Concert Schedule!

Hey everyone...

I finally got the orchestra performance schedule for this year! Now these are the main concerts that feature the orchestras, however, there may be more events that pop up throughout the year. I will try to give you as much notice as I can.

All the concerts are in the school's auditorium.

Great Bridge High

301 Hanbury Road West

Chesapeake, Va 23322

Please feel free to bring anyone since the concerts are free and are usually not well attended :)

Thank you all for showing your support this way. Love you guys!

Pressing onward,

Han

Fall Concert: November 5- 7:30 pm

Senior Regional Orchestra Concert*: November 14 (time?)

Christmas Concert: December 15-7:30pm

Spring Concert: February 23-7:30pm

Last Concert: June 8-7:30pm

*I haven't auditioned for this yet, so I actually don't even know if I will be in it. I will let you know ASAP. Pray I make it! :) *

Another wonderful year is almost here!

Well...my junior year begins this Tuesday! I am SO SO SO excited to see what the Lord is going to do. I can't wait to be apart of all the amazing experiences He has waiting for me. Please keep praying for Janelle and I as we go forward to share the good news. We feel priviledged to be used as the Lord's vessels. We will keep you all posted with encouraging stories and I will let you all know when my concerts are going to be so you can hopefully come on out.

Love you guys!

Pressing Onward,

Hannah

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matt. 28: 18-20

Best Days of Our Lives...

The Lord is so good to us! What a joy to be alive! I'm sitting here just listening to the rain beat against the windows while playing soft piano music in the background. It's the simple pleasures that we remember the most.

I pray that as you all go throughout your busy days,you will remember to make the little things count. So often I am tempted to rush to the next thing on my to-do list...how much I miss!

So let this not be said of us.

1 Samuel 25:6

“Peace and prosperity to you, your family, and everything you own!"

Camp Reunions

Last weekend, my dad took my sister Naomi and I to Fort Ligonier for his summer camp reunion. It was so great to get to see where he had worked as a CIT and Camp Counselor for so many years. I really enjoyed meeting some of his old friends and getting to just celebrate God's faithfulness to us. Ligonier is absolutely beautiful. My favorite place to be....in the mountains, out in the country. My Papa, Gram and Aunt Sue Ann also drove from Pittsburgh just to have breakfast with us! The Lord is so good!

Anyway, hope you all enjoy the pictures!

Pressing onward,

Hannah

Psalm 33

"Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

Praise the Lord with the harp;

make music to Him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Sing to Him a new song;

play skilfully, and shout for joy!"

Psalm 33: 1-3

Give Me Grace

Give Me Grace

by Cynthia Rylant

Monday make me good and kind

to all creatures that I find.

Help me love God's whole creation.

Make my life a celebration.

Tuesday teach me faith and caring,

teach me wisdom, teach me sharing.

Raise me up and make me strong.

Be with me the whole day long.

Wednesday make me full of light.

Guide my heart both day and night.

Give me gladnes, give me grace

Shine your love upon my face.

Thursday open up my eyes

to your angels in the skies.

Let them know their wings are near me,

and that they will always hear me.

Friday keep the ones I love.

Comfort them from up above.

Lift their hearts and hold them dear.

Help them know that you are here.

Saturday in the early morn

make me thankful I was born.

Give my spirit peace within.

Let each day wth hope begin.

Sunday in a quiet time,

bless this little life of mine.

In the wonder of each day,

let me live a holy way.

Summer and Such...

Greetings! Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I keep forgetting that I have a blog...

Anyways, my family and I have been enjoying this summer immensely. The Lord has been showing me how blessed I am to be home. I had thought that my summer was going to be me running here and there with a job etc. but the Lord had different plans, as is often the case! I have been home most of the summer just enjoying the girls. We have had numerous card games going, watched many old movies and gone to the beach together. It was really weird for me to not be on a strict schedule. I'm still trying to get into "relax" mode. The Lord seems to be forging a spirit of peace in me right now though. I can get so caught up in the whirl of things that when the time comes to take a break, I start feeling condemnation! I know the Lord doesn't want me to carry this, and He has really been refreshing me in my quiet times. I have to enjoyed just diving into His word and having his Spirit minister to me. It is so comforting.

I just started volunteering at an assisted living center called Georgian Manor, around the corner. I am SO excited to see what the Lord has in store for me there! My first visit was amazing. I started by taking about ten precious old ladies out onto the patio, and as we sipped pink lemonade, I read the newspaper aloud to them. Afterwards, we sat and talked for awhile about my sisters and school. It started getting a little warm so I wheeled most of them inside and they all gathered in the front lobby for some music. The center has a beautiful, baby-grand piano and I was able to sing and play worship songs for them for about 45 minutes. The nurses had to pretty much drag them away for their lunch...the Lord had really ministered to them! After I did another hour or so of office work, I headed home. I was so happy to have received such an opportunity to bring the comfort and joy of Jesus to these dear, lonely people. It just breaks my heart when their eyes light up as you talk to them, or how they burst into tears when you hug them. How many times do you think they have been hugged in the last few years? I am so hopeful that the Lord is going to use my family and I to bring joy to this place. We have such an opportunity and I would hate to waste it. Please be praying that the Lord would bless them and my family as we seek to serve the Lord in this way. "...As you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." (Matthew 25:40)

I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! Enjoy your evening.

Pressing onward,

Hannah