What a FUN weekend we had!! Saturday, after cleaning up the snow outside, we went to the mall (again, I know. But it wasn't even my idea!). We came home with some neat things and we had a DELICIOUS meal at UNO's!
Then on Sunday we went to the Rebecca St. James concert! One word...WOW! All of us went and Katie's friend came too. I was wondering what kind of show it would be since it was in the gym of the Boys and Girls Club. You know, would they have all the fancy lights, the cool stage, the really great sound system? They had it all! It was so professional! Rebecca St. James came out after a wonderful young artist named Vicky Beeching. She started off nice and loud! It was cool to be part of the crowd while everyone was jumping up and down and getting into the music! She really knew how to get the crowd involved! We were right up front standing at the barrier between the stage and the crowd! Awesome!
Then after a short break Delirious came out. I don't know their music very well but they put on such a great show that it didn't matter! I wish I could adequately describe what it's like to be in a room filled with a couple thousand people who are all worshiping God! There's nothing like it. Then to hear these Christian artists pray for a revolution in the hearts of believers and even read from their bibles to the crowd. It may sound like some sort of bible study with music but it couldn't be any further from that! It was SO COOL! Katie loved it!! So did her friend! So did Ed, and Becky, and Allison!! We all did! It was just about the coolest event we've gone to as a family and lets face it, there aren't too many rock concerts that you can attend with your whole family! Katie even won an autographed electric guitar!!! It was signed by all the performers!
The promoter of the concert goes to our church and so, many of the help for the show came from our church. We go to a very cool church. I hope there are more concerts on the way. This one was such a success that maybe it will pave the way for more artists to come!
One other great part of the concert was when Rebecca St. James spoke about Compassion International. It's a christian organization where you can sponsor a child. Read about it by clicking the link. Our family decided to sponsor a 7 year old boy from Ghana. I can't wait to write to him and get a letter back! The girls are pretty excited about it. Ed and I figured it would open the eyes of our children to some of the needs in the out stretching parts of the world and would allow us as a family to make a difference in the life of a child who lives in the midst of SO much poverty. I'm excited about this opportunity. Check it out. And maybe you could sponsor a child too!
