Second Road Trip

Dear Supporters,


We're back at the Academy this morning and we are about to head off to Chattanooga, TN. We returned to home base to perform at the the Academy's Logos Theater. The performance was full of technical glitches, but again we had no forgotten lines, and even performed the first ten minutes without any sound cues! The Academy's director had us practicing up until the last 20 minutes, and then she told us to apply what she had just crammed in our heads! I can only say that it was a miracle that the program when t as well as it did, and many people genuinely were pleased with the performance and were accepting of the message. I even had to play another person's part for him while he was down fixing our tech. Thank goodness there were no lines, but I had never performed the part before and the character is very important to the story.


So now we have two real performances under our belts (the one here at the Academy, and one Sunday in Indiana) as well as our dress rehearsal that we performed in front of our peers. We have had the sound not work for one performance, the lights fail to start for another, but through it all the message has still be shared.


Today we will also be our last time seeing the South team, which had been using the Academy as s home base while they performed in the local area, until the end of the summer. We had a heartfelt goodbye last Saturday, but I am certain that it will be much more deep today. It is hard to explain the bond that we have attained from practicing, singing, learning, eating, and having fun whit each other over the past three weeks, but it is extremely strong. It took me so long to make friends when I go into College, but here, with common goals, interests, and faith I have formed friendships that will definitely stand the test of time.


Please pray for us as we head out today, and return tomorrow for one last performance here at the theater. Please also pray for the South team as they head out Thursday, and the East team as well, who are already traveling.


Thank You once again for your support, John Flanigan

End of Training Camp

Dear Supporters,

I have to say with all sincerity that it has been a awesome two weeks of training camp. I apologize that i have not been able to keep in better contact with you before now, but we have been extrememly busy. Our days have consisted of: breakfast @ 8, followed by devotional time, singing lessons :P , a little practice, lunch, a traveling tips session, more practice, dinner, more practice, chapel, then bed time.

I was assigned to the Midwest team on my second day here and I think we have one o f the best teams here. We have a great bond and work quite well together. As it turns out, there is only one play that we are all performing. I know in my letter I stated there were two, but from the information I had before, we were supposedly doing two different plays. That aside, our play has a very deep message that is based around the great commission. Our play even includes a bible story that I honestly believe I had never read before: The destruction of Sennacherib. I wish you all could have the chance to see it, but if you are planning on being anywhere in the Midwest this summer perhaps you could stop by. Just check the schedule at the Academy's Website.

Last night we had our first nonstop performance in front of our peers, and I must say, with all our little cue glitches, we were blessed with everyone knowing there lines, and no technical difficulties. I am grateful that we have that one under our belts so that we can continue to perform better in the practices today.

Tomorrow we head to Ohio, and the following day we have a short drive to our first performance Sunday night in Indiana. If you will, please be in prayer for our safe travel, and that we might see our schedule filled up more for the month of June.

For myself, I would as that you pray for that I might be able to convey the proper emotion necessary to convey the message of the lost souls around us to the audience.

Thank You again for all your support, John Flanigan

P.S. If you have not been receiving any email updates from me, please send me your address so that I may keep you in the loop!