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Tue, 27 Feb 2007

San Fran Here We Come!!!!

Hour 5.5 of our 11 hour bus ride. WooooooHooooo!! This is what spring break is all about! Actually, it's really pretty outside. We're traveling through the mountains of northern California, and boy it's beautiful. We just finished a photo op that included some shirts off and lots of snowballs. Leave it to men's choir to take a photo in the snow....with our shirts off. Wow, God's creation is beautiful. We keep coming across mountains more beautiful than the last!

This morning we had a great concert at Western Mennonite School, and even had a surprise visit from kick-off champions (bi-annual talent show), the Love Kittens - with “Love Potion Number 9.” And overall, the bus ride has been great. We're finished #2 of the Rambo series!! I'm catching up on sleep...and music history! (Gotta love homework - it never ends!!!)

It was sad to leave Oregon, with all the amazing hospitality we've received from all the Oregon churches. But I'm sure it won't stop in Oregon. Last night I got to stay with my Aunt and Uncles in Corvallis, OR. It's sure great to be able to see family again. But it's also really nice to get closer to another family -- all the men on this trip. We're growing into a more cohesive group...or mob.... whichever you prefer. We're loving it. Haven't heard a bad comment yet. Who wouldn't love hanging out with friends, eating awesome Mennonite food, and then getting to sing to packed churches??? best. spring. break. ever.

In a phone call with my parents I was reminded of two pretty interesting situations that I encountered on tour.

  1. I stayed with a host family two night ago in Hubbard, OR. The husband was the pastor of the church that we were singing at in the morning. When I met him, his voice and features looked strangely familiar. I went to bed not being able to place it -- and figured he just looked like someone I knew back home. The next morning as we played the Mennonite game, we figured out what it was. He had attended AMBS and Hively Ave. Mennonite church. He had actually taught me Sunday school for a few months! He had a beard then and it was easy to recognize them once I realized that. We decided that we had just traded beards.
  2. At the concert last evening, a over-eager child of about 10 came up to me and inquisitively and seriously asked “Excuse me..Excuse me - where do you get your slightly Mongolian looks from?” And me, being strictly from European decent...stood there puzzled. All I could say was... “I don't know....I'm from Germany or Switzerland I think...” There was a little awkward pause and then he responded with “Oh...” and sprinted away from me. That's about all I have to say about that. surreal.



Posted at 11:15 by Scott Lehman #


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