The Higher Grounds Coffee House in Bridgeton put together a benefit concert for us on November 1st. It was a gorgeous day (65-70 degrees and sunny!) and we had a wonderful day just hanging out and listening to some great music from around noon to 7 pm. We had several Christian bands lined up that did an awesome job: Gerizim, Broken, Ashlyn, Zoe and a couple others. Chris and I manned the grill/food area (although I did take a break to do some facepainting), Marc worked the cotton candy and popcorn machines, and Chris' dad was the admission guy. Matt was our gopher: ice, balloons, quarters, whatever we needed! The youth group from Calvary Bible Baptist Church went out on the street and collected over $200 from kind people driving by. When the day was over (around 7:00), we had a post-concert party with all the guys who spent the day doing sound and setup....lots of hamburgers, hotdogs, and other goodies, and just great fellowship. We are so thankful to everyone who helped to make the day a success. We would especially like to thank Mike and Viki Pangburn of the Higher Grounds Coffee House for putting on this event for us. We were able to raise $2000 towards our adoption fees! Chris and I had really been praying about this because we were $1600 short of making our first payment, and we didn't know how we were going to come up with it. God provided and then some!
