Day 6: The Good Times Keep Rolling!
So we told you about this incredible lighting system that we were able to bring over for Vox Domini….check out these before and after pictures. I didn’t have any before pictures from this year, so you’ll see one that I took last year!
Vox Before
Vox After...Check out the new lights
Well, we finished our second full day of the Recreaza conference. We woke up to the news that we have a new American President. We had mixed emotions and during our team time we prayed for our country and for our new President. Collectively as a group we were pretty shocked, but we take comfort in knowing that God is in control of all governmental officials and authority, and that ultimately the future of our country is in his hands!
After our team met and prayed for the day, we headed downstairs to start the conference. We started out with a few worship songs, and then Elliott talked about the importance of having a vision. He talked about the purpose of a church having a vision or mission statement, and this was a new concept for most of the churches here. So after talking about that we gave all the churches time to meet and create a vision statement for their church or worship ministry. It was so awesome to see them working together and asking hard questions! Here in Romania collaborating can be a difficult thing to do, so it was awesome to see God begin working among the teams and creating unity!
Team Time-Talking about Vision Statements
After team time, we had lunch and then went straight to breakout sessions! Our team is doing an absolutely INCREDIBLE job of answering questions and challenging them to “recreate” (Re:Creaza) or rethink what they do. Today the breakout sessions were about How to Build a Band and How to Manage Bands and Different Worship Leading Styles! This was a great way to set up our night main session!
We have an amazing translator, named Rebecca that has been with us this week! She currently works in a spa and is wanting to learn how to do nails, so she wanted to practice on the girls on our team! So Shae and I sat with her for an hour each as she did our nails. She told us her story about how her parents were the first people in their village to become Christians, and how they were banished from their families and persecuted because of their faith. But her parents did not falter and held on to their faith, and she knows the Lord today because of it! She is such a sweet, sweet woman, with an amazing faith!
Check out the nails...Thanks Rebecca!
After a long but great afternoon, we had dinner and then our main session! Our breakout sessions have been covering the logistics and mechanics of running a worship ministry, while the evening sessions have been covering some heart issues. So tonight Miriam talked about Raise Up and Release…..the importance of worship leaders mentoring younger worship leaders or musicians. We want them to understand that we can’t just use people to reach people. But they have to see all their musicians as a person…..not just a guitar player or a drummer! It’s our job as the church to pour into them and bridge the older generation with the younger one! Miriam did a great job, and it was truth that needed to be heard!
Finally, we ended our day with some good ole’ McDonald’s….that’s right, cheeseburgers, fries, and McFlurries! The food has been interesting here….A LOT of potatoes and meat. They don’t cook with a lot of seasonings so they have interesting flavors. So tonight we walked down to McDonald’s to eat and have our nightly team meeting to discuss tomorrow’s schedule! We laughed a lot! As a team we REALLY enjoy each others company! It’s been amazing to see how God so carefully crafted this team together, not just with skills and talents to accomplish the task he put before us, but we truly LOVE each other! Laughter has been a huge part of our trip! We have some amazing comedians with us!
Team Meeting at McDonald
So that’s our Day 6! We have built some incredible relationships and we are excited about what God has in store for us and the Romanians tomorrow!
Thanks for all the prayers!
April
Oh the memories! Camelot, Shwarmas and Timi’s. I am a little sad that i am not there with you guys. The conference sounds AMAZING! It sounds like you guys are hitting on some new ideas with them and challenging them to think about things differently than they ever have before. Praying for you guys everyday. God is doing great things through you guys in Romania!
Wow the lighting at Vox looks great!
It’s good to know that Mickey Dee’s comfort food is available most everywhere except Antarctica, one supposes. Pretty hard for an American who doesn’t get out much to think of McDonald’s as “highly seasoned” food. The new lights, and the stage, at Vox look great, indeed. Reminds this very old rocker of a line of amplifiers in the early 1960’s called…VOX. No kidding. So just think of VOX being GOD’S AMPLIFIER in ROMANIA ! ! ! Yes, I know, that’s corny. But at 1:20am Eastern Standard Time, I thought it was funny. Y’all be safe, and may God bless you.
Vox looks awesome – the lighting is incredible!!!