very excited for each night with the video episodes about a heroic story – filmed by the video staff at the church that featured many other leaders of the kids’ ministry. This week, I had the opportunity to be a “huddle coach” (devotion leader for the halftime sessions) for the volleyball team and talked about how to be a member of God’s team. Some of the kids in 5^th & 6^th grade were also a part of “Ignite” ministry, helping the other kids in VBS engage in the worship songs and stories through skits and human videos. They put a lot of work into it, coming to the church early in the morning every day this week for practice.

Because of those kids, the church was quite chaotic during the daytime since things are needed be done each night. However, the other music intern, Sam, and I were still able to record a few songs of the list our worship pastor gave us for the choir music. He recorded it to his computer while I played the different parts. Through this, I am learning how to record music through MIDI (keyboard) and how easy it was to make it ‘perfect’! It was a great learning experience for sure!

For the rest of the hours, I started writing another orchestral arrangement of a few songs for the orchestra ministry. Unfortunately, it has been a really slow process because it is taking a while for me to think and write harmonies, but I feel like I’m getting faster and faster at it as I have more experience doing it.

That’s pretty much all I did this week. I didn’t work as much in the office because I helped out with VBS from 5:30-9 every night and it took much of my time, but I still managed to still learn a lot about what I am doing, even when I am helping out with the children’s ministry! 

That's all for now. Time to face more challenges in the next 6 weeks! Thanks for your prayers, support, and encouragement - they are truly appreciated! :)

God bless,

Andrea