July 8th, 2009 by Joe

Sorry to have dropped off the earth on you all for the past days, but part of my absence was spent reconnecting with my children, camping and enjoying time with our family united again! The melancholy feeling of returning from missions has subsided, and I am now focused on our next trip this Fall and hopefully more gigs around the country.

An interesting conversation and revelation occurred last night. A few posts back you may recall the apparitions and occurrences at the bible college grounds where we stayed. I kept thinking that there must have been some rituals performed on the area in the past, but couldn’t discern much more than that. Last night, over dinner, Bill Drake (our band leader, singer, songwriter) shared with me that after we left, they had a great time of worship on the last evening there. The owner of the college shared with Bill how the mountain in our backyard (beautiful; great to wake up and look at) was the site for pagan rituals and sacrifices, and that there had been many sacrifices in the area in the past! I got chills as I heard this, realizing many of the things we experienced were probably connected to the property’s past occultism.

As I close up this chapter, we will move these posts over to another folder, and move on to the summer’s challenges. I hope to have pictures from the tour uploaded in the coming days/weeks, so please check back when you can. It’s been great sharing with you – I hope we go deeper in faith together this summer!