2010 Year-In Review!

Wow, is it really 2011?......That's just not right! It seems like only yesterday we were all hopped up about 2010!

I'm sure many of you who read this will be making some fine New Year's resolutions. Some resolutions that you could make for God could include:
1. Lose xxx number of pounds. (God would like that!)
2. Read through your Bible this year.
3. Win more souls for Christ.
4. Stop going to Mark & Andrea Forester's Concerts! (Just kidding on that one.....maybe!)
5. (If you are a pastor) Book The Forester Brothers in your church this year!

Some great things that happened this year included:
1.We got to see many people saved. We don't know of an exact number, and there are always those who may accept Jesus and not tell us, but I do know of a couple of meetings this in particular where people told us. In February, I sang in the morning for a baptist church and preached, and two or three kids came foreword to pray for their salvation.
We also sang for a revival in May, doing both the music and kid's show material, and know of at least one that trusted Christ in the kid's programs!
And then, there is Riverwalk Baptist Church, where we have gone three years in a row to entertain in their family carnival event, and give the audience the gospel four times. God richly blessed there, and we saw a large number of kids and adults trust Christ as their Saviour!
2. Our parents health improved!
We had a number of scary health-related events happen in our family in 2009 and 2010. Some things that Mom and Dad have suffered through between them include: Shingles; severe ear infections that caused hospitalizations, and led to the discovery that Dad could no longer process salt very well (hello low-sodium diets!); a herniated back disk; heart troubles; and many other problems related to the ones already mentioned.
But, by late 2010, these problems seemed to have cleared up well! Dad is not completely out of the woods in some things , and mom has been dealing with a mysterious swelling infection on the left side of her face for a few days and could use prayer. However, we are glad that God has helped us through some pretty dark and difficult days, and made us stronger through them!
3. We released our first instrumental CD.
It turned out beautifully, has been selling well, and the songs have been getting great reactions in concert!
4. We returned to the Charles Novell School of Music.
For the first time since 2007, Josh and I returned to this wonderful week-long school event to hone our skills and learn many new things in gospel music and ministry. We had a wonderful time, learned new things in piano, theory, performance, and stuff from other classes offered as well. We also reconnected with old friends and made new ones!
5. Our number of concert dates went up.
In 2009, we sang for 52 different dates. In 2010, it went up to 63.....and that's with several cancellations, and having a limited amount of time to pursue booking due to college work! By God's grace, we hope to double that number next year!
6. We joined the MGMA.
The Michigan Gospel Music Association is a great place for gospel singers to get together and share good times, laugh, and put on concerts together to promote gospel music and each other's ministries. We joined them in November this year, and made it in by unanimous vote! We hope to do more to help them in their work in 2011.
7. We finished college!
There were times this year when I was not sure if I could make it through certain struggles (the main one being Algebra, Latin word for "Voodoo"!), but we managed to pass all of our classes, and worked things out so that we would not have to come back for more school in January. We just have to go back in May to get ordained, and get our double degrees in Bible and Music!
8. We are now on Facebook!
It is now easier than ever to stay up to date with what we are doing in ministry. Our Facebook ministry page is linked to our website. Go to our home page, click on the Facebook logo, and you can instantly see all of our latest news with exclusive pictures from our lives and recent concerts!


Be sure that you check our website, blog, and Facebook pages often!
We have a lot of big plans for 2011, and will be posting the latest happenings at these places. Between the three, you can: See our concert schedule (which receives new additions often), buy our new CDs, see new pictures, read our latest concert news, updates, 2011 ministry goals, and prayer requests! (Whew! That was a lot!)

God's been good! He's treated us better than we deserve! We can hardly wait to get this new year underway!
-Stephen