Cord of 3 and Seventh Day Slumber

On Sunday Brian and I went to the Cord of 3 and Seventh Day Slumber concert in Owensboro. One of your mutual friends, Brandon plays the bass guitar for them and Brian has never seen him play before and has wanted to.

Back up a little......

Cord of 3 was one of the bands we had play at Metalfest back in October so I had heard them and loved them from the beginning. Brandon and Brian went to high school together and played football together and it wasn't until recently that Brian realized Brandon was in this heavy metal christian band.

Back to the present....

Friday night Brian and I were hanging out and we called Brandon to see where exactly the concert was and get some details. Well, Brandon informs us that the show is sold out but they are going to let 50 more people in because the place can hold 200 people. So if we wanted to get a ticket to get there before the doors opened and we could get one or we could go to the Monday night show that they had. Brian and I decided that we wanted to go to the Sunday night show since we had class and planned on being there are like 5 so we could be sure to get tickets.

Saturday night came and we were trying to figure out details and it was getting all confused and difficult to plan. We had almost decided not to go, but there was something in me that was saying we really needed to go. So we got the details worked out and planned on going still.

Sunday came and we went to church then our separate ways for a little while until he came to get me at 3. On our way over there Brian and I were just talking about different things and how we wished that some of his friends would have come with us because we both knew that they needed it. We found the place just fine and decided to go get something to eat before hand so we wouldn't be so late getting home after stopping.

We had a little issue after we returned because the security guy said no tickets were going to be sold until everyone who had a ticket got in. So he wanted us to stand in a line in the rain waiting until 6 o'clock. And let me add he wasn't a nice person. Brian pulled his truck up near the line so that we could stay in it for a while and then hop in line later. After a little bit more and more people started showing up so we got out and stood in line. While we were standing there a gentleman came up to me and asked if I had a ticket. I told him that I didn't and then he handed me a ticket and said Happy Birthday. I was very tickled by this! There were several people who were selling tickets to others but by the time they got to us they didn't have any. (Why they didn't start at the beginning of the line beats me) A little bit later a young guy who looked to be a youth minister came up to Brian and asked if he had a ticket. Brian replied with a no and the guy handed him a ticket also. So Brian and I got in for FREE!!!! We were very excited about it!

The concert was absolutely AMAZING! Seventh Day Slumber is one of my new favorite bands! The lead singer shared a lot of stuff that hit Brian and I hard. He also shared about Compassion International which is like World Vision where I sponsor a child, Nina. I had been telling Brian for a while about the joy that you get out of sponsoring a child from another country and knowing you are making a difference in their lives. So Sunday night Brian decided that he wanted to sponsor a child from Haiti through Compassion. It's only $38 a month and 81% of that goes straight to the child and their family and then 19% goes to Compassion so they can stay up and running. I was so excited that he did this!

God was moving in that place Sunday night and he is still moving with Brian and I. We are going through some "changes" in our relationship for the better and it's going to help us focus on God more like it's supposed to be. I can't wait to see what path God leads us down.