Wild Ride

What a weekend! It was so full, that I didn't even get pictures! Of course the whole problem was that I ran out the door without putting my memory card in my camera. So, you will simply have to read about my journey. It started at about 7:00am when I took off for church to have a rehearsal for worship that night. Rehearsals with Bruce are the coolest. I can't think of anyone I've ever met who is more patient with people. I rehearsed with Sarah Pyne and Julie Reed. Both of whom are far more proficient at their instruments than I am at mine (they play violin and flute respectively). It was a lot of fun.

We got done at 9:30, and I dashed from the church on my way to Aloha High School for the annual Flute Fair trade show. I got there just in time to start warming up. We played for about 45 minutes and then it was my turn to volunteer for an hour. With that done, I got to go play on some really neat (and REALLY expensive) flutes. One that I played on was a solid gold flute! If you want it, it only costs $15,000!!! And that was on special!! Oh, well, at least I can say I played on one. I did make a serious effort to find some kind of accessory to buy to make my flute playing life easier, but alas, I found nothing, and left empty handed.

So I jetted out of Aloha at about 2:15. I had to be back at church by 3:00. Right. That didn't happen, but I did manage to make it back to church. Then I played for worship (oh yeah, all this time, there was this icky feeling in the back of my throat that would not go away, and got progressively worse as the day went on).

After service, I went to Jodie's for One Point Three. We had a lady named Erica Irvine from Portland Rescue Mission. She was actually inspiring. I think a lot of people are pretty excited about helping out down there. I know I am. The thought of teaching people gets me excited, and apparently there are lots of opportunities to do so. Plus, doing things as a group to reach out in Christ's name is also pretty neat. Please pray for God's guidence, and for continued momentum to carry us over that initial hump of just getting started. My buddy Murray has done a great job in getting the group involved in this! I'm proud of the guy. He stepped up to the plate and put the ball into play, and that's what you really need from some one is to just get the ball into play.

Sunday was great. I went out to lunch with friends to celebrate Amy's and Sean's birthdays that are both happening this week. I did manage to get those pictures:







Amy is trying on her new reading glasses! Carrie's future is much too bright for her to bear.












Matt's never been the same since he tried on the glasses











You can tell Sean's getting old, he needed the glasses just to read the menue ;)















Amy decided she preffered this pair instead.













So she gave her glasses to me...hmm.