Cry of the Orphan

Tonight we went to Nashville (actually Franklin, TN) for the Cry of the Orphan concert.  It was basically to raise awareness of orphans in the US and around the world.  Talk about wanting to adopt like five kids right then and there!

Nicole, Jena and Amber came down from IL/IN for the concert and it was good to spend some time with them.

Mark and Bekah were there too but I never managed to get a picture of them.  One of my favorite parts was the Children of the World choir.  The kids in the choir were from Uganda, Nepal and one or two other places.  China by the looks of it.  They were really cute though.  I tried uploading a video but it was taking much too long for my liking so I cancelled the upload.  So you get a picture.

Steven Curtis Chapman was one of the main men behind the evening- it was held at his home church.  Also there to sing a couple songs was his good buddy Geoffe Moore.  Jim Daly from Focus on the Family talked and so did Dennis Rainey from Family Life.  They pretty much all just put out a plea for people to open their hearts to adoption and supporting orphans in some way or another.  It did start to get a little long after awhile but it was really a neat evening and I'm glad we went.  Here's Steven.

Not a very good picture, I know.  It got a little emotional when he talked about his daughter.  He said there were a couple songs he thought he'd never sing again after she died but.... to make a long story short, he sings them now.

After the concert we went to Famous Dave's.  Cassie had never heard the likes of such a place.  The poor girl.  But it was quite tasty!  Welp, off to work again tomorrow.  Last week went really really fast.  I hope this one does too.  Have a great day y'all!