Hmmm. He’s in Raton, too…..

Hello children. Great day today. Traveled from Plainview to Raton, NM – beautiful weather and high spirits. Then….

OK, you know how God’s always doing the paradox thing? You know – the last shall be first, he who exalts himself, he who humbles himself. Well, our arrival in Raton had all the makings of a real downer. Got to the hotel and the power was out. It was still out at the church when we arrived. Looked like we would have to go without all the sound equipment, etc. Then Tony noted that the acoustics in the place were pretty good and it was a small sanctuary (but beautiful - check out the pix @ http://www.sierravista.org/godspell/godspell.htm) so he decides we’re going to do this “unplugged”. Sounds good and off we go.

Then the rumor started that maybe the folks at Raton might have forgotten that we were coming, but we sure couldn’t tell it by the nice folks that showed up (that’s who the strangers in the photos were) and the great burgers they served us. We had a whopping crowd of 22 people, but the performance was simply, well, anointed. Y’know? The songs were strong and the message was stronger. After we were done, the youth pastor of the church gave the benediction and we were all very moved. Sniffle city - I think the kids were as touched by the presentation as the folks who came. And so God did another, uh, God thing.

Y’know?

Eh?

Off to Colorado Springs tomorrow. More prayers please.

Much love from lsa and his sidekick, Keesha.

><> lsa