Saturday, we took the kids to Mamaw and Papaw’s house. They spent the night there so Christy and I could go to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert at Anderson. We ate dinner at bd’s Mongolian Barbecue, which is always an experience. I had duck for the first time. Tasted like chicken (imagine that!).
When Christy picked up the tickets a few weeks ago, she asked them if we would have an unobstructed view. See, we have a God-given gift of choosing seats that wind up having a huge speaker blocking our view of the stage. The lady promised we would have a good view. And the tickets were 5th row, which was pretty exciting.
So, we sit down and directly in front of us is a huge speaker tower blocking our view of the screen. I’m thinking the ticket office didn’t realize the speakers would be so far out on stage and would block so many people. After we sat down, Christy decided to go back to the ticket office and ask if there were any other seats available. While she was out exchanging our tickets, the people in the seats next to us arrived. And they were people we knew from my youth ministry days in Indy! I wondered if we would run into anyone who had connections with that church, but I didn’t expect to have tickets right beside them! We still moved to better seats (just four or five rows further back), but it was pretty cool running into them. Christy was even more excited because she found out one of the couples had recently adopted a girl from China (this was a dream they shared and talked about all the time). It was cool seeing them and catching up – even if only for a few minutes.
The concert was great. Steven’s wife was in the crowd. And it was funny watching him make googly eyes at her during some of the songs. He’s always kind of goofy, but he kicked it up a notch this time! I tried to catch a picture of him, doing it, but I don’t have a quick enough trigger finger. In spite of that, here are some pictures that did turn out…
This picture is Christy’s favorite. It’s Steven sitting at the piano, singing When Love Takes You In, with the video of the song (featuring their adopted daughter) playing in the background.
Here’s the video of the song:
Remember when SCC was a younger guy? I can see some changes in his face.
..maybe you can see some changes in my face, too, but that’s not my point.
maybe…
Yes, I can remember when he was younger, but I didn’t like his music as much then. It was only after the 2002 concert that I gained an entirely new appreciation for him and his music.
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