Performance Day

Today was rather intense but a ton of fun at the same time. We woke up with plenty of time to spare to practice and get to the convention center without having to rush. With 30 monutes to go before performance we realized our original copy of the music that we needed to give the judges was left at the hotel.....a twenty minute walk. You wanna talk about panic. Little did i realize we had a track star on our team. Megan agreed and off she went. The kids started praying as she started running back to the hotel to get our music. Without it they would have been disqualified. As the kids were praying I was told that our room was running 20 minutes late. Isn't God good!! Megan came back in record time dripping with sweat. As we saw her running down the hall it was a "Chariots of Fire" moment. We cheered and then fed her plenty of water!! Pastor Dean, Leata, Mayville and Waupaca came to see the kids. They were great! After our performance we took our cans to the exhibition area to have it recorded by Valley Forge College. We were stopped several times to play. What a great time. After, the group went to have the cans signed by the "Planet Shakers" who asked them to play for them. After they played the drummer from the group and another band member just came and jammed with the kids for a while. What an awesome afternoon. Then our results. We picked up Cassies results and then ours. We both recieved Superiors on our entries. Cassie had two judges that gave her superior with honors and so did we. We were each .6 away from recieving a Superior with honors overall so they did really well. The judges said the team was very engaging and looked like they were really enjoying themsleves and Cassie's judges enjoyed the variety and diversity of her piece. The kids should be proud of themselves!! Tonights service was another great time of worship starting off with a half hour prayer service. After worship with the planet shakers Rich Wilkerson spoke. I know that God is challenging the kids about what steps they will take when we leave here about strengthening and sharing their faith. Tomorrow......our sleep in day!