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After my last post, I found out that it is not such a simple thing for those of you reading to leave comments on my blog. I guess you have to register as a user here on blogger.com first. It may look like you have to start your own blog, but you don't. You just have to enter some information to create your own account, then you can become a member of my blog and leave comments any time. If anyone is still not able to do that, just email me and I'll try to figure it out with you. If you don't have my email address, you can email me at matt@twomitesministries.org

So anyway, I just got back into town two days ago after almost two weeks away. I saw my sister and brother-in-law in Michigan, as well as several other friends. That was superfun. I then saw my aunt, uncle, 2 cousins, gramma and grampa in Janesville, WI. Also fun. I got to see the flooding there firsthand! It was real flooding, covering streets and partially submerging houses and everything! Very exciting; not the kind of excitement the residents of those houses wanted, I'm sure.

And the last stop on my trip was Vandalia, IL, where a friend of mine pastors the Free Methodist church. She had invited me to do a concert at her church Sunday evening. I also helped lead the worship in the Sunday morning service. The people there were friendly; after the concert several said they hope I come visit their church again. It was a small turnout for the concert, only 20-25, but I sold a few CDs and received a very generous love offering from the church.

More importantly, the concert went well. No major mistakes on my part, and the congregation was very attentive. I think the music and words I shared encouraged some people; I saw some nodding heads and smiles. I also know a couple of the songs had a few people in tears, so hearts were definitely touched, too. (One of the songs almost had me in tears, but I got through!)

Next concert is scheduled for July 20th in Lincoln, NE, so now I'm looking forward to that one. I plan to use almost the same set that I just did in Vandalia, so that takes a little of the pressure off in preparing, but I want to finetune all the songs as much as I can, so I'll keep practicing.

I hope all is well with all of you; have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

God bless.