Back to Fourth Baptist

When I arrived back home on Thursday, my first stop was Fourth Baptist Church. It was a nice place to arrive immediately after a short break at the house (because I had run out of coins for the laundry machines at VCU, I had to immediately wash some clothes at home for the next day). Although most people dread the fact of going to church immediately coming home, I seemed to love it. It had seemed like it had been many years since the last time I had been able to be in the Fourth Baptist Church. Not only that but it had also been a long time since I had seen some of my friends in the church.

Thursday night was the second day of Youth Choir rehearsal, so I had a near guarantee of seeing some of my friends. Immediately upon walking through the door, I was greeted by some of them. They gave me many hugs and surprised looks. I think the most surprising thing to them may have been the fact that I was actually looking forward to talking, laughing, and joking with them as I had done so in the past few months. I guess I missed them so much that I had spoken more than I had before leaving off for college. Time quickly rolled around to rehearsal time, so we couldn’t really talk that long.

Rehearsal was quite entertaining as I was able to sing some of my favorite songs from the past. We went over the following songs “Its better than life”, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “Patiently Waiting”, “If Your Happy”, and “Who Would Imagine a King”. Many of these songs were favorites and I enjoyed singing them. I couldn’t believe that I still remembered them, and most particularly, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, as the last time I had song that was nearly 12 months ago. The normal church Christmas Tree was set up as well.

All in all Thursday night was quite great. After rehearsal we sat and talked for awhile (we had to wait for our parents who were at the Christmas Choir rehearsal or with the Men’s Fellowship at a dinner place). That night I got home really tired as we stayed at church until nearly 10 PM.