Down South

We  were asked to sing in the Gospel Express prison crusade again this year, The time came to leave. After collecting all the necessary things a family of 9 needs to stay alive and thrive (for 2 weeks) we headed out, barely missing 17-19 inches of snow, a nasty blizzard it was.

We traveled by day...

....we traveled by night...

..... 24 hours later we reached South Carolina.

Dianna and Bryson-who just turned 2 years old.

Bryson likes "Winnnnnnie".

Winston likes Bryson too.

We got to see the Glicks a few times :-)

 Here we are at chapel in the morning before we went into the prisons. 

There are  no cameras allowed in prison, so I can show you no pictures of the reason for the whole trip :-(  We sang in 4 prison's in 4 days, it's amazing to watch God work in the hearts of all those tough men. We were blessed to get see God at work. Much prayer went into each service.  

Bryson and Stewart having happy time. :-)

We stayed at a hotel with a number of other families that sing and play.

 On Sat afternoon we were having a wonderful jam session in the motel lunch room with several different groups, and I guess we were making a little too much noise, so we moved out beside the pool where we could make all the noise we wanted, and just enjoyed every minute of playing with them.

Below are the Giddens, George and Becky. We had a lot of fun learning to know them. We spent some good sit down time with them getting a few tips on our playing. George is a professional fiddle and mandolin player with a group called the Dillards. The Dillards are the remnant of the group 'The Darlings' in the Andy Griffith movies. The guy that sang 'Dooley', in 'Mountain Wedding' is still with the group. Below is a video of George playing with his group. Click and enjoy.

That was a highlight, it's so encouraging to be with people that have put God first in their lives.

We were thinking of all our dear friends at home and all the snow they were dealing with.

And that's it for the S.C. part of the trip. 

Next to Tennessee.....