Today was the first of all the days off in Dallas I actually got up in time for breakfast. There’s nothing quite like waffles in the shape of Texas. Craig was at the bus shop, so Beth and I just hung out in our room; well, actually, I was checking me eyelids for holes, if you know what I mean. Craig came and got us and took us to the shop; Beth left us from there in the van, headed for Little Rock, I think. A bit later, as we were still waiting for the bus to get finished, Uncle Brother [View Full Entry]

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Western Arkansas looks a lot like home with hills and hollows, trees, honeysuckle vines, grass greening, and rivers and creeks that actually have water in them. Spring is coming as was evidenced by the thickening and color of the the trees and I actually saw daffodils blooming. As we got closer to the Mississippi River we could see darker clouds ahead in Tennessee. About 50 miles into Tennessee it started to spit snow. It got heavier the closer we got to home. The ground was mostly covered, but the roads were fine. We picked up pizza on the way through [View Full Entry]

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February 20th, 2008 This day is pretty fuzzy in my mind because of how long ago it was since it is now the 23rd. We went from Nashville TN to Little Rock today. We passed some knocked down trees outside of Memphis, on the Arkansas side. There were down trees in a forest off the road. At first, it looked like a truck had wrecked alongside the road, but there were things in the tree branches. We concluded it was one of the tornados we had heard about going through the south. Drove about 6-7 hours today, trying not to fill [View Full Entry]

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Last night, there was a “winter storm advisory.” I’m sure an inch of snow would shut down the city. It rained pretty hard, and there was some awesome thunder and lightning, but nothing much. It wasn’t even freezing rain this morning, just cold and a downpour (which was in fact pretty exciting). It was so nice being back in a theater today! Load in was wicked early, 7. Thus far, getting all my stuff off the truck, set, and hooked up has taken 4 hours. Today, just shy of 2. Oh my goodness! Focus was amazing. When the TD asks, “Are [View Full Entry]

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Finally, we’re back on the road! Yea! Busy morning of packing and making breakfast and a zillion egg salad sandwiches. If this trip has done anything for me, it’s make eggs less appealing to eat. We left the church almost 3 hours after the kids, so we just sort of hung out with the staff there. Good times. Then we hit the road. Just Beth, Sarah and I in the van. Background: when I was little, I NEVER slept in the car. Now, it seems I’m in the car 7 seconds and I’m out! We were listening to “Wait, Wait, Don’t [View Full Entry]

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So, last night… I was leaning against the kitchen counter and talking with everyone. Kyle started beating (not massaging) my back. Pretty hard. But I was laughing because it was making my lungs and ribs vibrate afterwards in a way they never had. Quite funny. But all day today, my stomach has hurt really bad when I laugh. Finally I connected the two. I think everything across the front of me is bruised, but it was still funny vibrating like that. Today… Got a nap. Read quite a bit. The secretary here at the church took us to lunch (dropped us [View Full Entry]

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I forgot to tell you the three exciting things that happened yesterday. After breakfast, the kids were at Sunday School, and some of us were hanging out. Kyle found a bottle of nail polish and painted my big toe nails. They’re red sparkles, so I keep looking at my toes and thinking ‘why are they so dirty?’ Then, we were setting up the sound system and I saw a cockroach for the very first time. It was rather small, but still exciting. Today was more of the same. Shot some pool. Made a lot of calls and got a lot done, [View Full Entry]

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Here is the video from last night playing with the kids. Sorry it came separately, it took a LONG time to load. [View Full Entry]

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Once again, it was a pretty boring day. Not boring, but not much to report. Church. The kids sang 2 African songs. Laundry. Breakfast. Lunch. Set up the sound system for the evening show. Evening show. It went pretty well. The only exciting thing is that the house lights controls are located in three different areas. One switch in a closet back stage. One at the bottom of the stairs at the back of the sanctuary, and one in the balcony, each controlling different sets of lights. Yeah. I sure can kill everything all at once. Kyle and I shot some [View Full Entry]

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