First I must confess that this is not "soon" as I promised, and for that I apologize. I'm not sure that I can summarize everything that we've been doing these past weeks, so I'll just try to hit the highlights, and maybe Carmen and Cara can help me out by adding some other blog entries or something. Here goes...
On Sunday, March 27th, we began our jaunt down to Montana by heading down to Vauxhall, where some of Carmen's extended family lives. We were able to stay with her Grandpa following the Sunday evening program at the church her uncle pastors, and also had a day off at his house on the following Monday. My oh my how wonderful her Grandpa is! :)
Tuesday began our journey into the states. The Jill Hagen band met us at Vauxhall, we loaded the trailer and van with our stuff, and off we went to Elliston, MT! Here's a list of the programs we did around the Helena area (and at Jordan - the guitar player's - church) :
March 30th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at Lincoln Community Center
April 1st - Encore & Carrolls at skate park in Helena
April 3rd - Encore at Elliston, Avon (morning), and Townshend (evening) Churches
April 5th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at Deerlodge
April 6th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at Hannaford Street Bible Church in Helena
April 7th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at Montana Wilderness School of the Bible
April 8th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at Great Falls
April 10th - Encore & Jill Hagen Band at a church in Frontier, SK
One of the definite highlights of being in Montana was ministering with the Carrolls - it was so awesome being able to stay with them, and just feel totally comfortable in their home. Another aspect of our Montana tour that we loved was the excitement of the people there, as some people even drove 3.5 hours just for the program/concert!! And those that came really appreciated what we presented. A personal highlight for me was getting to talk to a young man who could really relate to my testimony, and to encourage him and pray for him. If you could remember him in your prayers, too, that would be amazing. :)
Another highlight of our tour was simply being able to hang out and minister with the band. It was really refreshing, getting to tour and minister with other people. Us girls especially had some really great talks, and I know that we were all encouraged by one another. Ministry is tiring, but God has blessed us with one another so that we can pray for and encourage one another to press on toward the goal.
Here are some pictures of our past few weeks:
Well, I'd have to say that's it for now! I hope you enjoyed the pictures of us girls at Wal-Mart, with Carmen's Grandpa, us and Elena Carroll, The Jill Hagen Band performing, Encore doing our "What Is Love?" program, and Encore with the Jill Hagen Band and Dave and Lisa Carroll.
God bless you so much in your ministry, and thank-you so much for your prayers!
Cayla :)
