So my dad burned me today. I was working with him in his heating and cooling business and we were replacing a compressor in someone's AC. To do this, we had to use a torch to heat up the copper hoses enough so that we could pull them apart at the joints, which allows us to.... never mind... Anyway, dad was using the torch while I was pulling back on the compressor to get it loose. We freed the thing from the copper tube and dad pulled the torch up to turn it off. In doing so , however, he burned some of the hairs on my forearm. It's nothing serious, but what was once a luscious forest is now a bunch of dead trees. Thanks dad.
In other news (also pertaining to working with my dad), we were working at a rest home the other day and had to go to the maintenance room to tell the guys there what was wrong with their refrigerator. We arrive there to find them eating........... KFC..... Now, you have to know.... I AM A MAJOR CHICKEN FANATIC!!!!!!!!! As long as the chicken is not burned or defiled in some unusual way, I will probably eat it, but my F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E of them all is Kentucky Fried Chicken. And these men had the audacity to eat it front of me without offering me any!!! The nerve. Then, yesterday, my dad and I got to somebody's home to fix their fridge, and what do I find??? The couple is eating CHICKEN!!!! RIGHT in front of me!!! It was all I could do to keep from killing them both and taking the chicken for me me me me ME!!!!! This is how I know who I'm going to marry. God wants me to marry a cat burglar.... that way she can break into the KFC headquarters and steal the secret recipe for the best chicken on earth.
-Joshua
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Booking Work & College News
Hey folks, I thought that it was about time that I started writing blogs again. I was afraid that some of you have started to think that I died and Josh has gone solo! This is definitely not the case! Josh is fantastic at what he does, but I have charge of the datebook and book the concerts.
Speaking of which, this week I am hammering the schedule work like crazy. I did a little better during this last semester of college at doing my homework and keeping up with calling some churches for new singing dates, but still could not do it like I wanted to. Now that we are done with school, however, I want to treat this like a serious job: look up new churches, stuff more demos, mail them, call those churches, and pray that they will consider us for a concert. We've been averaging about four dates a month lately, but I'd like to increase that 3x if I can! Lots of work in the office, not much fun, but it does pay off!
We're both still on a high note about the latest news with our college situation. Like josh said in his last blog, we met with Dr. Carr, our president, and we made arrangements so that we will be able to go back this fall with a pretty thick load, and then be finished, with no need to return to school next semester (except to graduate, of course!) The most awesome part is that we will be getting a double A.R.E degree in Bible and music. We were not expecting to achieve this, but with the classes that we took as electives, we will be able to work out both degrees! I'm hoping that we will be able to use this new free time in the spring to go to Florida and sing down there, and if we can make the arrangements work, I will soon start flooding the Sunshine State with demos and phone calls to begin booking concerts down there!
Keep watching our schedule on our website (http://www.foresterministries.com/) to know where we are singing, and come out to see us if you get the chance!
-Stephen
Speaking of which, this week I am hammering the schedule work like crazy. I did a little better during this last semester of college at doing my homework and keeping up with calling some churches for new singing dates, but still could not do it like I wanted to. Now that we are done with school, however, I want to treat this like a serious job: look up new churches, stuff more demos, mail them, call those churches, and pray that they will consider us for a concert. We've been averaging about four dates a month lately, but I'd like to increase that 3x if I can! Lots of work in the office, not much fun, but it does pay off!
We're both still on a high note about the latest news with our college situation. Like josh said in his last blog, we met with Dr. Carr, our president, and we made arrangements so that we will be able to go back this fall with a pretty thick load, and then be finished, with no need to return to school next semester (except to graduate, of course!) The most awesome part is that we will be getting a double A.R.E degree in Bible and music. We were not expecting to achieve this, but with the classes that we took as electives, we will be able to work out both degrees! I'm hoping that we will be able to use this new free time in the spring to go to Florida and sing down there, and if we can make the arrangements work, I will soon start flooding the Sunshine State with demos and phone calls to begin booking concerts down there!
Keep watching our schedule on our website (http://www.foresterministries.com/) to know where we are singing, and come out to see us if you get the chance!
-Stephen
Saturday, May 22, 2010
I'M GONNA GRADUATE!!!!
My brother and I just received fantastic news! We met with our college president Dr. Carr, and we worked out some amazing stuff. Based on all the classes we've taken and what we still need to take, my brother and I have only one more semester to go before receiving a double A.R.E. degree! We'll both pull down an A.R.E. in Bible and music, and then.... well, actually I haven't thought that far ahead. But it'll be fun getting there!
On a lighter note, my toe is better and that mollusk did not have to operate on me. Don't ask. Anyway, our church's junior church teacher (a.k.a my mother) is going to kick off a four-week campaign at our church and my brother and I are going to do some crazy things tomorrow....and then go sing like professional adults that night. Go figure. Also, I and my parents (without my brother Stephen because he has to work tonight because he forgot all about what was happening and didn't mark this night off from work a long time ago like he should have and now has to go to work while we have fun) are going to see my older brother and his wife (Mark and Andrea) in concert with Greater Vision tonight. Well, I guess that means I'll have to put my chia pet out for the night.
-Joshua
On a lighter note, my toe is better and that mollusk did not have to operate on me. Don't ask. Anyway, our church's junior church teacher (a.k.a my mother) is going to kick off a four-week campaign at our church and my brother and I are going to do some crazy things tomorrow....and then go sing like professional adults that night. Go figure. Also, I and my parents (without my brother Stephen because he has to work tonight because he forgot all about what was happening and didn't mark this night off from work a long time ago like he should have and now has to go to work while we have fun) are going to see my older brother and his wife (Mark and Andrea) in concert with Greater Vision tonight. Well, I guess that means I'll have to put my chia pet out for the night.
-Joshua
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Hellooooo Summer!!!
YEEEEEEHAAAAA!!! Right now my big toe on my right foot is KILLING me. It started hurting me during commencement last night and now, it's beginning to tell me things. I think my toe is saying, "Cut me off; I'm suicidal right now and I have nothing left to live for." I'm very close to complying with its demands. Anyway, I am officially out of college for the summer, and I feel like I've been dipped in chocolate, lathered in peanut butter, and covered in chicken.....that's a good thing, by the way. Anyway, I passed all my classes with good grades (I hope!) and am looking forward to some time off....after this weekend. My brother and I are going up to Vanderbuilt Michigan tonight, a three-and-a-half hour drive, to do a concert tomorrow morning. THEN I'll be on break for a while. Cowabunga!........WOW that was dorky.....
-Joshua
-Joshua
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tests And Sleeping In... Sort Of...
So tomorrow my brother and I have all but one of our finals in one day! That's right: six final exams in one day! YEEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!! Actually, I'm glad that they're all gonna be in one day (outside of the one we already took), because I'd rather just get them all over with. That's kind of the way I feel about shock absorbers and gurneys. Anyway, after having all of my tests on Tuesday, I won't have to get up at 5:00 AM on Thursday (Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice!). I'll only have to come into school so the choir can set up at the place where the alumni banquet will be that night. (I hope they have chicken...)
After the banquet, there's commencement on Friday night.....which for me only means that I've got another year of schooling to go....cheers. Oh well, when it comes to the world of macadamia, you've gotta do what you've gotta do.
-Joshua
After the banquet, there's commencement on Friday night.....which for me only means that I've got another year of schooling to go....cheers. Oh well, when it comes to the world of macadamia, you've gotta do what you've gotta do.
-Joshua
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Ministry News And Bad Timing
Well, the revival in Ovid is over and we saw some wonderful things happen there. My brother and I started off each service with about fifteen minutes of our thing, then the preacher would get up and we would go downstairs to do a kids show each night. We know that at least one boy got saved in all of that, and that makes every minute of it all worth it. The church took excellent care of us and we appreciate the marvelous blessing that they were to us.
So, today I am at school early and my brother is at home sick! Yay. He's trying to get well enough to sing this weekend. He isn't too sick, just enough that would kill, say, a rhinoceros. No, I'm kidding. He'll be able to sing as long as he just doesn't talk too much today (Praise God!). Anyway, I kind of misjudged my timing this morning and I am at school about forty-five minutes early. Did you know that our library has 43,721 books in it? Yes, I counted....maybe...
-Joshua
So, today I am at school early and my brother is at home sick! Yay. He's trying to get well enough to sing this weekend. He isn't too sick, just enough that would kill, say, a rhinoceros. No, I'm kidding. He'll be able to sing as long as he just doesn't talk too much today (Praise God!). Anyway, I kind of misjudged my timing this morning and I am at school about forty-five minutes early. Did you know that our library has 43,721 books in it? Yes, I counted....maybe...
-Joshua
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