New Song Tour 2011: Day 15. The beginning of the end. Sleep was wonderful…..getting up in the morning….not so much. But hey…ya gotta do what ya gotta do. April and I scurried around getting ready and she ended up being done before me and went to breakfast, while I slaved over my hair with a hot curling iron. April is on luggage crew, so she had to get at the church 15 minutes early. The guy was kind enough to take her to the church first, while I ate breakfast, and then came back and got me and drove me to the church. Since they only lived 2 minutes from the church, it worked out well. Our concerts this morning were wonderful. We had two, one for each morning service the church had. It was Abigail P.’s home church, apparently. They were warm, receptive people. Before the first concert, we had devotions with Joel. He gave us a nice pep talk, in attempts to rouse us and finish strong today! Chad, one of the guys from last night and one of the Pastor’s sons, played the drums for their worship time, and then we performed. Daniel played drums for us, like a trooper! It was really neat, actually. He’s real good on the drums. In between the morning concerts, there were doughnuts and coffee. I don’t like eating before concerts in the morning though, so I just had water for my throat. Kayla accidentally spilled juice and yogurt on Adrian’s dress…….Adrian was not pleased. I definitely laughed though. Hehe. Once the concerts were done, we changed and loaded up on the bus to drive to Tulare…..our last concert. So crazy that tour is basically over. We watched a movie on the bus during the drive. The highlight of the drive and most amusing aspect of the drive was when I sat on my lunch. I was standing up to hand something to someone and had placed my subway sandwich on my seat. Then the bus lurched and I ended up falling and sitting down abruptly on my seat….and on top of my sandwich. Everyone was highly amused. Oh me……I’m a piece of work, I am. I threw my sandwich away, after that…..it just wasn’t appetizing or appealing to me anymore. We stopped in a outlet place for 45 minutes, to kill time again today. Victoria and I went off in search of a bathroom which was an adventure. We went in a store and they sent us to another store for a public bathroom….but we didn’t want to walk that far, so we walked over to the movie theater….where we got shut down and rejected, because we weren’t customers. So then, we walked around till we finally found public restrooms. Afterward, we made a stop in Baskin Robbins, because Victoria wanted a milk shake. By then, it was time to walk back to the bus. Victoria Pouncy is amazing….I love her and am so glad I’ve gotten to know her through choir and tour. We’ve realized we’re very alike….so much it’s kinda scary. She writes….I write. She likes the same kind of music as me. We have the same ideas, same likes....same thoughts. We have tons of fun together too. Tour wouldn’t have been nearly as fun as it’s been without her. Thank you, Lord, for bringing Victoria into my life.
Our concert tonight went quite well. The church was great, the people were great. It was a good time. It was Marilee’s church, and her fiance is the Jr. high leader there. It was a good place for a grand finale, which is what tonight was for Team New Song. When the concert was over, people were crying. Not the audience though (though some of them may have been crying. I don’t’ know). No, it was people in New Song who were crying. Tonight is good bye. New Song Tour 2011 is over. Victoria left tonight, with her mom. Saying goodbye was hard, but I know I’ll see her in the fall, if not before. She might come visit me over the summer. I hope so. I miss her already. I have a host home with Yessi tonight. The couple are so nice and made us feel right at home. They gave us cream puffs, M&M’s and Peanut Butter Pretzels for dessert and chatted with us. I had a bonding experience with them as we started talking about Southern Gospel. The guy use to sing and tour with his brother in a southern gospel group called ‘The Hoopers”. He let us hear a song they use to sing, which was awesome. Poor Yessi didn’t know what we were talking about, since she doesn’t listen to Southern Gospel and has never listened to it. She hasn’t even heard of Bill Gathier before! When she went to go take her shower, I wandered into the piano room with the host mom. They have the most beautiful piano ever……it’s a beautiful, sleek black, shiny, grand piano in one room. They let me play it and it was heavenly. I want it. Then the lady and I started talking up a storm about awesome southern gospel singers. She broke the depressing news to me that The Beene Family is breaking up/quitting. I am so sad!!! I love them! But, I give them props for stopping and settling down and being with their families. I applaud them for that. Their children and family need them. Yessi and I are going to watch some tv tonight before going to sleep….we have set bed time for 11:30 for us. Tomorrow’s call time is 7:30….and we go back to CBU tomorrow. Home is just around the corner. New Song 2011 Tour is over.
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