Currently, I'm sitting in the Toyko airport... in the Delta Sky Club! Livin it up on spring break. That's how we roll!

This trip has been an incredible blessing to me. I cannot even begin to describe how many people have impacted my teaching life, my personal life, my spiritual life, and my musical life. I'm just NOW beginning to process everything from the trip. I'm sure that it will be a long process and that I won't even understand a lot of what has happened until much later in my life. However, I know that this trip has GREATLY impacted my life and my future. I have been opened to so much more and I have discovered that there is SO much more in this world than I had ever known. The students at this festival were BEYOND amazing. I had no clue that high school students could show so much appreciation and love for someone they just met! Not only were the students a blessing, but the faculty and staff that we worked with were outstanding. They were SO hospitable and never hesitant to hand their choirs over to us for a rehearsal. I can't thank them enough!!

The concert on Saturday night was unforgettable. The choir performed with such immaculate attention to detail and, more importantly, JOY in their hearts. I was so blessed!!

Here are some pictures of the incredible students that I met:






Our FABULOUS hosts for the week... we couldn't have done ANYTHING without them!!!