Big Daddy Weave

Well, I can add one more guy to my list of famous people I have met. This week I met Mike Weaver the lead singer of the group Big Daddy Weave.
Here's the story:

Last Sunday Jeff and I went to his company picnic/family day which was held at Midway Stadium. We had lunch and then watched the Saint Paul Saints play baseball. Well, we got bored after about 2 innings (I know, that's a shocker being the baseball fans that we are) and the benches were really uncomfortable and the sun was really hot, so we decided to leave. I had heard once on the Christian radio station that Big Daddy Weave was going to do a concert there that night, but it was not advertised on either the Saints' website or the station's. We had seen "St. Paul" on BDW's itinerary, but we just weren't sure if it was true or not. Ususally Christian concerts get lots of publicity, and since we had heard almost nothing about it, we thought maybe it was a mistake. On our way to Jeff's car, we passed a big coach bus and stopped short because in rather small letters by the left front tire we read "Big Daddy Weave LLC." We looked at each other and said, "It's true. He's here. He's in that bus."

So, of course then we couldn't leave, because we really wanted to go to the concert. We decided to sit in the grass (in the shade) and wait for the game to end, after which we would go back in and attend the concert. We went to his car anyway to get some water, and when we got back to the bus, a car had just pulled up. A few people were getting out with suitcases, and one of them was Mike Weaver (he really wasn't in the bus like we thought). So Jeff walked right up to him, said hi, taked for a few minutes and asked if we could take a picture with him. He was really nice, said "man" and "dude" a lot, told us about the concert and posed for a picture. Unfortunately, Jeff's camera went on the fritz the next day, and the memory card got erased.

We sat around for another hour or so and went to the concert. Since it was not advertised much, only about 300 people were there, which was really nice. They wheeled a stage back by the home run fence, and all the people stood or sat in the outfield. The concert was very loud (they brought huge speakers) and very good. They played a few of the really upbeat (more fun) songs and several worship songs including my favorite BDW song, "Audience of One." Mike also gave a short gospel message which was very good.

It's funny how secular companies plan these family days for fun and have no idea how God is glorified by them. A month ago, Jeff and I went to my work's family day which was held at the zoo. It was great to walk around and marvel at the way God created all the different animals, giving them instincts and camoflauge and using such creativity in everything He made. Then at Sunday's activity, which was all about baseball and beer, we got to attend a concert that made much of God in word and song.