Jul. 28, 2008 - I'll Let You Know
Well I'm still smiling. It's actually hurting my face at the moment, but I'm sure I'll get over it. You know you use more muscles when you frown than when you smile. ...but if that's true why do we frown so much more than we smile? It's ridiculous really. I don't think that saying is very true and if it is true than we must use the muscles we can't feel. hahaha. There are muscles you can't feel you know. For instance, I didn't know how many muscles were in my back until I pulled them out of order and couldn't lift anything for a month. o_O. It's quite annoying actually. But I'm happy because I got to hold my little cousin for a brief moment last night at church and I hadn't gotten to do that in awhile because of my back. Yay!
OH MY GOODNESS! Sooooooo much has happened since I left on mission trip. I feel somewhat terrible for making you guys wait so long to hear about it all, but hey, what can ya do? As one of my friends would say, I'm a rockstar. It happens. :) I like being a rockstar...except for those annoying moments where you go so much when you finally stop you can't even think straight anymore. LIKE WHOA! Which is a very fun song actually. Aly and AJ. Yes, I am familiar with their work. I know. But hey, when you watch disney channel you kinda have to be. DUDE. Hannah Montana AND Miley Cyrus were in concert on Disney last night. I didn't really watch a significant amount of it, so I totally missed Hannah and only saw Miley. SPEAKING OF MILEY, IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY READ MY PREVIOUS POST. But anyway, yes, she did ok for the three songs I saw but dude I loved it a whole lot better when she was sitting playing her guitar instead of dancing across the stage. That's Miley.
ANYWAY. Two paragraphs later and Danya still hasn't filled anyone in on anything. Lovely. OK so....ROCKETOWN was amazing. Please take a moment to enjoy the pictures below. ....
It's always fun when something goes wrong right before you start. haha. But hey, we pulled through it. God had it all under control. :)
Meet the frontline.
I adjust the mic after pretty much every song. It's a habit I think.
We had our jumpy screamy crown there. It was great! :)
This is the "so what's next" Asa face. haha.
Ryan and I have mastered the thumbs in pockets cool look pose. :)
Oh and my friend Hannah was there taking some promo pics...like these: (I put more up cuz someone mentioned I didn't look happy in any of my pictures. haha.)
Asa
Ryan
Tyler
Ben
I am very excited about what's coming up next. For all you Nashvillians, we are playing at THE SOMMET CENTER for the NASHVILLE MAYOR'S FIRST DAY FESTIVAL on SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a really cool opportunity. :) I'm pretty stoked! We had band practice today and it was awesome. We got a few new people playing with us, but it's all good. :) Thursday, August 7th, we are playing an acoustic set to open up for a band Word just signed called ME IN MOTION. It is another door God has opened, and I'm just pretty much amazed at what He's doing. :) He's good like that.
Seems my life has gotten pretty crazy since I got back from the mission trip. Oh, man, speaking of the mission trip, the stars up there aren't flat! OK so you know how sometimes in the city you can look up at the stars but it pretty much just looks like someone painted the sky black and then dotted stars on it? Not there. When you look up you see into space. The stars aren't flat. I felt so small out there. Wondering how in the world God cared so much for me, one out of billions of people on an insignificant little peice of rock floating in space...I had one moment where I realized that there was nothing holding our little rock in space except the thought of God. The thought. If God wanted to, He could simply stop thinking of us and we would be nothing! There's no reason we shouldn't just drop out of space, hitting nothing because space has no ground and just eventually exploding. It's crazy! It made me feel so small...but it made God SO BIG. He is so much bigger than we could possibly even imagine. I felt so loved. :)
We got back and big things started happening. We recorded a new song last week called...Hey Miley. (Again, read my last post.) If you guys wanna hear it, which you know you do, then go here. I had the opportunity to play at a festival in Ohio called Fire Fest, and a lot of doors were opened there. I've been talking to producers and different people in the music business who have big connections and do big things because they do it for Jesus. The next two weeks could be life-changing for me. But I'm ready. I've been going through a little bit of a breaking time where I've had to give everything, and I mean EVERYTHING over to God. I've had to realize that He's taking me somewhere, but He's also taking me away from where I've been. It's hard sometimes, but with God, I'll get through it. He's worth it.
He's also given me some amazing friends to help me through it. And an awesome family. They are my encouragers and they love me. They know that I'm a little different and God's doing some different things with me, and they have helped me through so much. God's amazing, and I'm so thankful for everything that He's doing.
Wow...that was quite a long post I think. Are you happy now Randi? (Randi was pretty much threatening my life if I didn't post...) Hahaha...I feel like a foreign sandwich. That sounds yummy. That could be because I haven't really had lunch yet though and I'm hungry. *shrugs* whatever. ;)
Anyway...prayers are appreciated so much! You guys are awesome. :) And if anything happens....I'll let you know.
Danya <><
start.a.fire.
Comments
Jul. 28, 2008 - :)
Posted by Randi
that was a lovely post:):):):):):):):):) i am happy!!! and you better still be smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im serious. smile. :) CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!! ok im happy:) wait... i already said that... oh well. SHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! post again!! againagainagain!!!!! luv ya girl;)
Jul. 28, 2008 - :)
Posted by Randi
that was a lovely post:):):):):):):):):) i am happy!!! and you better still be smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im serious. smile. :) CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!! ok im happy:) wait... i already said that... oh well. SHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! post again!! againagainagain!!!!! luv ya girl;)
Jul. 28, 2008 - :)
Posted by Randi
wow. ok it posted. i still cant figure this stuff out!!!!!! aHHH!!! i need a foreign sandwich. a BIG!.....YUMMY!........ FOREIGN SANDWICH!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by funkyleo
Hey! I will be praying for you, you may want to pray for my cousin Breanna to, she's living with my Aunt Karen who is actually her grandma, she was living with her mom but got sent home because she beat on her really bad. As much as I don't like her, I still care about her, and love her, and I'm praying for her. I like your pictures, although you don't look very happy in any of them. I don't remember if I told you, but I just went to camp last week, it was fun, but I like Aldersgate better.......
Kelsey
Jul. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by funkyleo
Hey! Yeah, that was me who said you didn't look happy in your pictures haha, yeah sorry......Anyway, what is, "To Write Love on Her Arms" some sort of band? I like your new pictures. :) Yeah that was a long post. I miss you guys! (yep that was random I know.....)
Kelsey
Jul. 30, 2008 - Yo!
Posted by EyesonAslan
Wow.... that's like a ginormous post. Which is cool. lol.
Man, God is really doing something. I can tell with all the stuff He has lined up for you that He's not gonna slow down anytime soon. lol. Keep on rokin'! I'll continue to keep you in my prayers. Oh and I heard the new song. Twas awsome! of course. lol.
\m/
Aug. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Antelope
Hey Danya!
Thanks for commenting me...I have been thinking about you lately. I am currently lost in the abyss of algebra and facebook. Yes, facebook caught hold of me and it's a stranglehold, I'm afraid. Leaving HSB isn't really somethig I'm DOING, it's something I did.
But wow, your pictures are amazing and you are so encouraging! I miss you. Love ya!
Jess
Aug. 1, 2008 - yeh.
Posted by Savvyannah
yes ma'am evrythings goin fabulous! lol
u keep doin what u do best girl! lol
see ya sooooooooon!
Aug. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by luvdogs07
Sounds like you had a good time.
And I wish I lived near enough to come see ya'll Sunday! =(
