Spokefolk: Day 1

Technically for the counselors it's day 2, but officially for tour it's day 1. It already feels like we've been here for a while because people have bonded quickly. Usually we don't become this close until day 4 or 5. God is going to do some awesome stuff these 12 days! There are 18 people total; my second smallest tour. A lot of people are from Florida. One guy said it's like a culture shock being here compared to Florida. They aren't used to green and hills.

I've been keeping pretty busy these past couple days too. I never really had a whole lot of time to prepare for tour and the time that I did have I spent watching tv. I enjoy not having a tv in Platteville. I am the instrumental director. I've been trying to setup the entire sound system and instruments since we got here yesterday and I'm not quite done. Today I spent a few hours in Wausau. I bought an electric guitar. Who does that?!? Ok, well, me. I've been torn between saving up for a new lens or an electric guitar. I'm split right down the middle between photography and music and I've just been waiting for the decision of what to do. I went to an awesome store in Wausau and the people there were very friendly and helpful. You don't find much of that at the stores in Madison. I got to play around on some pretty fun guitars. Eventually I'll post a picture of the one I got. It's a Hamer. I've never actually heard of that brand until today. I plugged it into a Marshall combo amp (which I also considered buying) and the guitar sounded right and fit me well too. The guy helping me also gave me a huge discount on a hard case. The guitar itself was a discount. I guess originally it's $650-$700 and I got it for $300.

Anyway, enough about the guitar. Tomorrow continues our training. After we wake up and eat breakfast I'll be getting band stuff going while non-band people practice singing. Then, after lunch, we have a 10 mile training ride, followed by an ice cold hose shower. Yay!

Prayer requests:
-Safety while biking
-Grow close to each other
-We learn music fast
-God's presence would be strong among us