Shrimp and Chonda

This past Saturday (September 29th) several of us church ladies took off to see Chonda Pierce. But first, we made a stop at the local Red Lobster for the "All you can eat" shrimp special. It was a fabulous night. We go every year to see Chonda - it's our annual "girls night out." Here we are at the Red Lobster completely stuffed. Can you tell how happy we all are? (I'm the one in the pink shirt)




Then, we headed off to the concert. We were so excited to see Chonda again. If you have never seen her in concert, or at least seen one of her video's I recommend you do one or the other as soon as possible. She is so funny and has a beautiful voice. But, most of all - she loves the Lord with all her heart.

O.K. here we are in our seats - ON THE FRONT ROW!!!!! Yep, after that first time in the balcony - we decided it was only the first row for us. So, this is our 7th year and we have been on the first row every year. The only draw back to this is that we have to be at the ticket office by 5:00 a.m. on the day tickets go on sale or we miss out. But, we have a lot of fun doing that too.



We weren't allowed to take pictures of Chonda during the concert - so I managed to get a few snapshots of her afterwards. She was so kind and gracious - she just sat down on the edge of the stage and talked to her fans. I remembered to take my copy of her book "Laughing in the Dark" and she kindly autographed it for me.
If you would like to learn more about Chonda or get her concert schedule you can check it out here.



Oh, and another really cool thing that happened - Chonda's brother, Mike Courtney asked me and my friend, Vickie to help pass out pamphlets for World Vision at the intermission. So, we did - it was fun - and he gave us a complementary copy of Chonda's video "Combo Platter." That was so nice. You see, good things happen to those on the front row!!

Blessings!