8/5/09 Worship and the Word Tour

We took our time getting up in the morning and ate breakfast and lunch and made chicken lasagna for dinner later at church. We left about 3:30 and went to the gazebo which was down town Petaluma. At 4pm we started setting up our band and at 5pm played for an hour. There were several families there. Some were dancing with their kids, sitting on the bench and singing along, playing in the play ground or laying down reading a book. There was a man on the street working on his Harley Davidson. This was our first concert on this trip. There was a cold wind and Don’s binder kept turning pages. We put Lisa’s capo on it to hold it open. Samuel did a great job singing the Real People Song and then he ran off to play in the playground. The boys did great. Aaron painted a picture that had an optical illusion. That night we enjoyed the chicken lasagna at the Church of the Open Doors – the Van Meter’s church. Someone bought a copy of Aaron’s Hawk. We went upstairs to an upper room and Don and Lisa led worship with a few songs including Revolution Song. We had church and when we left, a woman gave us $45 as a love offering. It was so good to spend time with Shannon because she shared lots of faith-building stories about how God has been working in their lives. We missed her husband Frank. He was gone for the week doing a tile job for his brother. Frank is an incredible artist and is very talented in remodeling and in music. They have a music ministry called Living Water Music and Art. You can check out their website at livingwatermusicandart.com