...and wintered some more!

It snowed!!! I love snow. Snow is soooooooooo pretty. Especially when you don't have a car and don't have to deal with the troubles that snow causes. And here, snow is a really good sign--it actually indicates warmth. In this time of year, lack of snow can often be attributed to temperature too cold for snow.

Isn't it cool how no two snowflakes are exactly alike? God makes really cool stuff. Like, way cool. :)

Other than snow, the other topic I want to write about tonight is the choir I'm singing in. I don't think I've talked about it much. Really, up until now it hasn't been that exciting. I mean, I like singing... like, a lot... but the choir is really huge, it's not hard to get into so we're not especially amazing, and you get the point. But, tonight was our first rehearsal with the orchestra (also students, which is cool because I have friends that play in it), and tonight was pretty sweet. The music just sounds weird without the orchestra, and my friends in orchestra said the same about it without the choir. Hearing it all together though was way cool. Especially this incredible work we are singing, Honegger's King David. We sing the German translation, which for me is almost like singing English, which you don't get to do that often in choirs. The work tells the story of David's life through the music and through short spoken sections. It has the effect almost of a musical. The music not only tells the story, but it also responds to it. It's really awesome (despite my lame attempt at describing the awesomeness). I don't think I've ever gotten that into something classical that I've sung. I have sung music I connected with personally in some way before, but never in my own language. Even when you translate the text of something in another language and you sing it with a knowledge of what it means, it's not the same as singing something in your own language.

So, enough rambling, I'm just on sort of a high right now. Man that was awesome. I'm still bummed that I have to miss church this weekend for rehearsals, but I really get to worship through this music! Sweet...