Today we started the morning off with our sung blessing and enjoyed breakfast together. Then it was time to move into the gym for our morning devotions. Katie B. had the group talk about their peaks and pits of the trip so far. It was great to hear all of the peaks, whether it was the family group time, team building exercises or making music together. The pits weren't too bad either, just a random bug, tables being moved at 6 a.m., and having to hear the sprinkler controls go off every hour at night. Jeremy H. awarded the FFP button to Caitlin K. 
The next activity was group building. We played a game called "Cross The Line". Katie B. and Jenn would call out a statement and you would cross over the line if it applied to you. We learned a lot about each other in a short amount of time! After that we had some fun playing elbow tag and found out that Rachel J. and Jay are really fast. Once we were all awake and our bodies were warmed up, it was time for the guys and Altos to go downstairs for a sectional rehearsal while the Sopranos stayed upstairs for mission education.
Rachel H., Katie B. and Jenn talked to the youth about their own mission experiences and the impact that they had on their lives. Then they discussed Voices of Youth and the specific role it has of "Awakening the United Methodist Church to Mission". They reviewed all of the different mission locations that we will be visiting throughout the tour such as the Henry Fork Center, Camp Rainbow Connection, CCAP, Society of St. Andrew, and others. Then the two groups switched places. By the end of the Soprano sectional, they were begging to eat!
We had sandwiches, chips, fruit, and some leftovers for lunch.
After lunch it was time to finish packing and clean to make sure that we left the building just as nice as we found it. Before our next rehearsal, we had some Pop Ice while Jenn gave us all some health and safety trips for the work sites and the rest of the trip.
Then it was time for our last rehearsal at Orientation. We sang through all of the songs, incorporating the instrumental parts and dances. Then we worked on the six songs that we'll be singing at Fieldstone UMC on Sunday morning. By the end of the rehearsal most of us could tell that we've been singing a lot for the past three days so it was time to save our voices and finish the final packing and cleaning jobs.
We had some pizza, salad and fruit for dinner and then headed off to Project SPY.
Everyone took their bags and headed to their respective rooms to get settled in. Then the leaders had a meeting to get the schedules and discuss all the logistics of the week while the youth played some ice breaker games to get to know some of the kids from the other churches at SPY this week (Trinity UMC in Puquoson, VA and Gloria Korean Presbyterian in Glen Burnie, MD).
We all received a tour of the facility and then gathered together to listen to tips about Safety, Sensitivity, and Stewardship.
Then each group came up with a skit to demonstrate one of those categories.
After the skits were over, we had some free time and for our group that meant SHOWERS! 10:30 came quickly and then it was time to go to bed and get rest for our first performance tomorrow morning.
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