Day 4: Three and a Half Services, a Concert, and a Comedy Club

The students had to wake up bring and early again this morning in order to get ready to play at three different church services in the morning!  There was one traditional service and two contemporary services, and Pastor Mike, who visited Rehoboth with the volunteer group that came just a few weeks ago, delivered a phenomenal message about what he learned on his volunteer trip.  The students performed only a few songs to give the congregation a taste of the concert which they were to perform later that night.

Just after the third service, the students were able to take a short break in a room specifically designated for them to rest, and some of the students got their hands on a microphone system and held the "First Ever Hope Lutheran Church Stand-up Comedy Club".  The students took turns telling jokes to one another and they even got Pastor Mike to come tell a joke after the service was over!

The students then had a sound check in the main worship center, an essential thing to do because of just how large the center is!  While the students were practicing their "stomp" section, the sound guy exclaimed that it was so cool that they had to do the stomp routine for the 5:00 pm service!  The students really wanted to do it and so, with very little warning, the students put on the stomp routine for the offertory of the evening worship service (hence the "and a half services").

In the afternoon, the students had a choice of going to the local mall (also very large) or staying at the church, and most of the students decided to go experience the mall.  After that break, it was to dinner, quickly, on to practice with the church's choir, and then on to the performance for the night, which went wonderfully.  Below is a picture of the students with the Hope Lutheran Choir as well as the children's choir.

Well, that's all for tonight.  As always, you can see all the pictures at this link.