The last month of school has been great, and mid-terms are next week, so what better time to pick the blog back up? It’s not like I have any studying to do or anything…

I started taking piano lessons from Mr. Daniel Hopkins, he has been working with me to fill in the gaps in my knowledge and add some new things to my arsena- er, toolbox. Right after school started, he also asked me to play with one of the high school ensembles that he directs so that he doesn’t have to play and direct during practice. Ensemble practice is one of the highlights of my week; they’re great singers, and they’re a lot of fun to be around. Theother day we were going through a song that has the piano making a lot of noise during akey change, and it became very evident that I wasn’t watching Mr. Hopkins as I kept playing my heart out a good two measures after he had cut the singers off, prompting some of the ensemble to assist him demonstratively in leading me to curtail the song. Good times!

Fourth grade boys’ Sunday School is my weekend ministry; basically I get to help John McGarry out along with another college guy. We have about fifteen church boys, including a couple staff members’ kids. I had never worked in Sunday School, or for that matter, with kids on a regular basis in ministry, so this is new to me. The first couple weeks, I didn’t do a whole lot besides sit and watch Bro. McGarry and Ben run everything. Now that I’m figuring out how to work with the kids, it’s actually a lot of fun, and it’s great to try to help these younger guys learn more about God while they’re still young.