1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi from the Salvation Army. You're listening to 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Words of Life. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 2: These the words of the Life. 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 3: Hey, and welcome back to Words of Life. 5 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 4: Today. 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 3: We're going to share part one of a four part 7 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 3: conversation our host Bernie Dake, had with some of the 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 3: members of the Salvation Army's Southern Staff Band. In early 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 3: October of last year. This group of musicians set out 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 3: on a ten day tour of South Africa that would 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 3: prove to be a life changing event for everyone involved. 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 3: As soon as this group returned home, they couldn't help 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 3: share what God had done to their hearts during this trip. 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: To learn more about the Salvation Armies music ministries, visit 15 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: USS Music and Arts. 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: Or welcome back to Words of Life. I'm Bernie Dake, 17 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: and today is an incredible privilege for me because I 18 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: am surrounded by people that I think of as brothers 19 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: and sisters in Christ. I'm excited for you to get 20 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: to know them. They're all part of the Salvation Armies 21 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: Southern Territorial Staff Band and they've just come back from 22 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: an incredible opportunity to be a part of an evangelical 23 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: musical ministry in South Africa. Listen, you don't want to 24 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: hear from me. Let's talk about the people all around me. 25 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: Tell us who you are and what you do. 26 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 5: Hello. I'm Bethany Ferrell. I am a member of the 27 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 5: Territorial Music and Arts Department here in Atlanta, Georgia, and 28 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 5: specifically my role is over the creative art side of things, 29 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 5: so we talk about theater and visual arts and dance 30 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 5: and all sorts of creative, fun and exciting things. So 31 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 5: it was fun for me to be a part of 32 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 5: the band this week. 33 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: And a little sidebar. Bethany's a mother of four daughters 34 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: and a wife to her incredible husband who is helping 35 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: her raise them. He's outnumbered. 36 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 5: It is a crazy household, but it's lovely. 37 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. And then across from me, I've got Darryl Brandon Crossland. 38 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 6: Tell us who you are, sir, well, I am Daryl 39 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 6: Brendan Crossland. I'm the assistant Divisional Music Director for the 40 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 6: State of Florida, in charge of about forty cores forty 41 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 6: church just to have music forces. We facilitate all the 42 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 6: things that happen at those churches. As far as the 43 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 6: staff band, I am the soprano player for them, means 44 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 6: I play all the high notes, get all the glorious 45 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 6: you know, indigs and all stuff like that. I've been 46 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 6: doing that for I guess twenty years now, which is 47 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 6: nuts to think about, but yeah, that's what I do. 48 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: And Darrell's the daddy a young man and a husband 49 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: to Lindsay who's also a sister to me, and we're 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: grateful that she lets you come to men very much. 51 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: So. 52 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: Last, but certainly not least, my brother Brad Roland, the 53 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: award winning member of the Territorial Communications Apartment. Brad, who 54 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: you are and what you do? 55 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 4: As you said, my name is Brad Roland. My actual 56 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 4: job is whatever Bernie tells me to do. From my 57 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: title is editorial writer in our communications departments here in Atlanta. 58 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 4: And the band, I am part of the percussion section 59 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 4: section leader, I guess I am, yes, and the setting 60 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: things most about, as Bernie would know, mostly about setting 61 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 4: things up more so than actually hitting them with sticks. 62 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: But we have a good time. 63 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. If you're a percussionist in any band, you always 64 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: have more equipment to set up than anybody else. So 65 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: you get a little love from me, Brad as someone 66 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: who is a what do you say, an alumnus of 67 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: this very same ensemble. But Brad and I actually go 68 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: to church together here in Atlanta and get to play 69 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: week to week in a regular ensemble. So you know 70 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: about Brad, You heard about Daryl playing soprano. That's the 71 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: high guy in the band that plays all the high 72 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: notes and helps you hear the big finishes at the 73 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: end specifically. And then Bethany is like a Swiss army knife. 74 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: But tell everybody what you played in the band. 75 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 5: Okay, So I'm what you call a ringer, which is 76 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 5: I'm not really a part of the band. I was 77 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 5: like twenty years ago, which ages me a little bit. 78 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 5: But I was called in kind of last minute because Lovely, 79 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 5: our second horn player was out having a baby, very 80 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 5: good reason to miss a trip, and so they called 81 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 5: me in to step in and play alta horn second part. 82 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 5: We play all the off beats, so that's what we do. 83 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 5: It was so much fun to play with the band 84 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 5: again and in. 85 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: A brass bend setting. The alto horn or the tenor 86 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: horn as our British compatriots generally referred to it. It's 87 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: like the French horn or an orchestra too. They don't 88 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: have to put their hand in the bell to make 89 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: it sound good. 90 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 5: But sometimes it sounds better when you do. 91 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: Hey, you're listening to the Salvation Armies, where it's of life. 92 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 3: We're going to take a quick bad break and we'll 93 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 3: be right back. 94 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: Can we talk about what it means to do a 95 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: trip to South Africa so far away? What were you 96 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: looking forward to the most? Where were you from a 97 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: headspace point of view leading up to the trip. 98 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 6: Honestly, I wasn't looking forward to the trip just because 99 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 6: of the season that I'm always in in October. It 100 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 6: is extremely busy with my job. Every week has something 101 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 6: some type of event happening. It's hard to get away 102 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 6: for two weeks as well as I have a four 103 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 6: year old, and I was like, man, flying all the 104 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 6: way to Africa. That's the only time I've ever had 105 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 6: anxiety since I've had my son, and like just being 106 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 6: afraid that, you know, something might happen by your life. 107 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 6: So it was tough. I hang on, lie I was. 108 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 6: I was thinking about not doing it and being like, 109 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 6: all right, I peace out, y'all, y'all will be good. 110 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 6: Find somebody else so. 111 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 5: I can relate to that. Yeah, I think this is 112 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 5: my first time traveling internationally since having my children, and 113 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 5: so that's been first of all, a long time, but 114 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: also it was weightier to think about leaving, Like my 115 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 5: prayers for the preparation weren't about what they used to be, 116 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 5: but it was more like safety over my family, safety 117 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 5: for the band. 118 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 2: You know. 119 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: I was kind of thinking more about the logistics of 120 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 5: things and all the things that needed to get ticked 121 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 5: off the list and prepped, especially because I came into 122 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 5: it a little bit later. So it was such a 123 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 5: stark realization. When I finally landed. I was like, oh, 124 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 5: now I'm here, Like it was all the preparation and 125 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 5: my heart was just not prepared for all that was 126 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 5: going to happen while we were there. But it was 127 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 5: really beautiful. 128 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, what about you, Brad, I'd love to hear where 129 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: you were leading up this ship. 130 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, without having children of my own, it was a 131 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 4: different preparation. I had a little bit of what Darryl 132 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 4: referenced about just the season and it being difficult to 133 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 4: be away. Without going too deep into this, I have 134 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 4: a bit of a side hustle. I cover sports on 135 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 4: the side, both writing and podcasting. He's a big deal 136 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 4: all kinds of things like that, and it was knowing 137 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 4: that what we were going to be doing. I couldn't 138 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: plan on doing anything in sports for two weeks and 139 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 4: given the time of year, that gave me some anxiety 140 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 4: and also just a little bit of the realization of 141 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 4: what it was going to be. And I think just 142 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 4: trying to be intentional honestly about the headspace once it 143 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 4: became clear, like Daryl, we were going to go, We're going, Yeah, 144 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 4: you have to kind of get ready for it mentally, spiritually. 145 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 4: For me, a lot of that was encouraging myself to 146 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 4: be in the moment and not be distracted by what 147 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 4: I wasn't able to do at home or what I 148 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 4: was going to be gone for or as I'm sure 149 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 4: we'll talk about quite a bit, schedules and things that like, 150 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: I'm very buttoned up. I like to be on time. 151 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 4: I got that from Bernie, I think not knowing what 152 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 4: we're going to get into, honestly having a schedule, but 153 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 4: not knowing what was going to be and when we 154 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 4: got there, this guys didn't matter anymore, it didn't really 155 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 4: exist sometimes when we were there. To be honest with you, 156 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 4: but being intentional about letting all of us, but especially 157 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 4: me just to be there and not be somewhere else 158 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 4: mentally and spiritually. 159 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: And then you also have a second role in the 160 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: job per se, because as a writer and a regular 161 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: contributor to our Southern Spirit publication here in the Southern Territory, 162 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: you had a responsibility to think about how you were 163 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: going to report this tour after the fact, and that 164 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: has a pretty heavy thing for you. 165 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I was the one. Maybe other people did this too, 166 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: but I had to do it professionally. I have quite 167 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 4: a long set of notes from our trip. Basically every 168 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 4: hour of the day for the ten plus days we 169 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 4: were gone, I have a note for somewhere, whether it 170 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 4: was a quote or a reminder of what we were doing. 171 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 4: And it's both good and bad. And sometimes I have 172 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 4: to do things where I am in work mode and 173 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 4: that's not always the best. But also it does help 174 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 4: me to chronicle what we did and remember what we 175 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: did and having to write about it, honestly, getting to 176 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 4: write about it before we are talking now, processing a 177 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 4: lot of what happened, a lot of what we were 178 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 4: able to do, and putting a little bit of myself 179 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 4: in that, but also gathering stories from people at this 180 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 4: table and people that are not at this table, that 181 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 4: were with us, and talking to people throughout the trip 182 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 4: about what they were getting out of it, and trying 183 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 4: to get a feel for what the band was experiencing, 184 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 4: both in the moment and then also after asking around 185 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 4: for experiences and memories and things, and that I think 186 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 4: helps to put it all in context. 187 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I don't know how you guys feel, but 188 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 5: I'm glad that I came into it this way, not 189 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 5: with like the stress or worry of what was happening 190 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 5: at home, but because I really once we got moving, 191 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 5: I wasn't worried, but I didn't have any expectations for 192 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 5: the trip, which maybe is a little different for me. 193 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 5: I usually do tons of research and I have all 194 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 5: of these things, but coming into this trip, I just 195 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 5: felt like a blank slate of what the Lord was 196 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 5: going to do and provide and bring on that trip. 197 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 5: And so I'm glad that I went into it with 198 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 5: no expectations at all and just open ready to what 199 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 5: was going to happen. 200 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: Beautiful, we pray that you're enjoying and being blessed by 201 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: this conversation. We're going to take one more advoc and 202 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 3: we'll be right. 203 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: Back for our listeners. A Savation Army band is, you know, 204 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: a way that we can bring music to wherever we're 205 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: having an evangelical service. We used to refer to the 206 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: band as the portable organ because in the early days 207 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: of the Savation Army, the brass band would be used 208 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: to accompany open air services and then they might march 209 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: back to the church or what we call the core, 210 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: and then people would be invited to follow the band back. 211 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: And there's some really great stories about that type of evangelism. 212 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: But here in the United States, to put a band 213 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: like this together, we bring people from all over the 214 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: fifteen southeastern United States. So there's multiple flights involved. To 215 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: get people here to Atlanta, you would have had to 216 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: have some rehearsal. They would have talked about the schedule 217 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: and made sure everyone had all their uniform bits and pieces. 218 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: But now we're ready to go, So tell us what 219 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: happens when you leave Atlanta? What's next? 220 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 6: First was a flight to very flight, multiple flight. We 221 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 6: fly first Amsterdam Amsterdam. Yeah, just imagine like seventeen hours 222 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 6: of flying yeah, the four with the four hour and. 223 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 4: Knowing too like what we're going to do. It's an 224 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 4: interesting feeling knowing that we're going for a reason, We're 225 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 4: not just going for fun, yes, but also having to 226 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 4: wait that long to get there. Even when we Atlanta, 227 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 4: we got there, you know, very late at night. We 228 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 4: didn't just die right in. We's kind of like, all right, 229 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 4: reset a little bit. But we didn't meet before in Atlanta, 230 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 4: which I think I wanted at least mention. We don't 231 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 4: usually do that before a trip. We usually meet where 232 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 4: we go. Yeah, but we met in Atlanta for rehearsal, 233 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 4: and I don't know about you guys, that actually was 234 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 4: really important for me to play, to hear everybody, to 235 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 4: see everybody. I wrote about this and I'll try not 236 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 4: to get emotional. We played this arrangement that we do 237 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 4: of him called turn your Eyes upon Jesus. That was 238 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 4: the moment I think I was like, Okay, I'm ready 239 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 4: to go now, having that little bit of a reset 240 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: before we even went to the airport, knowing that, as 241 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 4: they're alluded to, the flight was coming, The flights were 242 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 4: coming that I was kind of dreading. I don't really 243 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 4: love air travel, and especially very long air travel, but 244 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 4: to have that preparation was that it was very helpful. 245 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 4: Yet bethink he likes air travel more. 246 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: Than love it. 247 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,599 Speaker 5: Listen, I'm a mom of four small kids. So the 248 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 5: fact that I got to sit in one seat for 249 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 5: like twelve hours and nobody asked me for anything. They 250 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 5: brought me snacks. 251 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: I loved it. 252 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 5: That pause in Atlanta, it's like a safe, little cocoon 253 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 5: pause where we got to rehearse, we prayed together, we 254 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 5: kind of mentally prepared our hearts. 255 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 6: That was a really turn your eyes upon Jesus because 256 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 6: it hit me in that moment as well as like, 257 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 6: all right, Didy, focus, focus on what we're doing, where 258 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 6: we're going. The whole purpose of this entire trip is 259 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 6: to tell people about Jesus. 260 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 5: Like so it was. 261 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 3: It was good. 262 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: I love that you mentioned that chorus because the words 263 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: are so special and in case our listeners don't know it, 264 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: the words are turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full 265 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will 266 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: grow strangely dim and the light of his glory and grace. 267 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: The Salvation Army's mission doing the most good means helping 268 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: people with material and spiritual needs. 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