Tonight was the first time that I had seen the Reverend Billy Graham in person…and it was astounding. What was absolutely amazing though was watching the thousands of people stream out of the stands to accept Jesus as the Lord of their lives…God has been working in the lives of so many people in preparation for this Crusade, and it was so great to be a part of it.

Singing in a choir this big was incredible! There were about 6,000 of us…yet, because the Rose Bowl has no “roof”, most of the sound went up into the air, and we couldn’t even hear the people around us. It was still great!

Tomorrow we will be singing back-up for Michael W. Smith! Woo hoo! I can’t wait! MercyMe and Nicole C. Mullen were there tonight, and they are amazing. I posted pictures below. I’ll continue to post pictures throughout the Crusade–since I’ll be there every night, in pretty good seats (third row).

Pray that the Lord will continue to move in the hearts of those who will be attending…Billy Graham is such an amazing example to us all! He is 86 years old, and is doing this Crusade with a healing pelvis (he broke it in June, so the Crusade was postponed until now)…pray that Billy will have the strength to continue to preach the Gospel.

Wow…

MercyMe

Nicole C. Mullen

Part of my view from the alto section of the 6,000 voice choir.  

Reverend Billy Graham, after preaching an incredible sermon, after which thousands went forward to accept the Lord Jesus into their heart! 🙂 

So, as I was going through my playlist in Windows Media Player tonight, I came across my collection of U2 songs. I decided to listen to them, since it’s been awhile…

But that was probably a bad idea, simply because of all the memories they bring back to me. The song “With or Without You” is especially pertinent to the last week and the memories that have come flooding back.

U2 is a quality band, and I am so glad that when I was young I was introduced to them. Incredible talent + great lyrics=amazing band.

If only music and memories could become unattached…

Today was our big day–we taught a class of 5th graders about John Adams and his presidency. APU has acquired a complete set of Presidential Signatures, so history classes are taking the opportunity to teach the kids about each president, doing a few a year.

As you can see from the pictures below, we dressed up in costumes from the era, and had a blast.

We started with an eight minute brief presentation about different aspects of the presidency and the time period. Then we split the kids up into three groups, and had three stations.

One station had quills and ink, and we helped the kids sign parchment (that we made) that was a replica of the actual signature of John Adams that the University has.

Another station (mine) taught about food and culture (and clothing). We gave the kids pumpkin pie and tea, as well as colonial hats (to the boys) and bonnets (for the girls). I played the mandolin, as well, to show folk music–which was the music of the time.

The last station was games that they played back then. They played “quoits”, which is the game that “horseshoes” came from, and we gave them all a clay marble as a souvenir.

The kids loved it, and we had a great time. I’m just relieved that this is over–it has been so much fun, but SO much work went into it. 🙂

Enjoy the pictures–we got many stares as we walked around campus!

Teaching the class (part one, presentation) 

Lesa, Sarah, Dr.Lamkin, Rachel, Brittany and Amy 

I am in amazement. I heard on the radio today that there are 39 days until Christmas…YIKES! I get out of school only a week before Christmas, so there is SO much to get done in the next 32 days!

39 days… 🙂