A Great Night in Portland

Sometimes things just go your way, Friday night at the "Relay For Life" in Portland Tn was just one on those nights. We were all grumbling a bit as the rain came down for the second consecutive night we had scheduled for an outdoor appearance but God was watching out for us and for this great event. The rain had dwindled to a sprinkle as we arrived and started to unload our stuff. Just as the luminary ceremony started the rain stoped and a cool breeze started to blow. The luminary ceremony was one of the most touching events I've had the pleasure to experience as candle after candle was lit in memory of those who had survivied cancer and for those who unfortunately had not. As a bagpipe player started playing "Amazing Grace" the crowd made a commemorative lap around the track at Meadow Brook Park, we finished our set up and were ready to go. The six of us that made the trip began our set as the crowd completed their circuit with "Down To The River To Pray" then went into a set of our favorites including "Piggy Back Ride", "Lean On Me", No Place Like Home", "Just For You", Sooth Me", "The Lord Is Coming Back" and a few others. The night was perfect and the crowd seemed to enjoy our music. Afterwards the host who is a DJ for a Christian music station in Ashland City pulled us aside to thank us for our appearance and to ask for a CD so he could play some of our music on his station. He also invited us to make an appearance on his show to talk about our ministry.
We tentatively made plans to do the show the Sunday before our appearance in Ashland City on June 30th.
We are really looking forward to our return trip to Portland for the Strawberry Festival next Saturday the 19th.
Then we are off to the races again during the month of June with four appearances before taking a break during the month of July. God has blessed us with such an active ministry, and we thank Him for it. EVERYDAY!
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