Sorry this is Late, it was written on 6/19, but the internet wasn't working

Today was another good day. Thankfully we had a late morning so we were able to kind of sleep in. Although I woke up at 7:45 cause I thought that we were going shopping at 8. Not the case. But oh well. So I ate dinner with the McGreer family because no one else was in the dinning room. That was a fun breakfast. So I went shopping and thankfully I was able to get everything I needed to get. And than for myself I got Harry Potter #1 in Italian. It’s pretty sweet.
After that, we got back to the hotel and I did some early packing because I knew that we would not have that much time tonight and I didn’t want to leave it for tomorrow morning. So I pretty much got everything packed. Than it was off to rehearsal.
Rehearsal today was at the Sancta Maria Magiore, the place where we actually performed the concert. Originally on Monday, they told us that we would not have chairs and that we would have to stand the whole concert, which would be about a two and a half hour concert. Standing for that long in the heat and in a tux did not sound appealing, but what happens happens. So thankfully when we got there this morning THERE WERE CHAIRS. Thank the Lord. Rehearsal went really well so we got out of there on time. We came back to the hotel and had an early dinner, than I came up and took a little nap.
Than I got changed and went downstairs for dinner. Tonight’s dessert was kind of nasty. It was like this like tough pudding stuff that was yellow in the middle and brown on top and it had this coffee flavor….needless to say it was not good.
Than we went back to the Sancta Maria Magiore for the concert. We had to retake the group shot because the camera that the photographer took the shot on on Monday was stolen, so he had to retake it. This go round went a lot faster though because we knew what we were doing.
I forgot to mention this yesterday. Paul Leddington-Wright really kind of likes us, so he gave us the honor of sitting in the front row at rehearsal on Wednesday, although we arrived a little late so some of us didn’t get them, and today at rehearsal and also at the concert. It is pretty cool.
The concert was really really good! The time just flew by. I was expecting it to kind of drag on, but it just whipped on by. Than………it was over……:-( Ugh, I hate this part. You’ve worked so hard on something for so long and now it’s done. So not only do you have that feeling, but this is the last time that you will sing as a group. So needless to day we are all a little depressed. Tomorrow will probably be kind of quiet and filled with a lot of tears. But we know that we eventually will sing with each other again. I don’t know if I mentioned this but Paul invited us to come sing with him and his choir in Coventry, England. Not related to ICMF just kind of like an exchange thing. And he wants this years group to go, so Lord willing that will all fall into place. Well sorry there aren’t any pictures tonight, I don’t have Jenni’s camera with me so I can’t put the pictures on the computer. But I will post some when I get home.
And I want to thank you all who are reading this and have been reading this. It has been a lot of fun writing things down at night. Not only does it help me remember the good times, but it also helps me digest the day and get the most out of it. Thank you also for all the prayers for Jenni and I and the whole group. They have been heard and you will be proud of the work that we have done here in Rome. Please however continue to pray for us as we travel back from Rome back to HOME!!!! Although I am kind of down right now being home, somewhere that’s warm and comforting sound amazing right now. It’s true, you really don’t know what you’ve got until you done have it any more. (Not going to put lost it, because I haven’t lost anything…lol) I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD, AND KATIE AND MICHELLE……AND MANDY!!!! I miss you all a lot and I can’t wait to see you guys tomorrow!

With much love and appreciation to all who have been reading this and have supported me,
Luke

P.S. I will still continue to write on this blog for the next week or so, doing some more digesting and posting some more pictures. I will also be putting a lot of pictures up on flick, so you can check them out here:

http://www.flickr.com/sohlphoto