Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set the example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. I Timothy 4:12
Jun. 5, 2009
AKMT!!!!
And so end two of the most fulfilling days of my life. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. However, I must say that being here at HQ and training the mission trip teams is an honor that I am ecstatic to have.
The AKMT training camp started Tuesday night, following the team arriving all throughout the day on Tuesday and Egroj Lagirdam picking them up in STL. Katie and I had been bugging Tess all week about the training camp and letting her know in no uncertain terms that we wanted to help! Well, not only did she let us help, but she scheduled song time in the evening so Katie could come and help after work! She’s so thoughtful.
Wednesday we got there at 3:00 (well, actually, a little before three) and they were working on Bible studies so of course they went overtime. This was OK with me, though; it gave me time to organize the Branson props, find the mission trip props with Courtney’s help, and put together all the AKMT props in a duffel for the team to use. Plus I said hi to everyone.
The mission trip team finished up their Bible study and we all headed up to the front for – what else? – technique. Well, Ryan said we were doing 2 Sets, but the team actually ended up going through a series of basic technique like foot positions and double zero. Ryan kind of combined technique with teaching the songs, teaching characterization before Larger Than Life and slow motion before Go.
That night we taught 2 Sets, Larger, Devil is Bad, and Faithful. Katie got there in the middle of Devil is Bad. Chris – I have to mention him since I went on a mission trip with him – got Rothchild, the announcer, Satan, and the main guard, respectively. Of course he was the announcer and the main guard on the mission trip, but Jo got to teach him Satan in Devil is Bad and I got to teach him Rothchild in 2 Sets, which was pretty cool.
OK, so hold all the events for a minute (that’s how I usually blog and I think it gets kind of boring). This team is doing something well that our ECMT08 team struggled with… a LOT: being teachable. It is so so so hard to be teachable when someone is telling you to do a song different that you’ve done a certain way your entire life! It’s frustrating and very difficult, but this team is doing it so well. What with the Branson people teaching some and the DE people teaching some, and none of them from either place but Charleton, something changes for SOMEone in every song, and I’ve never seen anyone handle it so graciously. Except maybe the last AKMT team. I told them as much yesterday. It really speaks well of their character.
Larger Than Life was of course completely chaotic when we first taught it. Faithful was interesting because we really had to leave but wanted to stay to help teach and so we stayed and then when we got home we had five minutes before we had to turn around and leave for church. Kendall is the martyr who burns at the stake, and it was really fun to teach her. Oh, and it was fun to teach Sadie in Devil is Bad, two (she’s Eve 1)! I’ve decided I really like Sadie.
So enough about Wednesday. Yesterday is the day that was completely amazing. And the day that I'll have to post about tomorrow.
I'll be remembering / The dark night; the hard fight; the long climb up a hill knowing the cost / The brave death, the last breath, the silence whispering all hope is lost / The thunder, the wonder... the power that brings the dead back to life!
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