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Wow, what a few hours it has been! So we had this massive blow out - 2 tires completely shredded - an hour from home! We were on a blind corner so it was quite dangerous and as it got darker it got really dangerous!
Rather than despair, we prayed (we are getting used to these sort of things happening!) and God answered!
A couple of really cool things happened.
1) A great friend of ours from Atlanta (Barry) sprung into action sending out some of tire experts that work for him (Barry works for a demolition company) - Thanks again brother!
2) An awesome state trooper named Anthony came and parked behind us with his lights flashing while we waited for the help to arrive. A very gracious action from a really nice guy. We have a renewed love for the State Troopers and what they do!
3) A guy called Allen read our facebook post and realized he lived just up the road. So he jumped in his car and came and hung out with us for a while. He offered us dinner or anything else we needed - but really just having a fan come and hang out was enough to boost our spirits. See the attached photo
4) The tire guys arrived and did an amazing and quick job fixing the tires - very impressive.
So there. That is our story for the afternoon.
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Seeing as we think of you guys as family, we thought we would give you some highlights from the past week… just imagine we are all sitting around the computer looking at some photos together (awww….)
It has been EXTREMELY cold this week… like extremely. I actually think we have never been this cold in our lives.
Now you need to remember that we come from the land that is fairly warm all year round - so when we saw our side mirrors and the ice that had built up on it, we were amazed to say the least!
I think the most cold we get is when we play to the line each evening before the show. It is a little tradition we’ve started and it is a lot of fun. We feel so sorry for the people that line up each day for hours in the numbing cold that we wrote a song - well changed the lyrics to a song. The John Mayer song “Waiting on the World to Change” has been rewritten to “Waiting on the Line to Move”. It is very cold for us but we realize much colder for those poor folks waiting… and people seem to like it, so we will keep doing it!
The shows themselves have been great. It is only 10 minutes, but they really are some of the best minutes of the day (it’s warm on stage for one!) It can get confusing where you are sometimes (someone was saying yesterday that it is like you get teleported each night when you sleep). But no matter which city we are in we are continually impressed with the friendliness of the people we meet. Here are some snapshots from the last few shows.
This was a nice surprise for us… Mike from Tenth Avenue North wore our shirt on stage. Isn’t he a nice young man.
Well, that is it for family time for now. I hope it has been fun for you! Until next time…
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Yet another example of God’s goodness. And shown to us once again in the form of vehicle troubles!
We were on our way yesterday from Nashville to Spencer IA. Yes, that is a long drive… a really long drive (like 18 hrs). About 45 mins into the drive our tire burst - it was loud and kinda scary (for the girls, not me because I’m really manly).
We pulled up and started calling tire places. Here is where we realized our full dilemma. The tires needed for the bus we are hiring are rare and very specific. AAA couldn’t help us, local mechanics couldn’t help us - we finally found someone after calling about 50 places (no exaggeration). The problem was it was after hours, he was about 2hrs south of us and so wanted to charge us over $900 to come and fix the tire.
This was just too much for us. This was when we turned to prayer - as a group. I think everyone was praying in their own minds but we came together and AS we were praying we got a call from a mechanic who someone must have called earlier. He had found a tire, was willing to stay open and was only 30 mins up the road!
He fixed the tire for us and for only $190!
Praise God huh??
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Ahhh home shows. They really are a treat for us. We really felt the love tonight!
It was really cool too with Third Day also being from Atlanta. They still take very good care of us! It was a real highlight when Mac called Dave up to sing God of Wonders with him and then post-song gave Revive a big plug. It gave me the warm and fuzzies! I actually managed to capture it on film while doing a blog - check it out…
If you were there tonight…thank you! We loved meeting a lot of you, and hope to see more of Atlanta in our own touring this year!
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Hey All,
Welcome to the first WinterJam blog! Already in 2 weeks we have played in 5 cities to over 50,000 people! That is a lot of people… we are playing to our biggest audiences ever (although we are trying not to think about it!)
Even though we only have 10 minutes each night we have really enjoyed it and are constantly pleasantly surprised by the positive reaction to us!
We played our first living room show today too! Disclaimer though… it wasn’t actually a living room - it was one of the side rooms in a church. We really loved being a little more intimate with our music - and really loved playing more than 10 minutes! Thanks so Anitra and the REACH FM crew for hosting.
We’ve got some photos up from the last few weeks - it’s on our facebook page (Click here to check it out)
I’ll leave you with a cool photo from Charlotte, NC last week:
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Hey everyone. We just got a note from our record company (Provident). All their artists are on sale at iTunes 12/29 thru 1/26. Get our CD for only $6.99!
So if you get an itunes card for Christmas you now know what to do with it!
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=347973151&id=25
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Yo friends!
For those who don’t know, we are doing a living room tour (during winterjam)
Already we’re booked into houses all around America. We can’t wait!
But there are still free dates available. Email us (band@reviveband.com) if you’re interested.
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The mixes for our brand new album are starting to come in. The sound so good! We can’t wait to show you all!
It’s times like this that I get really worried about tooting our own horn (not sure if that’s just an Australian phrase… it basically means sounding arrogant) - but we really are excited by how good the music sounds!
