The Gospel is the This world's Best Hope

             Have you ever heard of the Christian Contemporary Acapella group called This Hope?  If you haven't heard of them before, they are a really encouraging group of guys who sing songs about the Bible and about the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are wondering about where to see them at, their next concert will be held, Lord willing, at the First Baptist Church in Auburn, California. It is located 139 E. Placer Street in Downtown Auburn on Wednesday January 23rd 2019. This is the website for more information: http://fbcauburn.com/this-hope-in-concert.

I recently attended the concert that they sang for at the Gold Country Baptist Church in Shingle Springs, California on Monday January 21st 2019. It was an amazing experience seeing them sing. I really loved it when they sang the song about Romans 8 singing "that nothing can separate us from the love of God."

The men who sing with this fun group are Jeane Bope, Daniel Johnston, Mikah Boudreaux, David Inabit, and Tim and Jonathan Inabit (who are brothers). Daniel Johnston joked at the concert that "the members of the group are all family."

After the concert, I actually sang with Tim, who sings with This Hope, a song called Send Aaron about Moses sending Aaron to speak for him, one of the songs that This Hope has sang before.

It was a really fun time at the concert seeing all the guys sing about Jesus.

This Hope was started in 1996 in the little town of Soldotna, Alaska when the five guys went full time with their ministry. They started doing tours in the lower 48 states and because of that, in 1997, God was calling them to move out of Alaska to the town of Woodstock, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, which is a much more convenient location for doing tours in the lower 48 states.

They have about 12 different CDS which all have Christian songs about Jesus Christ and what he did for us on the cross and how you can receive it if you believe in His name as it says in John 3:16.  

This Hope has a website for more information about the band and where you can buy their CD's from: http://thishope.org/.

I hope that you are able to attend the This Hope concert on Wednesday and if you do, I hope that you have a fun time hearing them!!

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the presence behind the veil.                                                                                             Hebrews 6:19

 

 

 

 

My adventure in a pirate ship going across the sea:

 My adventure in a pirate ship going across the sea:

        

 On Saturday December 29th 2018, my family and I boarded  a ship that was docked at the Exodus Escape Adventures in Folsom next to Dimple Records at 311 East Bidwell Street. 

As we tip-toed to the ship in the eerie darkness, we were greeted by an enthusiastic pirate who spooked us with his pirate accent. The pirate led us by lantern to the dock and his name was Sir Pelican Pete (Christopher Carlson).

Before we boarded, we zoomed back in time into the 1800's on a dock in London.  At the dock, there was our pirate ship that we were seeking after. With some teamwork and clue solving, we finally boarded the ship.  We had to find the treasure that John Newton pledged to William Wilberforce when he abolished slavery. Unfortunately, pirates had stolen the treasure and hidden clues in various places in the ship. We had to sneak on the ship in order to find the treasure while the pirates were in the pub. We only had an hour until they were going to head back to the ship. It was a thrilling adventure trying the search for clues!!

Exodus Escape Adventures currently has three different escape rooms:

·         Operation Save Christmas

·         Pirate's Revenge-the one where our whole adventure took place

·         The Hiding Place based on the story of Corrie Ten Boom (opens in February)

At each different escape room, you have an hour to escape. 

The cost of the game is $35 dollars each.

Exodus Escape Adventures has a website for more information about their business and where you could book a trip: https://www.exodusescapeadventures.com/

It was an exciting adventure and  I challenge you to see if you can complete an Exodus Escape Adventure with your friends and family!!     

          And a great wind storm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion.  And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"   And he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"  And the wind ceased and there was great calm. He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?  And they were filled with great fear and said to one another , "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"                       Mark 4:37-41