Sunday, July 19, 2009

Quite a busy couple of weeks...

Apologies all around for no posts in the past few weeks. Things have been quite hectic and time on the Internet has been scarce. All that aside, we are updating now from Davis, CA. We sang tonight at the Rancho Cordova CoC and are staying at our soprano's home, Sarah Hollingsworth, as well as good family friends of her family. We will be in the area for the next few days and look forward to our last week of tour.

Working backwards, we have come from....:

Our most recent stop put us in Redding, CA and Sierra Bible Camp. We were able to stay with Matt Baker's family in Redding and then get to see all of his family, home church, and many friends at his home church camp, SBC. We had a great time and loved getting to sing there at the camp. It is always a fun time on tour to see a member's family, even if it isn't "your" family, it still feels like it. We thank Matt's family and all those at camp that made it an enjoyable time.

Before SBC, we were in Myrtle Creek, OR. We sang at the Tri City CoC and had a great time of worship there with the church. We got to hang out afterwards and enjoy some good watermelon as well as some good fellowship with the church there.

Previous to Myrtle Creek, we sang a few concerts in the Portland, OR area. We loved our time in Portland and got to stay with some good Won By One friends there as well. A previous WBO member, Peter Wilson's parents live in Portland and we were able to stay with them for a few days. We enjoyed our time getting to see them and stay at their house. They currently are now grandparents as Peter's wife, and also previous WBO member, Lindsey Wilson, had her baby a few days ago. Congrats to all of their family and to the new parents!

For the entire week previous to Portland, we sang and stayed in the Seattle, WA area. We loved our time there as we got to stay with Caitlin Lawrence, a Pepperdine graduate, and her family for the whole week. Some of us also had significant others visit as Darnell's girlfriend Jayme, Matt's girlfriend Ashley, Kristen's boyfriend Nick, and Sarah's boyfriend Kyle, all came to visit for most of the week. It was a fun time to get to see good friends and enjoy the company of the Lawrence family. We enjoyed our time getting to sing, fellowship, and site see in the Seattle area. The Ferry into Seattle at night is quite beautiful. Thank you to those we got to see in the Seattle area and to all who made it such a wonderful stay for us.

It has been quite a two week period and we have had a great time on tour. We are entering into our last week and look forward to spending it back in the southwest as we make our way back down into the Southern California area and even into Arizona. The end is near and we look forward to finishing it with a bang!