As the semester gets its craziest, I managed to find time to update the HeartSong Blog with an overview of my team's experiences this semester. Check it out! And check out updates from other teams, too. :)
http://blogs.cedarville.edu/heartsong/2011/11/22/492/
Keep an eye out for a new post from me sometime late December, once the semester ends. In the meantime, remember to follow me on Twitter @pianoguru8813.
Enjoy the Christmas Season!!
~Deanna
About Me
- Deanna Lyn
- My name is Deanna, and I am a senior piano pedagogy major at Cedarville University. This is my second year as a keyboardist on HeartSong, a travelling team that seeks to communicate the Gospel through worship in music. My prayer is that God will use my blogs for His glory, that my readers will worship Him because of the great things He does through this ministry.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
God Is My Provider
For the past couple of weeks, it has been amazing to watch the ways that God has provided in my life. He used some pretty unusual and amazing things to call me back to Him after I had been trying to do everything my own way since the start of the semester. I can do all things through Him, and only through Him. He provides me with everything I need. And I am constantly in awe of that. Disclaimer: this post is probably the most personal thing I've ever posted. But God has really laid it on my heart to share these stories, to bring glory to His Name and to connect my story with your stories, in hopes to encourage you to trust in God's provision.
This past week was fall break, but this story starts before that. The week before was a super busy week for me with school, trying to stay on top of studies, friendships, and many other responsibilities. I felt like I was gasping for air most of the time, staying up late all week trying to get stuff done. Then that Thursday, I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. Ever heard of a DTR? It stands for "Define the Relationship," and it's a conversation you have with someone about where your relationship stands. I've never dated and never had a DTR before last Thursday (and let me tell you, they can be super awkward if you're not careful!). I had been interested in this guy for awhile, and thought he was interested in me as well, but as it turns out, he had been leading me on without realizing it and I had been reading waaaaay too much into it. He wanted to clear everything up and told me he just wanted to be friends. In hindsight, it was an incredible conversation. Although I was obviously disappointed at first, God spoke to me that day, saying, "You don't need to be pursued by this guy; he's not the one I have for you. Seek Me first! I have been pursuing you all semester! Turn to Me; I'm the only One who can satisfy you!"
The next couple of days were incredible! Friday, I travelled with a select team to Cincinnati for a HeartSong event, and on Saturday, I was a small group leader for Junior Jam, a day-long camp at Cedarville for 3rd-6th graders. Spending a day with one of your best friends trying to rally a bunch of ornery 4th-graders sure takes your mind off a lot of things! But I LOVE juniors so much; at Lake Ann last summer, Junior Chapel was my favorite chapel of the day. God used that time to refresh my soul after a difficult week. Then Sunday, more incredible things happened! I got a text from a wonderful friend from the summer encouraging me with a Bible verse, and I also went to a new church Sunday night with a couple of HeartSong girls. All weekend long, friend after friend sent me texts, messages, and in-person encouragement, and without them realizing it God used every single one of them to call me back to Himself. Come Sunday night, I was so spiritually full and ready to tackle the couple of days before fall break.
When the day of tour arrived, I had a ton of homework that wasn't done. So I packed up what I could without expecting to get any of it done and hit the road with HeartSong Green. In the van on our way to NE Ohio, Dane and I had a great spiritual conversation about how God was working in our lives. It was partly on purpose; we had to come up with a verse that we both liked that I could share when I introduced myself and him (that way he could be spiritual, too ;). We decided on Psalm 37:3-5, which talks about putting our trust in God and watching Him act. Also on the way up north, we made an unplanned stop in Amish country because Abby had to go to the bathroom really bad. When we pulled off to the side of the road, we didn't realize how deep the ditch was, and we got stuck! Thankfully it didn't take to much to get us out, and with the help of some friendly locals we were back on the road. We arrived at Open Door Christian School that afternoon, went to their school's football game, and had some hang-out time with some of the upperclassmen before we headed out to our host homes. Abby, Ashtyn, and I fell asleep almost immediately.
The next day we got up bright & early to make it to school in time to set up, sound check, and mingle a little bit before we played two programs for different groups of students. For our first time ever playing as a team in public, it went pretty well!! Jim came up to watch us and take us to "snack time" (between lunch and dinner) to talk about how the morning went, and as always, he gave us all incredible wisdom in anecdote-style. We had some free time after that to hang out in the mall, so Abby and I decided to get manicures! Any piano players out there would know how much I appreciated getting that hand massage. :) We arrived at our Sunday morning church in time to set up before dinner, and after a quick sound check, we went to our host homes. The girls' hosts were on vacation until late Saturday, so we hung out at the boys' home for the evening. I got to play Marbles with their host mom and a few teammates, including the incredibly annoying but lovable Dane who kept unplugging my dead phone from its charger.
The next morning I got up a bit early to shower and have some much-needed God-and-I Time in their screened-in porch, praying for each of my teammates and for the Blue and Orange Teams as well. We had an incredibly relaxing day Saturday as we had a late breakfast, rehearsed, had a late lunch, saw my parents who came to visit for a bit and drop off some homemade cookies, rehearsed a bit more, and then went back to the boys' host home for Gionino's Pizza (a staple of my childhood) and some time to "do homework" and watch a movie. When us girls got back to our host home, our hosts were there, and I stayed up with them and talked about Cedarville, piano teaching, the Swordbearers (precursor to HeartSong), and our families. It was incredible to finally get to meet the people who had opened their house to us even though they weren't home.
Sunday morning our ministry was incredible!! We had a quick change of program at the last minute, but it went off without a hitch and it was cool to see God glorified in our worship and ministry. I met some people who knew some of my high school classmates, and my best friend who lives super close to the church came for the service, too. After lunch, we had about an hour and a half to travel 20 minutes to our evening church, so we stopped at Starbucks to evaluate our performance and talk about what we could do better that night. Almost everything we talked about at Starbucks we were able to fix for the evening, and by the time our third performance was done, our team was feeling so much more comfortable with the way HeartSong does ministry. We packed up as fast as we could after the church provided our dinner, but we still didn't arrive back to CU until 12:30am.
I had slept for a couple hours in the van because I knew when I got back, an all-nighter of homework awaited me. I arrived just in time to wish my roommate good night, then buckled down to finish the assignments I hadn't finished before tour. God came through for me in the biggest way when He gave me the strength and focus to get everything done and still manage to get 3 1/2 hours of sleep! All day today I've been tired, but God has given me the strength I've needed for each hour of this day, and He has blessed me with a light schedule tomorrow, giving me a chance to go to bed early tonight!! God gave our team an incredibly relaxing fall break tour, which is REALLY unusual but a HUGE blessing!! He knew that I needed a break and offered that to me. He gave me a chance to get to know my team, to relax and enjoy some free time even while I was working, and to spend a beautiful morning with Him reading His word and petitioning for my teammates and former teammates.
God has been calling me back to Him. He wants to be my True Love, my Ultimate Provider. He calls me back to Him no matter how many times I reject Him, and He blesses me beyond what I can imagine despite my sin. I am in awe of how God constantly provides for me, and I praise Him for it! Soli Deo Gloria!!
This past week was fall break, but this story starts before that. The week before was a super busy week for me with school, trying to stay on top of studies, friendships, and many other responsibilities. I felt like I was gasping for air most of the time, staying up late all week trying to get stuff done. Then that Thursday, I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. Ever heard of a DTR? It stands for "Define the Relationship," and it's a conversation you have with someone about where your relationship stands. I've never dated and never had a DTR before last Thursday (and let me tell you, they can be super awkward if you're not careful!). I had been interested in this guy for awhile, and thought he was interested in me as well, but as it turns out, he had been leading me on without realizing it and I had been reading waaaaay too much into it. He wanted to clear everything up and told me he just wanted to be friends. In hindsight, it was an incredible conversation. Although I was obviously disappointed at first, God spoke to me that day, saying, "You don't need to be pursued by this guy; he's not the one I have for you. Seek Me first! I have been pursuing you all semester! Turn to Me; I'm the only One who can satisfy you!"
The next couple of days were incredible! Friday, I travelled with a select team to Cincinnati for a HeartSong event, and on Saturday, I was a small group leader for Junior Jam, a day-long camp at Cedarville for 3rd-6th graders. Spending a day with one of your best friends trying to rally a bunch of ornery 4th-graders sure takes your mind off a lot of things! But I LOVE juniors so much; at Lake Ann last summer, Junior Chapel was my favorite chapel of the day. God used that time to refresh my soul after a difficult week. Then Sunday, more incredible things happened! I got a text from a wonderful friend from the summer encouraging me with a Bible verse, and I also went to a new church Sunday night with a couple of HeartSong girls. All weekend long, friend after friend sent me texts, messages, and in-person encouragement, and without them realizing it God used every single one of them to call me back to Himself. Come Sunday night, I was so spiritually full and ready to tackle the couple of days before fall break.
When the day of tour arrived, I had a ton of homework that wasn't done. So I packed up what I could without expecting to get any of it done and hit the road with HeartSong Green. In the van on our way to NE Ohio, Dane and I had a great spiritual conversation about how God was working in our lives. It was partly on purpose; we had to come up with a verse that we both liked that I could share when I introduced myself and him (that way he could be spiritual, too ;). We decided on Psalm 37:3-5, which talks about putting our trust in God and watching Him act. Also on the way up north, we made an unplanned stop in Amish country because Abby had to go to the bathroom really bad. When we pulled off to the side of the road, we didn't realize how deep the ditch was, and we got stuck! Thankfully it didn't take to much to get us out, and with the help of some friendly locals we were back on the road. We arrived at Open Door Christian School that afternoon, went to their school's football game, and had some hang-out time with some of the upperclassmen before we headed out to our host homes. Abby, Ashtyn, and I fell asleep almost immediately.
The next day we got up bright & early to make it to school in time to set up, sound check, and mingle a little bit before we played two programs for different groups of students. For our first time ever playing as a team in public, it went pretty well!! Jim came up to watch us and take us to "snack time" (between lunch and dinner) to talk about how the morning went, and as always, he gave us all incredible wisdom in anecdote-style. We had some free time after that to hang out in the mall, so Abby and I decided to get manicures! Any piano players out there would know how much I appreciated getting that hand massage. :) We arrived at our Sunday morning church in time to set up before dinner, and after a quick sound check, we went to our host homes. The girls' hosts were on vacation until late Saturday, so we hung out at the boys' home for the evening. I got to play Marbles with their host mom and a few teammates, including the incredibly annoying but lovable Dane who kept unplugging my dead phone from its charger.
The next morning I got up a bit early to shower and have some much-needed God-and-I Time in their screened-in porch, praying for each of my teammates and for the Blue and Orange Teams as well. We had an incredibly relaxing day Saturday as we had a late breakfast, rehearsed, had a late lunch, saw my parents who came to visit for a bit and drop off some homemade cookies, rehearsed a bit more, and then went back to the boys' host home for Gionino's Pizza (a staple of my childhood) and some time to "do homework" and watch a movie. When us girls got back to our host home, our hosts were there, and I stayed up with them and talked about Cedarville, piano teaching, the Swordbearers (precursor to HeartSong), and our families. It was incredible to finally get to meet the people who had opened their house to us even though they weren't home.
Sunday morning our ministry was incredible!! We had a quick change of program at the last minute, but it went off without a hitch and it was cool to see God glorified in our worship and ministry. I met some people who knew some of my high school classmates, and my best friend who lives super close to the church came for the service, too. After lunch, we had about an hour and a half to travel 20 minutes to our evening church, so we stopped at Starbucks to evaluate our performance and talk about what we could do better that night. Almost everything we talked about at Starbucks we were able to fix for the evening, and by the time our third performance was done, our team was feeling so much more comfortable with the way HeartSong does ministry. We packed up as fast as we could after the church provided our dinner, but we still didn't arrive back to CU until 12:30am.
I had slept for a couple hours in the van because I knew when I got back, an all-nighter of homework awaited me. I arrived just in time to wish my roommate good night, then buckled down to finish the assignments I hadn't finished before tour. God came through for me in the biggest way when He gave me the strength and focus to get everything done and still manage to get 3 1/2 hours of sleep! All day today I've been tired, but God has given me the strength I've needed for each hour of this day, and He has blessed me with a light schedule tomorrow, giving me a chance to go to bed early tonight!! God gave our team an incredibly relaxing fall break tour, which is REALLY unusual but a HUGE blessing!! He knew that I needed a break and offered that to me. He gave me a chance to get to know my team, to relax and enjoy some free time even while I was working, and to spend a beautiful morning with Him reading His word and petitioning for my teammates and former teammates.
God has been calling me back to Him. He wants to be my True Love, my Ultimate Provider. He calls me back to Him no matter how many times I reject Him, and He blesses me beyond what I can imagine despite my sin. I am in awe of how God constantly provides for me, and I praise Him for it! Soli Deo Gloria!!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
An Attempt to Slow Down
With some unexpected stolen time on a Saturday night, I take a deep breath and reflect on what has happened since my last post. So much! As a junior, I expected life to calm down a little bit; now that I've been in college for two years, I'm supposed to have gotten the hang of this, right? Nope. This year I have taken on 5 new piano students, as well as quite a few more piano accompanying responsibilities, on top of my 17 credit hours and HeartSong. Not to mention my new-school-year's resolution to be more intentional about getting to know the people on my HeartSong team and other close people in my life.
Where to begin? Labor Day weekend was our first weekend out. Saturday we went shopping for team outfits (colors: black, white, and teal) and had some great rehearsal time. Sunday we performed at Grace Baptist Church for the Labor Day celebration; that Sunday was also my birthday, and I was so glad to spend it doing what I love. We had a bit more rehearsing that day as well.
The weekend after that was our traditional HeartSong Retreat in Brownsburg, IN. Thinking back to my Brownsburg experience last year, I was so excited to find this year to be so much better! We spent a TON of time rehearsing and learned a lot of old and new songs as a new team. During our big group sessions, the HeartSong staff--Jim, Alise, Matt, and Brandon--shared their life maps with us. It was really cool for all of us to hear their stories and to get to know them better through that; that they showed us that they were willing to open up with us was a huge encouragement for us to be open and comfortable with them. Saturday night, after a fun time at Dave & Buster's, we had about an hour of team time. HS Green 11-12 spent that hour sitting on couches and reflecting on the weekend, talking about our team and how we relate to each other. We spent some time talking about our "vision" for our team this year and this summer.
All weekend I was amazed and encouraged by the amount of respect our team members have for each other. We get serious when it's time to get serious, but we are also hilarious in the van! I feel so much love and respect from my team already; the entire team vibe is so different from what I experienced last year at Brownsburg, and immediately I was able to open up to them and share what God had been teaching me in the past week. I came back from that retreat hoping to write a more detailed blog, but unfortunately homework took priority.
One week later, everything turned upside-down for me. After returning from Brownsburg, my life was going 90 miles an hour non-stop, and even the weekend didn't bring any rest as I traveled to Grove City to visit my sister at college for the first time. Monday night I was ready to settle in to our team's rehearsal and learn some more music. But God had some other plans; Jim sat us down and told us that Dani was leaving our team. Because she's going to grad school, she has to take some classes over the summer. Our team and Orange team got shifted as Abby from Orange moved to Green, and Hannah, a brand new HeartSong member, was put on Orange. So our night Monday night was talking with Jim and Dani about how God had worked all of this out, and also meeting up with Orange Team to connect with Abby and Hannah. I was feeling pretty content with the way God was moving in the whole switch-up until I got back to my dorm and turned on my computer; my desktop picture was from Brownsburg, of our team. That's when it hit me; all my excitement about traveling with Dani was shattered, and all my efforts from the past week to keep my head above water culminated in that moment, and I broke down.
For the rest of the week I tried not to dwell on it because thinking about that was keeping me from focusing on work. I was getting excited to travel with Abby and step into a new role of the only returning female, and I kept praying for Dani, trying not to imagine what she was going through after the difficult decision she has made. Friday morning during chapel, the sophomore class chaplain Joel led all of us in an alter call, and in that moment I jumped up, ran to the front of the chapel, and fell to my knees, pouring out everything to God. Everything over the past two weeks that I had pursued before I had pursued God, I laid at His feet in prayer and asked for a new heart, for a love that can only come from Him. I left chapel renewed and relieved, overjoyed by the knowledge that my sins had been forgiven, and prepared to live a life of worship.
Which brings me to tonight. This afternoon I put on my new dress and piled into Grant's car with Dane, Dexter, and Will to go together to Tommy's wedding. After spending a summer with these crazy guys, the entire evening brought back a whole slew of memories of a summer that changed my life. I cherish last summer, but God has given me excitement for a completely different experience this year. Although in the same place, I'll be on a new team with even newer members who have a vision to love one another and bring glory to God. I am so excited to see what else God has in store for all of us!
~Deanna
Where to begin? Labor Day weekend was our first weekend out. Saturday we went shopping for team outfits (colors: black, white, and teal) and had some great rehearsal time. Sunday we performed at Grace Baptist Church for the Labor Day celebration; that Sunday was also my birthday, and I was so glad to spend it doing what I love. We had a bit more rehearsing that day as well.
The weekend after that was our traditional HeartSong Retreat in Brownsburg, IN. Thinking back to my Brownsburg experience last year, I was so excited to find this year to be so much better! We spent a TON of time rehearsing and learned a lot of old and new songs as a new team. During our big group sessions, the HeartSong staff--Jim, Alise, Matt, and Brandon--shared their life maps with us. It was really cool for all of us to hear their stories and to get to know them better through that; that they showed us that they were willing to open up with us was a huge encouragement for us to be open and comfortable with them. Saturday night, after a fun time at Dave & Buster's, we had about an hour of team time. HS Green 11-12 spent that hour sitting on couches and reflecting on the weekend, talking about our team and how we relate to each other. We spent some time talking about our "vision" for our team this year and this summer.
All weekend I was amazed and encouraged by the amount of respect our team members have for each other. We get serious when it's time to get serious, but we are also hilarious in the van! I feel so much love and respect from my team already; the entire team vibe is so different from what I experienced last year at Brownsburg, and immediately I was able to open up to them and share what God had been teaching me in the past week. I came back from that retreat hoping to write a more detailed blog, but unfortunately homework took priority.
One week later, everything turned upside-down for me. After returning from Brownsburg, my life was going 90 miles an hour non-stop, and even the weekend didn't bring any rest as I traveled to Grove City to visit my sister at college for the first time. Monday night I was ready to settle in to our team's rehearsal and learn some more music. But God had some other plans; Jim sat us down and told us that Dani was leaving our team. Because she's going to grad school, she has to take some classes over the summer. Our team and Orange team got shifted as Abby from Orange moved to Green, and Hannah, a brand new HeartSong member, was put on Orange. So our night Monday night was talking with Jim and Dani about how God had worked all of this out, and also meeting up with Orange Team to connect with Abby and Hannah. I was feeling pretty content with the way God was moving in the whole switch-up until I got back to my dorm and turned on my computer; my desktop picture was from Brownsburg, of our team. That's when it hit me; all my excitement about traveling with Dani was shattered, and all my efforts from the past week to keep my head above water culminated in that moment, and I broke down.
For the rest of the week I tried not to dwell on it because thinking about that was keeping me from focusing on work. I was getting excited to travel with Abby and step into a new role of the only returning female, and I kept praying for Dani, trying not to imagine what she was going through after the difficult decision she has made. Friday morning during chapel, the sophomore class chaplain Joel led all of us in an alter call, and in that moment I jumped up, ran to the front of the chapel, and fell to my knees, pouring out everything to God. Everything over the past two weeks that I had pursued before I had pursued God, I laid at His feet in prayer and asked for a new heart, for a love that can only come from Him. I left chapel renewed and relieved, overjoyed by the knowledge that my sins had been forgiven, and prepared to live a life of worship.
Which brings me to tonight. This afternoon I put on my new dress and piled into Grant's car with Dane, Dexter, and Will to go together to Tommy's wedding. After spending a summer with these crazy guys, the entire evening brought back a whole slew of memories of a summer that changed my life. I cherish last summer, but God has given me excitement for a completely different experience this year. Although in the same place, I'll be on a new team with even newer members who have a vision to love one another and bring glory to God. I am so excited to see what else God has in store for all of us!
~Deanna
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Give Me a Love
Give me a love that can only come from You
Help me to see all these people as You do
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
Use my words, may they only come from You
Shape my heart so that loving is all I do
Give me eyes that will choose to see the best
Help me to show the same grace that You possess
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
I'm tired of these judgments in my mind
Please lift this burden from inside
Use my words, may they only come from You
Shape my heart so that loving is all I do
So that loving is all I do…
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my new blog! I chose the name “Only Comes from You” because of this song that Grayson Cato wrote and performed with HeartSong. HeartSong is a ministry I'm involved in at Cedarville University. We are 5 teams of 8 students each, and we form worship bands and tour the US on weekends during the school year and 10 weeks over the summer. Last year I was the keyboard player for the Green Team, and we were stationed at Lake Ann Camp in northern MI, playing 6 chapels a day there during the week and travelling to different churches in Michigan on the weekends. This year I am so blessed to be back on the Green Team, and I am STOCKED to be going back to Lake Ann!!
At the end of last summer, this song became huge in my life as I thought through the past year. As much as I would love to say this song has been my prayer all summer, it really hasn't. I absolutely LOVED being an "assistant counselor" of sorts at Lake Ann, serving others and praying for them, and making music all the time. But because I loved my job so much, there were times I felt I was entitled to being comfortable all the time, so when things weren't going my way I became very selfish. I didn't always have a love that could only come from Jesus, or surrender my thoughts and words to be used by Him. The bridge of this song--I'm tired of these judgments in my mind, please lift this burden from inside--became my prayer as the summer ended and I looked forward at the coming school year. I want to see people as Jesus sees them and love them with a love that is only from Him. And I know that it's not going to be easy because I am so selfish, but I am ready for God to work in my heart this year and next summer and make me more into the woman He wants me to be.
This year I am blessed to travel again with Dane, Green Team's sound technician from last year and a wonderful friend. Our team leader is Colin, who traveled with Yellow Team during the school year last year and Blue Team over the summer playing bass guitar. I am also excited to travel with Dani, a vocalist from last year's Blue Team that I originally thought was not going to be on my team because we're 2 of only 4 returning girls; we thought for sure they'd split us up! The other 4 members of our team are new to HeartSong and also new to Cedarville: Isaac is our worship leader, Ashtyn is our other female vocalist, Caleb is our drummer, and David is our electric guitar player, whose roommate I traveled with last summer. Four returning and four new, and I am so excited to see the ways we interact as a team and come together to glorify God with our music and our ministry.
I try my best to keep my blog updated, but sometimes I fall behind. That's why I have a Twitter, where I will be posting updates from on the road, probably more during the summer than the school year. I hope that as you read this blog you will praise God for what He is doing through our ministry and that only He will get the glory. Because any talents and opportunities I have can only come from Him. Soli Deo Gloria!!
~Deanna
Help me to see all these people as You do
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
Use my words, may they only come from You
Shape my heart so that loving is all I do
Give me eyes that will choose to see the best
Help me to show the same grace that You possess
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
I'm tired of these judgments in my mind
Please lift this burden from inside
Use my words, may they only come from You
Shape my heart so that loving is all I do
So that loving is all I do…
It's not gonna be easy, but I'm ready
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my new blog! I chose the name “Only Comes from You” because of this song that Grayson Cato wrote and performed with HeartSong. HeartSong is a ministry I'm involved in at Cedarville University. We are 5 teams of 8 students each, and we form worship bands and tour the US on weekends during the school year and 10 weeks over the summer. Last year I was the keyboard player for the Green Team, and we were stationed at Lake Ann Camp in northern MI, playing 6 chapels a day there during the week and travelling to different churches in Michigan on the weekends. This year I am so blessed to be back on the Green Team, and I am STOCKED to be going back to Lake Ann!!
At the end of last summer, this song became huge in my life as I thought through the past year. As much as I would love to say this song has been my prayer all summer, it really hasn't. I absolutely LOVED being an "assistant counselor" of sorts at Lake Ann, serving others and praying for them, and making music all the time. But because I loved my job so much, there were times I felt I was entitled to being comfortable all the time, so when things weren't going my way I became very selfish. I didn't always have a love that could only come from Jesus, or surrender my thoughts and words to be used by Him. The bridge of this song--I'm tired of these judgments in my mind, please lift this burden from inside--became my prayer as the summer ended and I looked forward at the coming school year. I want to see people as Jesus sees them and love them with a love that is only from Him. And I know that it's not going to be easy because I am so selfish, but I am ready for God to work in my heart this year and next summer and make me more into the woman He wants me to be.
This year I am blessed to travel again with Dane, Green Team's sound technician from last year and a wonderful friend. Our team leader is Colin, who traveled with Yellow Team during the school year last year and Blue Team over the summer playing bass guitar. I am also excited to travel with Dani, a vocalist from last year's Blue Team that I originally thought was not going to be on my team because we're 2 of only 4 returning girls; we thought for sure they'd split us up! The other 4 members of our team are new to HeartSong and also new to Cedarville: Isaac is our worship leader, Ashtyn is our other female vocalist, Caleb is our drummer, and David is our electric guitar player, whose roommate I traveled with last summer. Four returning and four new, and I am so excited to see the ways we interact as a team and come together to glorify God with our music and our ministry.
I try my best to keep my blog updated, but sometimes I fall behind. That's why I have a Twitter, where I will be posting updates from on the road, probably more during the summer than the school year. I hope that as you read this blog you will praise God for what He is doing through our ministry and that only He will get the glory. Because any talents and opportunities I have can only come from Him. Soli Deo Gloria!!
~Deanna
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