Speechless!

What do you get when you have . . .

an amazingly gifted musician with an amazingly gifted band

that together make amazing, God-honoring music;

a big group of people from all different ethnicities, churches,
walks of life, cities and age ranges;

collective praise and worship of our awesome God that nearly raises the roof; :-)

and a passionate plea for orphans in their distress

 . . . . that all show up in the same place?   

 

A little taste of heaven, and a Steven Curtis Chapman concert! : -)

And Kyle and I had the privilege and joy of taking Valerie,

the birthday girl,

to all this and more!

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Story joined in to sing "How Great Thou Art"

with SCC and the band. 

 We enjoyed their medley of some of his oldie-but-goodie songs!

And then he sang many of his new ones!

 We love the fact that SCC is so passionate about orphan care,

and devotes so much at his concerts to raising awareness of the orphan crisis.

He encourages everyone to be involved in orphan care,
whether as a sponsor of children through the organization Show Hope
that he and his family started 10 years ago,

or through adoption.  (They had an adoption agency booth there as well!) 

These next photos were from some slides that were playing before the concert started.

 

Show Hope has helped place over 4,000 children in Christian families through grants

that help with their adoption expenses.

We were very blessed to have Daddy, Timmy, Joe, and Benjamin

escort us up and back to Seattle.

It was really nice to have dinner with them,

and then have door-to-door drop-off and pick-up at the concert! 

Thanks guys!

And of course, Kyle is always up for the making of some goofy fun pictures.

And Kyle especially enjoys teasing Valerie about SCC's "older" age. 

(He IS a grandpa, after all!)

But all in good fun!

Here, he is teasing her about how he might just be sleeping through the concert.

 

 

 

What a very special evening!

Happy Birthday, Valerie! :-)