Wow, this thing is harder to keep up than I thought it would be. I'm so determined not to let this blog drift into the trivial frivolity that my old Xanga so often featured that I tend to just leave it blank rather than register my thoughts. "I should write something in my blog..." I think to myself. "But I don't have the answer to world hunger yet..." I reply, choosing instead to browse the endless world of Facebook.
Well, nothing profound today, either. I did have some thoughts on the election, but I posted those on facebook. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I want to double-post things on this blog and facebook. Besides, by now it's kind of late to be posting post-election reactions. To sum it up: stop complaining and pray for our new President. God is in control. But I digress...
CHOIR TOUR! Samford Ministries Choir took our fall mini-tour to Panama City this past weekend. This being my first tour to plan as the SMC Tour Officer, I now have a whole new appreciation for what Mrs. Hinkle and the Zimmermans did year after year for us in Covenant's youth choir. And this was just a weekend trip!
Indeed, we did go to my hometown of PC. It was quite a nice trip. We stayed at First Baptist PC's Family Life Center on Friday night and had a service project at the Rescue Mission's warehouse on Saturday morning.
Saturday afternoon we hung out around First Baptist and wandered around downtown Panama City for a while. The weather was gorgeous, and it was so nice to see the ocean again. If there's one thing I hate about Birmingham: it's landlocked.
Saturday evening we had a full concert at my church, Covenant Presbyterian, and then had an ice cream social afterwards. Choir tour after choir tour with my church's youth chior, filled with crazy homestays, and now it was I arranging them for the Samford choir. How strange! And my homestay brought a whole new meaning to the word for me, because...well...I actually got to stay at my home! It was so nice to sleep in my own bed.
We sang in the Sunday morning services at First Baptist and then headed back up to Birmingham where I now anxiously await the arrival of Thanksgiving.
Altogether it was a great trip. I was pleased with how it turned out. It was good to have the first tour I plan go to my hometown. It gave me a little practice first before I start jumping into unknown territory.
And now the planning begins for mega-tour in the spring! We already have a location picked out, but it's definitely a state secret.
But for now it's back to the hum-drum of class for a couple more weeks. Nothing too thrilling going on in the classroom. On the bright side, there are some other exciting things going on that keep me from being too sad that there is still one more month left of school. ;-) But that's neither here nor there...
Until the next profound thought or major event occurs, this is Stephen...signing out...
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