Bonnie said we’ve sung 10 times in 9 days. God certainly is faithful. Saturday afternoon/night I was feeling strangely exhausted. I was sure I was catching Hannah’s cold or the other sickness that was floating around. Save for Bonnie and Nathan we’re all feeling under the weather. Perhaps we caught something singing out doors in 32 degree weather? That was interesting and an experience I would not like to repeat in the near future.

So what have we been doing besides singing? On Monday we visited Mammoth Cave National Park which has the longest cave ever discovered! It was remarkable! I’ve never really been in a cave before so this was so different than the norm sightseeing trip. We only went through ¼ mile of it. The temperature was 55 degrees and it stays like that year round. They turned the lights out for a minute or two. It was sooo very dark!! You couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. It gives me a huge respect for spelunkers!! And, no, I’m not considering a career in spelunking I just respect those who do.





The ceiling….


I was not very good at getting pictures in the low lighting so I've not posted a lot of the pictures...:-P

Bonnie and I have been buying fabric from our new very favorite store called Whittle. You know how guys like tool stores? Well, Whittle is the tool store equivalent for females, only we’re shopping for fabric not tools. : D

Before our final goodbye to the Myers we started arm wrestling…after several games of Dutch Blitz of course. 



The house is progressing nicely…




(Reply to Mandy - Yes, it is on the same street.)

We have been playing a lot of volleyball. I’m so spoiled after playing in a gym. :-P No wind, sun, uneven surfaces…ahhh. We played until 12:30am one morning…:-o




Until next time….

P.S. Sorry about the uneven picture sizes! :-P

Last night my family went to jail. Thankfully, they let us back out again. :-)

It was a very low security jail, no barbed wire, no metal detectors, at least not that we had to go through.. We unloaded our equipment at the door and waited to be brought into the ‘courtyard’, supposedly outdoors. Wow. It was a cement box with screen on the top It sure helps you appreciate your own freedom more when you see how these men live

I wasn’t sure what to expect since I’d been warned this could be an extremely rude audience. When all 18 of them filed in wearing orange I started getting nervous. I asked the Lord for help and He gave me a peace. Turns out they all were very polite and appreciative. And miracles of miracles, Vincent actually volunteered to speak!! I was so happy! He gave a Ray Comfort style message talking about the law and that none of us have kept the 10 commandments and we are all guilty of sin and God will judge us accordingly. He used the illustration that in civil law you might be able to get away with some things but God sees all things, even what you think. But some of you are saying ‘but God is a forgiving God, He’ll just forgive me.’ The only way to be forgiven is through Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in HiM should not perish but have everlasting life.’ John 3:16 NIV


The jail allowed us to give cds to be held for the prisoners to be given to them upon release.

It certainly was an experience I won’t forget for a very long time…an excellent reminder to pray for those in prison.

Edit: We went back to jail tonight. :) I don’t have time to respond to comments tonight….we’re in the middle of Dutch Blitz and we're suppose to be in bed in about 2 minutes. : D Our last night... :(

What an eventful weekend! I said something about it going to be a busy Sunday in my last post. It sure was that, and tiring!

I’ll pick up again on Sunday morning….

We left the Overholts and headed over to Bowling Green, Kentucky. The pastor let us in and Mr. Overholt helped us unload. We were about done with our sound check when little Ethan O. got his finger caught in the van door hinge! The took him to the hospital and got 6 or 7 stitches. Poor little guy! He was such a trooper and by the night service he was showing off his bandage. Keep him in prayer if you think of him.

The service was so awesome that morning. The presence of the Lord was so strong and sweet. As one of the songs we sing says ’All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down.’ How true that is. We can sing until we’re blue in the face and say everything we know to say but unless the Holy Spirit is there we’re helpless to touch lives.

I was struggling with something today connected with this weekend and asking the Lord to keep me from getting discouraged. That struggle combined with being very tried wasn’t a fun combination. My prayer tonight is that the Lord would direct my steps today, tomorrow, the next day, the day after that and forever. The Lord is still working, I’m sure of that. Even if I don’t have all the answers I can trust and rest in Him and in His plan for my life. I’m so thankful for the Word of God and how He directs us to verses and speaks to us through them. The Lord is faithful and He does work through and in all circumstances.

After the service we ate a lovely lunch with the folks from church.

Don’t you just love group pictures. : D

After church a few of the Vanhorn children road with us over to Ross and Teresa’s house. They just happen to be their neighbors. :-) T&R have a really skinny driveway, trees on both sides, and a cattle guard right at the entrance. I don’t know what we’d do with our dad’s excellent driving/parking skills. :-) T&R fed us a wonderful Italian meal - at our third meal of the day. :-) Bonnie tried out some guitars and we visited with everyone including the long horn cows they keep.



T cooks like my grandmom. :-)


We had to say goodbye and headed off to Grove City Baptist Church. The Overholts came and again helped us set up. God bless you guys!

We’re were done with our set they asked for two on encores. The pastor then asked us if we would sing on their radio program which was coming on in about 5 minutes and at their Christian school the next morning. (Some of us were totally shocked. :-)) It was funny singing the same songs over again to the ‘same’ audience over. Afterward we all lined up and everyone shook our hands. They invited us out to Denny’s to eat. Our fourth meal of the day didn’t arrive until 10:00pm


Isn‘t Matthew clever? :-)

Nathan and older (minus parents) stayed up until 12:30am playing volleyball with the Randolph’s and their friend Jessica in the gym we were gong to sing in the next day. The gym was so much fun to play in! No wind, sun, or uneven ground! I was sooo tired though… *yawn* My little birdie alarm clock went off early and I got up at 7:00am. It took me a while to actually wake up; I was so tried still! We sang for about 170 students and teachers. The pastor was there also and invited us back to the church and school again. We lined up again and shook hands with almost all the students. We probably shook more hands that weekend then any other weekend. :-)

We packed up and said goodbye and headed back to E-town to do some building work with the Myers family. Tonight we’re scheduled to sing at “Jonathan’s Jail”. This will be the first time we’ve ever sung in a prison. We’ll let you know how it goes.



Weekend pictures

Jessica, Bonnie and me after the concert on Monday morning.

(Hi Jessica!)

I should have blogged this last week - has anyone had squirrel before? They said it tasted like chicken. : P I decided not to have any after I saw all the hair on the meat still.




The Myers and MacDonald girls right before they left for the Whistle Stop to celebrate Bonnie’s birthday last week.


Progress on the house we’ve been working on….






We have more done but I'll save that for another time...

We're in Smiths Grove, KY tonight with the Overholts. :) We’ve been playing volleyball, building a porch roof, consuming delicious food, shopping at the BEST fabric store ever and enjoying sweet fellowship.

We did the COOLEST concert ever this morning! And, no, I don't mean awesome or good. : P The concert was at 9am and it was cold. I've been asking, 'Doesn't it ever got cold in Kentucky?' after a few days of 80 temps. Maybe I should have asked since it was a brisk 50 degrees this morning. After a few songs my fingers went numb. About half way through it was uncomfortably cold. I'm sure going to appreciate a warm place to play tomorrow morning and night. I'm glad we did it though.

The moon was so big last night but I didn’t get any good pictures, just bad ones. I did get a couple postable (is that a word?) ones tonight.



Tomorrow looks like a long day of concerts and visiting folks.

Till next time....