I don’t feel good today. I am very sleepy, I can’t concentrate, my sinuses are bothering me and my back aches. I am simply exhausted from this busy weekend and my body is trying to get sick.
It was a good weekend and things went very smoothly for both free concerts. Friday night was the rock concert and we had around 75-100 people there. I was in charge of security and parking, but I had that covered with no problem. We did have 2 people accept Christ at the concert Friday night, so that makes me happy. After we cleaned up and everything, we were able to get out around 11:30 pm. I finally made it to bed just a little after midnight.
I did not get up until 9 am on Saturday because I was still tired from the night before. Even when I did finally get up and around, I just wanted to lie around. According to what people had told me, we were expecting a huge crowd at the Saturday night concert….maybe around 500-700 people. I did my best to get chores done around the house…rest for a while….and then I headed over to the church around 3 pm. My REACT team was suppose to be meeting me there at 4 pm, so I wanted everything ready by the time they got there.
I arrived at the church around 3:30 pm and ran into our sound man. He hopped in my truck and we talked for a few minutes until my REACT team got there. I got out of my truck, grabbed my blue jeans (I had shorts on) and went into the church to change clothes. What I didn’t realize was my keys were still in my truck, in the ignition. I changed clothes and called Karla (she usually carries a set of my truck keys with her) at work and found out she no longer carries my keys. Gayla was at work, so she couldn’t bring me my spare set from home. When I called Stephen, he was in way north west OKC, but agreed to go by the house and get my keys if I would give him gas money….I agreed. A few minutes later, I remembered that AAA unlocks cars for its members…..so, since we are members of AAA, I called them and they were out within thirty minutes and unlocked my truck. Stephen still came by the church because he needed gas money.
Well, 6 pm came (that’s when the concert started) and there were very few cars in the parking lot. The 500-700 people they expected, turned into around 160 people…that’s it. We were expecting to be swamped with traffic and parking, but once again, it went smoothly and I had an abundance of volunteers I did not need. If we had the 500 + people come to the concert that was predicted, I would have needed a bunch of volunteers. I will admit that I was highly disappointed that few people showed up for the concert. My REACT team enjoyed working out in the parking lot, but felt bad that there was very little for them to do. The good part is we did have 7 more people accept Christ that evening.
The concert was over around 10:30 pm, so many volunteers from the church started doing some massive cleaning up to get the auditorium and fellowship hall ready for Sunday morning services. I did what I could, but my feet were hurting so bad, I just wanted to go home and go to bed. I finally did get to leave at 11:30 pm.
Yesterday is just a blur. I woke up very sleepy and tired, but pushed myself to get up. We had possible baptisms at church and I was suppose to help the deacons with the Lord’s Supper. When I arrived at the church, the doors were still locked and members were sitting out in the parking lot, impatiently waiting. I went ahead and unlocked all the doors and then found out the person who normally does the unlocking, overslept.
Then, as church was getting close to starting, I found out we had no sound man…..they were no-shows. So, I had to run the sound and operated the powerpoint. When it came time for the Lord’s Supper, I left the sound board and headed downstairs to help the deacons. Everything went real smooth. It was the first time I had ever helped the deacons with the Lord’s supper, so I paid close attention to every detail.
After church, Karla and I went home…she cooked chili…I ate it and then turned on football. Needless to say…within 10 minutes or so, I was asleep on the couch. I lay there for 3 hours. I only slept for a couple of hours, but I stayed on the couch until it was time to go to church.
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