First Church Services

Yesterday (Sunday) we had the opportunity to play in a church for the first time. In the morning we did three pieces for their regular church service. In the afternoon, there were about four different congregations coming together to worship with us. Angela and I led a service of music and sharing for about an hour and a half. It was pretty warm and sweaty for us :) but it was their winter, so they were either used to it or a bit cold!

Some of the favorite songs included "How Beautiful", "As the Deer", and "The Touch of the Master's Hand". "As the Deer" has become somewhat of a 'theme song' for one of the local congregations here, and they asked us to play it again at the very end. We encouraged them to sing along to the instrumental arrangement. It is fun to hear how heartfelt and "all-out" they sing here.

"The Touch of the Master's Hand", we feel, has quite a significance here. Not many have seen a violin before, so that plays in well to the storyline of auctioning off a violin. There is another line in the song "The air was hot... and the sun was setting low", which is exactly what the setting was last night.

From the service, there were many requests for us to play at different churches. We really do feel the message of the cross was felt last night. Please pray that this would continue to be the case.

Today (Monday) is a national holiday (The Queen's Birthday) and it is the first non-rainy day (so far), so we hope to make it out to the ocean today! For the next three days, we will be working at a school, giving a mini-concert, adjudicating small groups, and working with the students, helping them to prepare for a competition at a convention in July.

Thanks for your prayers!