To the Land of Cheese...there and back again
We pulled in around 7:30ish after we dropped Kevin off at the airport and dumped the tank.
Man, it's good to be home.
I'm looking forward to being off the road for the next two weeks and getting a lot of "life" done. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
I'm having my first drum lesson in a while with Dane Clark again! WOOHOO! THE MAN HIMSELF! I finally found his website online tonight. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT! He just released his new CD too.
DaneClark.com
Anyways, I'm planning to hit the road early tomorrow morning for Chicago Ridge, IL where Midwest Percussion is located. I'm REALLY hoping that they have a showroom where I can actually try some of the inventory of drums that they offer on their online catalog. I am hoping to go there to end my search for the "perfect" snare drum I'm looking for. I know there's no such thing, but I still haven't found the one that I hear and go, "THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE SOUND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!" As soon as I find that, my search is over.
Cost, as long as it doesn't break the bank, doesn't measure the quality. I can pay a lot of money for something that doesn't sound that great, or I can pay a very small amount of money for a very high quality snare drum, so. We'll see.
I recently bought a used Uehlin snare drum custom built by a Danny Uehlin, I believe his name was. It sounds great, but if the wood hoops weren't so messed up, along with the strainer, sound hole, and such, I would keep it. But I paid $340 for a used snare that's really worth less than that. The craftsmanship really isn't all that great on it at all, but the sound really is probably one of the best sounding snares I've tried so far. But my search has been pretty minimal, so I'm hoping tomorrow will be the venture to end all ventures.
Blessings, my friends and thanks for praying for our tour! We saw God do amazing things! Read below!
University of Wisconsin-Baron County
So, for this show, we were really skeptical that any people were going to show up at all...we advertised the concert pretty well, but it was indoors in the cafeteria, it was scheduled for 7p.m. at night, AND, on top of all that, was a commuter school...
For those who know commuter schools well, students really don't stay that long on campus unless they REALLY have to. And at a campus of only 500, it's gotta be a REALLY compelling reason.
So we really didn't think many people were going to show. I was actually hoping for a lot more, but a decent amount came out. But what was most shocking were the results of the night!
We saw four people indicate decisions for Christ that night!!!! AMAZING!
GO GOD!
AND we also saw three guys from the basketball team say they wanted to be involved in a bible study. And I'm not just talking say and not really mean it, but they were like, "yeah, when is it? I'll be there." SWEET!
Teresa told us later that one of the basketball players actually came up to her after the show and told her that he was going to get involved in a bible study. He was making it a point to tell her that! I guess to show commitment and that her message really touched him and she'd be happy about that! Praise the Lord!
It ends up that we later found out, Sarah, one of the girls that is heavily involved with the Crusade movement on their campus had actually been praying for that group of guys from the basketball team for a year!!!
:O
We couldn't believe it! God answers prayers and totally showed us up! We had little to no faith and He just totally blew our socks off. Man...we are so doubtful.
It reminds me of the verse that says, "if we are faithless, he will remain faithful" - 2 Timothy 2:13. Wow. Though we have no faith, he still full of it and will come through each time and continue to bless us and meet us where we're at, even when we doubt Him! How gracious is our God! What a mighty God we serve! Praise Him!
Alright, about to jump up out of my seat because I'm so excited about that.
Again, it's good to be back in the Midwest...ahhhh...looking forward to some R&R and catching up with some of you soon as well. Blessings to you all, friends!
Goodnight.
Man, it's good to be home.
I'm looking forward to being off the road for the next two weeks and getting a lot of "life" done. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
I'm having my first drum lesson in a while with Dane Clark again! WOOHOO! THE MAN HIMSELF! I finally found his website online tonight. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT! He just released his new CD too.
DaneClark.com
Anyways, I'm planning to hit the road early tomorrow morning for Chicago Ridge, IL where Midwest Percussion is located. I'm REALLY hoping that they have a showroom where I can actually try some of the inventory of drums that they offer on their online catalog. I am hoping to go there to end my search for the "perfect" snare drum I'm looking for. I know there's no such thing, but I still haven't found the one that I hear and go, "THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE SOUND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!" As soon as I find that, my search is over.
Cost, as long as it doesn't break the bank, doesn't measure the quality. I can pay a lot of money for something that doesn't sound that great, or I can pay a very small amount of money for a very high quality snare drum, so. We'll see.
I recently bought a used Uehlin snare drum custom built by a Danny Uehlin, I believe his name was. It sounds great, but if the wood hoops weren't so messed up, along with the strainer, sound hole, and such, I would keep it. But I paid $340 for a used snare that's really worth less than that. The craftsmanship really isn't all that great on it at all, but the sound really is probably one of the best sounding snares I've tried so far. But my search has been pretty minimal, so I'm hoping tomorrow will be the venture to end all ventures.
Blessings, my friends and thanks for praying for our tour! We saw God do amazing things! Read below!
University of Wisconsin-Baron County
So, for this show, we were really skeptical that any people were going to show up at all...we advertised the concert pretty well, but it was indoors in the cafeteria, it was scheduled for 7p.m. at night, AND, on top of all that, was a commuter school...
For those who know commuter schools well, students really don't stay that long on campus unless they REALLY have to. And at a campus of only 500, it's gotta be a REALLY compelling reason.
So we really didn't think many people were going to show. I was actually hoping for a lot more, but a decent amount came out. But what was most shocking were the results of the night!
We saw four people indicate decisions for Christ that night!!!! AMAZING!
GO GOD!
AND we also saw three guys from the basketball team say they wanted to be involved in a bible study. And I'm not just talking say and not really mean it, but they were like, "yeah, when is it? I'll be there." SWEET!
Teresa told us later that one of the basketball players actually came up to her after the show and told her that he was going to get involved in a bible study. He was making it a point to tell her that! I guess to show commitment and that her message really touched him and she'd be happy about that! Praise the Lord!
It ends up that we later found out, Sarah, one of the girls that is heavily involved with the Crusade movement on their campus had actually been praying for that group of guys from the basketball team for a year!!!
:O
We couldn't believe it! God answers prayers and totally showed us up! We had little to no faith and He just totally blew our socks off. Man...we are so doubtful.
It reminds me of the verse that says, "if we are faithless, he will remain faithful" - 2 Timothy 2:13. Wow. Though we have no faith, he still full of it and will come through each time and continue to bless us and meet us where we're at, even when we doubt Him! How gracious is our God! What a mighty God we serve! Praise Him!
Alright, about to jump up out of my seat because I'm so excited about that.
Again, it's good to be back in the Midwest...ahhhh...looking forward to some R&R and catching up with some of you soon as well. Blessings to you all, friends!
Goodnight.
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