On the Road with the Gospel Heralds

One out of ten weeks down! Last week was training week for the Gospel Heralds. After arriving on campus Saturday evening, I enjoyed a relaxing Sunday visiting my church near school and resting up for the week. Then, starting at 8:30 on Monday morning, we began training. It was much more exhausting than I expected! From 8:30 every morning until 10 o'clock each night, we all practiced singing, handbells, different standing formations, dramatic Scripture readings, and more. While it was tiring, I still had a blast hanging out with the team and getting to spend time with different people one-on-one. Below is a picture of us all!

Left to right: Isaiah, Elisabeth, Ben, Leslee, Jordan, Loni, Tom, me, Justin

So, after that long week, we headed out on Saturday to officially begin our summer travels! First stop: Gospel Life Baptist Church in Keyser, WV. Our host homes that evening were lovely and our very first concert on Sunday morning went much better than expected! After a quick lunch and packing everything up, we moved on to Crosslife Bible Church in Westminister, MD for a Sunday evening concert. While we were eating dinner before the concert, a good friend walked in- it was a total surprise to me! And two other wonderful friends were able to come for the concert, so it was lots of fun to have some familiar faces in the crowd and to spend some time with them afterwards. 

Today, Monday, was our day off. We travled about an hour and a half to northern VA, did a little shopping, ate dinner at the Macaroni Grill, and ended up at a hotel where some of us went for a swim...and now I'm taking full advantage of the internet access to update! Tomorrow we'll be back on the road, heading to Shepherdstown, WV for an evening concert. I'm especially excited for next week when we'll be in the VA Beach area for several concerts, so I should get to see my family and hopefully some friends as well. 

Anyway, it's been a wonderful week and a couple days so far and I'm looking forward to the remaining nine weeks of travel and singing! 

~Hannah Grace