Apr. 5, 2008 - Name Dropping
It's been a lovely week! The weather has been gorgeous, and the flowers and trees are all abloom! I have so appreciated just feeling like my old self again. I'm sure God lets us wallow in misery every once in awhile, just so we can appreciate how wonderful ordinary, normal life really is. Anyway, after those first few "normal" days, in the beginning of the week, I had a couple of super-duper extraordinary days. I've been blessed to have exciting, inspiring meetings with people living with purpose.
Thursday night I attended a fundraising banquet for a local Crisis Pregnancy Center. The ministry I am involved with (Healing Hearts) is sponsored by them, so I went to show my support. My very dear friend shared her testimony to the room of almost 500 people, and I was so proud of her, I could've burst! She was terrified, but she did it anyway! YEAH! The keynote speaker was an amazing African American woman named Star Parker. She had an incredible story to tell and is a very inspiring conservative Christian woman who is passionate and articulate and seemingly fearless. Visit her website to find all sorts of info on her organization and even a video of her personal testimony. www.urbancure.org
Saturday morning, Davis and I attended one of our People to People orientation meetings where we met and spoke with Congressman Duncan. I was very impressed by him. He was a very nice, soft spoken, thoughtful, and straighforward man. I totally expected a "slick" politician, but he seemed completely sincere. He posed for pictures with the kids and gave each one a "lucky penny" souvenir. Neat, huh?
Then as if that wasn't enough hob nobbing, Saturday night my husband and I attended a house concert. Have you ever been to a house concert? I never had. Apparently, it's a common thing in some circles. Anyway, It was very fun. Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn are a lovely married couple with three beautiful children. They are aslo incredibly gifted songwriters and musicians. So, they played for our group of about 40 at a friend's home. No amps, no microphones, no fuss no muss...just them and their guitars and unbelievable talent. They played, talked, shared and ate with us..... just like the were a part of the gang! If you like folk music you'll love them. Very smart, deep and sometimes funny lyrics (especially Andy's songs....he is more of what I would call a folk story song writer, Jill's music is more serious and spiritual) and wonderful music. Check them out! www.jillphillips.com www.andygullahorn.com
So, today was normal again. No famous people, no fancy banquet, just me and the kids...running errands, decoding words, walking the dog, folding laundry.........it's all good!
Comments
Apr. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by SmallWorld
Wow! What an awesome week you had! I love the idea of the house music party! Sounds like what we called a jam session in college but with much more sophistication!
