Well, today I did! I was at an airshow with a bunch of friends enjoying the jet fighters and old WWII airplanes that were showcased like a museum on the runway. I had left my wife and her two girlfriends on a large grass field under the umbrella to block the sun and headed with my mates to the flight Simulator. We had walked passed it three times earlier that day and made mental notes to re-visit it before the actual airshow begun. So, here we are, waiting in-line for the $7 simulator when this rather large stormcloud looms overhead. It looks as if it had parted and was to pass over us, the air-traffic control and commentary going on over the loudspeaker gave no imminent warning that this cloud was any threat to out day of adventure.

Five-minutes later, still in line, we felt our first raindrop..... Big raindrops, but rather sparse. I was glad I left the umbrella with Jody and the girls..... Us boys could fend for ourselves, we're men! The drops of rain turned to an immediate downpour and people begin to run under any available shelter...... Remember we are on a runway. So, I assume a hiding position under the tow-bar of a semi-trailer, others are hiding under airplane wings. After 5 minutes of heavy downpour and complete saturation from the waist down, I turn to the other 9 people who have called the shelter of the semi-trailer home and make a few jokes. Suddenly the rain turns to hail and is pelting down on our legs, the wind begins to violently shift direction, the temperature has just dropped 20 degrees, and everyone fears the worst...... A tornado!!! I stare out from underneath the trailers protection, legs being whipped by the ice being violently thrown about by the wind trying to catch a glimpse of the girls....... But, I couldn't see further than five meters due to the rain/hail and wind. My only thought now was the girls....... Had they found shelter with the first raindrops?....? What should I do, should I run to find them?

Twenty minutes passed and the storm began to ease, we emerged from our shelter to find a trail of debris everywhere. Tents had been ripped apart, port-a-johns tipped over, umbrellas broken and mangled on the field. Our frantic attempts to call the girls, finally availed and they had found shelter behind a large truck and we're ok. We hurried to meet them with hugs and kisses. THEN........ To make things worse, they cancelled the airshow! We braved the storm for nothing.

Its funny how an airport/airshow with access to the most accurate and up-to-date weather technology could fail to mention to the 20,000 spectators that a large storm was about to hit and it was bringing hail. Um...... kinda an important detail!

Oh well, all in all... We had an adventure! No one was injured, the sun came back out smiling as if nothing had ever happened. It reminds me of life...... Every terrible storm will eventually pass and the sun will shine on that very land.

Well folks.......... Monday was an exciting day for Jody and I. We went to the Dr's for an ultrasound and it's confirmed..............We're having a little boy! I can't tell you how excited we are, the first thing we did was jump in the car and head straight to target to look at little 'boy' things :) There's so much to choose from.

Now for an endless list of chores in preparation for his arrival. Some smaller tasks like, buying diapers and bottles all the way to 'kinda important' things like finding a name!!!! This task has proven to be more difficult than I first anticipated. I though a name would just 'pop' out of the sky like a lightning bolt from heaven with music in the background and an angel declaring that my son has been sent by God to do 'great and mighty things in the earth', then that angel would give me a scroll of all that my Son would do in life so that I could prepare and train him for these things........ Right!!!! NOT! Ha! No the reality is there are these baby name websites that we spend hours reading and searching for 'the perfect name'...... One we both like. Once that's done (which may be never!!) we have to choose a middle name....... :) Oh the joys!

Ahhhhh, all the naming issues aside, this is a wonderful experience. Watching this miracle happen inside my wife tummy is one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed in my entire life. To know that my Son is growing and changing inside her womb everyday, getting stronger, growing limbs, making nerves and muscles, learning, discovering and preparing for arrival into the world!! WOW!! God is truly great!! I thank Him everyday for the wonderful and precious gift that is growing within Jody and I can't wait for him to finish brewing!! :)

I had a great weekend!! Saturday began with a rather large sleep in toll 10:30am, Then I arose and did some much needed cleaning of my studio upstairs. At 3:30 I went up the street to help set up for our 'block party, which begun at 4:00. I'm on the Homeowners Association board of my community, so I helped get everything ready; We had a gourmet chef cooking on grills, a facepainter for the kids, a blow-up jumpy thing for the kids also, music and plenty of food and fun. It was a great afternoon!

I left early to head down to my show that evening in Donelson, on the east side of Nashville. Actually the church ended up only being a 5-minute drive from where Jody and I used to live by 'Percy Priest Lake'. We set up and had a wonderful night at Donelson United Methodist Church, met some fantastic people and had a fun concert. Actually, it was great to see one of my old students, Taylor Quinn .......... Only thing is, now he's taller than me ;) That just aint right!! Here's a picture of me with some of the kids in the youth group.

Sunday came and was an equally magnificent day. My church, 'The Peoples Church' has a new church plant in Spring Hill, so we went to check it out. It was great!! Only five minutes from home :) Then we had a 'Sunday nap' - a required event whenever I'm home on the weekend. Then we visited some friends of ours new house in Nashville.

After many of you have commented and emailed about my 'slack-ness' in keeping up my blog entries since the Aussie tour, I've decided to once again share my amazing journeys with you. My sorry excuse has been that right now there's a lot going on in the life of Lucas...... I have a baby on the way :) ....... Due in October, busy booking a new schools tour beginning in late August when schools return, In November I'll be in Kenya and Uganda for 10 days......... And I've had a few shows since my return. But, nonetheless........ I know its no excuse to leave you all in the dark, so.... I'm sorry! I'll try and be better :) However, before you get your hopes up too high,
come back and visit every other day or say every 3 days, because I'll add a new post every few days. See ya round!!