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July 20, 2008 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

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  • From the picture you can see we had another full house!
  • To get some perspective, I had my back pressed against the back wall when I took it.
  • Glad we are only a few weeks away from moving to 2 Experiences.
  • Turns out it wasn’t a record crowd even though it looked like it…oh well that’s coming soon!
  • We were unable to have our normal practice on Thursday night so it meant for an even earlier morning than usual.
  • As I pulled into the parking lot, Earl and Kim were walking over from their house and Earl just looked at his watch then at me like, “what in the world are you doing here this early?”
  • Pretty smooth set-up and practice went well.
  • With so much extra stuff going on today and so many people shuttling on and off stage, it made for a tough day to get all of our transitions right.
  • Unfortunately it showed…it seemed we were always just a tick off.
  • We also had a few technical mistakes which drive me nuts.
  • However, with all that being said, I thought Dianna did a tremendous job.
  • I was busy running around doing some other stuff so I’ll have to listen more carefully online, but what I heard sounded like good stuff.
  • What made it great to me was that Dianna has been sick all week long and even as of last night she was still feeling pretty rough…add in the to be expected nerves and it could have been a disaster…however, God came through for her big-time and she looked relaxed and comfortable.
  • Her mic was too close to her mouth at the beginning so Andy asked me to go tell her about it during the first video.  She didn’t turn though as the video started and so I had to sneak up, in the dark.  I kept getting closer whispering Dianna…then I lightly put a hand on her back…how she kept from jumping I’ll never know…would have scared me half to death.
  • As I mentioned, I was running around checking on various things during most of the Experience…wow glad I don’t have to do that every week…in any case, I needed to find Lisa during the message so…
  • …I looked to the section where she normally sits, spotted her and walked up to that section, thought hmmm, don’t remember her having a pair of pink pants… bent down and just then she turned…except it wasn’t her.  Oops…did I feel like an idiot.
  • “Sorry, just looking for my wife.”
  • Apparently quite a few people saw it happen and got quite the laugh out of it. 
  • Glad to provide your comic relief.
  • Can’t wait for next week when we look at the values that make United the Experience that it is.
  • Tonight is the 7/20 Prayer Gathering at Trojan Stadium…always great to get together with other churches for worship and prayer!

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