Camping!

I got home last night at about 12:00AM after two days of camping, and boy was it fun!!! I went with my sister, my nephew (Caleb), and some ppl from her church. We left at about 1:30 Thursday afternoon and went to Elk Creek in Happy Valley. We unloladed and set up all our gear, then we just kinda sat around and stared at each other for a bit. lol. All the kids (There were 4 - Caleb, Jordan, Ryan, and Mark) wanted to play in the creek, so we pumped up some pool floats we brought and they went and splashed around there for the rest of the evening. Kris started making some hamburgers and hot dogs around supper time, and they were good! After everyone ate, we all went down and built a campfire. Preacher Ron asked everyone to get in a circle around the fire and we had a devotional from the book of 2 Corinthians. After he read and explained the Scripture, he asked everyone to share something they were thankful for. It was truly a moment. After we did that, Preacher Ron opened in prayer and everyone who wanted to pray aloud could after Ron opened up. It was so special. After our prayers we all had a big group hug, then made the most traditional camping treat... Smores!!! We even had strawberry flavored marshmallows!! They were yummy! By now it was nearly 1:00am and everyone was starting to turn in, so we all said goodnight and headed to the tents. Well, at least the women and I did, all the other guys and the kids were fishing! I'm not real big on fishing so I just turned in. Later that night (probably around 1:30), Everyone came back from the fishing. Caleb was asleep, but he was a little chilly so Brandy asked Kris to get him an extra blanket from her car. This is how the conversation went:
Brandy whispered, "Kris,... Kris,..... KRIS!" Come 'ere." He came with his flashlight. B, "Shine that light in here so I can talk to you." (lol) He did. She said, "Will you go to my car and get that Winnie the Pooh blanket?" The preacher's wife in the next tent just BURST out laughing as did Kris. He said, "Winnie the Pooh? Ok." So while he was walking to her car he started singing, "Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh, cuddly little..." (I can't remember all the words, but that's what he sang! lol) The whole camp started laughing.
The next day, everyone was awakened by Kris singing "Winnie the Pooh." The men started making breakfast, and when they finished, out came eggs (at least I think that's what that was... lol) bacon, sausage, and gravy. Everything was great, except for the gravy! Sorry Jonathan! The kids pretty much played in the creek all day, as did the adults and me. We walked up the creek, Kris found just the backbone of a snake, and we even got hit by a thunderstorm. But it was fun!!

Reading

I just finished reading "The Left Behind" adult series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. There are 12 books in all to this series, and each one is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! If you're looking for a book to read, this series will keep you glued to your seat until you finish the last book! They are awesome! Now I'm reading a book called The Shack by William Young. I'm only a little way into it, but it's going to be good!

We are blessed

I received this information in an email devotional yesterday. I hope you enjoy. It makes you think about how blessed we REALLY are.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still married and alive, you are very rare, especially in this World today.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.

I would like to leave you with the words to one of my favorite hymns, "Count Your Blessings."

Verse 1) "When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed, when you are discouraged thinking all is lost, count your many blessings name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done!"

Chorus) "Count your blessings name them one by one, count your blessings see what God hath done; Count your blessings name them one by one, count your many blessings see what God hath done."

Be blessed!

Jacob

Two weeks of singing, one week of revival, one day of traveling, and one tired boy!!

For the past two weeks, I've been pretty much run ragged!

On June 17 & 19, Blood Bought went out to the middle of no where to sing at South Mountain Christian Camp. We had an awesome time! On Tuesday (17) a nine-year-old boy gave his heart to the Lord!! On Thursday (19) two young people got saved!! Praise the Lord!! It was so incredible. We sang the song "Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone", and all the kids began to sing along with us! It was incredible. I have pictures in the slideshow at the bottom of this entry.

On June 20, I went to Singing In the Foothills in Wilkesboro. What an awesome concert! All the proceeds go to support a local Christian Children's Home. What a great cause!! And the groups that were there were top-notch. The Booth Brothers, Gold City, The Collingsworth Family, Ivan Parker, and many more national recording artists were there. It was so good to see my friends - particularly The Booth Bros and the Collingsworth Family - that I've made throughout the years that I've been traveling.

June 21. Wow! What a day this was!! I woke up, and began to get ready to play for a wedding. Not just anybody's wedding... Matt Baker and Ashley Henry (my cousin) tied the knot after almost 6 years of dating! Aww! The wedding was absolutely beautiful!! After I finished with the wedding, I met up with Brittney and Courtney and we went to the 2nd night of Singing In the Foothills. The concert was awesome that night as well! Reggie Saddler and his family were there, along with my dear friends Karen Peck & New River; The Talley Trio and The McKameys were there as well and were AWESOME as usual!

The next week, my home church had revival with Bro. Brian McBride! I was spiritually refreshed!! Brian is an incredible preacher. He has the power of God on him. His messages were taken from the book of Romans, primarily chapters 8 thru 11. He brought out some points that I had never seen before.

Then, the following Saturday, we loaded up our "bus" (our 2001 Ford Expedition and 6' x 8' trailer to be precise lol) and headed down to Marion, SC for a concert. And what a time we had!! There were 3 soloists and 1 group (Blood Bought) that sang. Mr. RJ Henderson started off and did a fantastic job!! He's only 15, but he had incredibly vocal abilities! Then Mr. Adam Broyles came to the stage. He is only 14, but wow, oh wow, can he sing! Then My good friend Terry Carter came to the stage and sang his way into our hearts! Then Blood Bought sang. The service was so incredible!!

The next day, we loaded up once again and headed back home. It took us literally all day to get here, but we made it. :)

That brings us to today, and it's been nice just to be at home and rest. I love to travel and sing, but it is very tiring. It's also rewarding. I just for someone to come up to me after a service and tell me how they were down but that after hearing our singing, their spirits were lifted. It's incredible... It makes it worth every mile and every lost hour of sleep.

Ok. Here's the pictures! I hope you enjoy them!!

Love you all,
-Jacob

Pictures

Here are some slideshows with some pics I think y'all will enjoy!

Some Family Pictures.


My trip to Pensacola, FL.


Mother's Day.


I'll be posting some pictures of my services with Blood Bought soon! Keep checking back!! :)

New blog address

Holá !

My blog address is no longer "jacobcrisp.blogspot.com". Now it's "anotefromjacob.blogspot.com".

Just wanted to let y'all know!

Sorry to leave you hanging!

HELLO!!!

Yes, it has been a long time since I've worked on my blog. Truth of the matter is, it's been like a whirlwind around here!!

Let's see... Where do I begin?! Well, since I haven't updated since the middle of FEBRUARY, I've got to bring you up to speed on what's been going on since then. So buckle your seatblet, 'cause we're going for a ride! lol

The middle of February, I went on a trip to Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, FL, with some of the teens from Heritage Christian School (The school where I work.) Wow. That was truly an experience. The college is so awesome! It's a beautiful campus. And their chapel is incredible! Only bad thing is... While I was down there, I got very sick. I mean SICK! I laid in the bed literally all day Thursday, and half the day Friday! But Friday evening I started feeling better, and the group went to the beach! All I can say is WOW! You'll see in the pictures in the slideshow of how beautiful it is.

As the months have passed, I've been busy working on 2 CDs. Yes, 2!! The first of which is, at long last, COMPLETE! It's my group's CD. We're so very excited about it!! If you would like one, just go to www.bloodboughttrio.com , then go to the products page and you can buy it right off the website using PayPal.

The other CD is my new Piano solo CD. I'm going to call it "You Raise Me Up." I started playing that song quite a while ago, and the Lord has truly put a touch on it. It blesses people every time I play it. To God be the glory!

Well, I'll close for now but I promise, I will post again SOON!!! ;)

-Jacob