So we had tickets to see POD last Saturday night, here in Portland.
Thing is, they had gear transport trouble on the way up, and the concert was postponed to tonight. I was regrettably unable to go tonight (a family thing), so my husband went with two friends. It so happens that one of these friends used to have a band who toured with POD some time ago. The other friend has a band now.
[Editor's note: My husband and his two friends are all musicians and my husband makes custom skateboards as a hobby.]
I'll let hubby tell the rest of the story in his own words...
POD is doing the "Warriors 2" tour along with Pillar and a couple of other Christian bands. It's not heavily advertised and it's at smaller venues that they might not normally play. I immediately bought two tickets when I first heard about it. So, anyway the show was postponed to Monday night (tonight) and I couldn't find anyone to go with me. Because of the postponement they were offering ticket refunds, so I took my tickets back and got a full refund.
So I'm sitting at home feeling kinda let down, when finally one of my friends (who I had been trying to get ahold of earlier to go with me) calls. It was getting late, but we decide to get another friend of ours and go down there and see if we can get in (since my one friend used to know the band). We get down there and happen to find a parking spot right in front with the tour buses! We're running really late for the show, it started an hour earlier than we thought, and so it's almost over. After talking with the people at the security check for awhile, they decide to let us in for free since we had missed most of the show.
Afterwards, my friend (who's band toured with POD back in the mid-to-late 90's) wants to say "Hi" to the band. We try talking with Security without any luck, I'm sure they thought we were just making up a story to get backstage - but then a weird thing happened that had to be a God thing. Another Security guard (who hadn't even heard our story) suddenly walks up and says "Let these guys through". So we walk backstage (like we own the place, of course).
The members of POD instantly recognized my friend and started giving him hugs. My friend then introduced us. Then, amazingly enough, the band asked us to sit down with them and enjoy some food & drinks. Through the course of conversation, I find out not only do we have several common interests (music & making skateboards), but we also find out they were in real need of encouragement (they've been touring for quite awhile) and they asked us to pray for them.
After hanging out for like an hour, we exchanged e-mail addresses & stuff, 'cause they want to stay in touch. It was really amazing, and I feel like God had us there to encourage them and also as the possible beginning of other (as of yet unnamed/unknown) God-connections. Everything just fell into place.
So...
My husband got to hang with POD tonight!
Wait...let me try that again!
MY HUSBAND GOT TO HANG WITH POD TONIGHT!
Was that loud enough? Did you hear me down in New Zealand?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how God works. He's so cool! What a blessing to a whole bunch of guys!
Oh, and POD... YOU ROCK!
Over and out.
Thing is, they had gear transport trouble on the way up, and the concert was postponed to tonight. I was regrettably unable to go tonight (a family thing), so my husband went with two friends. It so happens that one of these friends used to have a band who toured with POD some time ago. The other friend has a band now.
[Editor's note: My husband and his two friends are all musicians and my husband makes custom skateboards as a hobby.]
I'll let hubby tell the rest of the story in his own words...
POD is doing the "Warriors 2" tour along with Pillar and a couple of other Christian bands. It's not heavily advertised and it's at smaller venues that they might not normally play. I immediately bought two tickets when I first heard about it. So, anyway the show was postponed to Monday night (tonight) and I couldn't find anyone to go with me. Because of the postponement they were offering ticket refunds, so I took my tickets back and got a full refund.
So I'm sitting at home feeling kinda let down, when finally one of my friends (who I had been trying to get ahold of earlier to go with me) calls. It was getting late, but we decide to get another friend of ours and go down there and see if we can get in (since my one friend used to know the band). We get down there and happen to find a parking spot right in front with the tour buses! We're running really late for the show, it started an hour earlier than we thought, and so it's almost over. After talking with the people at the security check for awhile, they decide to let us in for free since we had missed most of the show.
Afterwards, my friend (who's band toured with POD back in the mid-to-late 90's) wants to say "Hi" to the band. We try talking with Security without any luck, I'm sure they thought we were just making up a story to get backstage - but then a weird thing happened that had to be a God thing. Another Security guard (who hadn't even heard our story) suddenly walks up and says "Let these guys through". So we walk backstage (like we own the place, of course).
The members of POD instantly recognized my friend and started giving him hugs. My friend then introduced us. Then, amazingly enough, the band asked us to sit down with them and enjoy some food & drinks. Through the course of conversation, I find out not only do we have several common interests (music & making skateboards), but we also find out they were in real need of encouragement (they've been touring for quite awhile) and they asked us to pray for them.
After hanging out for like an hour, we exchanged e-mail addresses & stuff, 'cause they want to stay in touch. It was really amazing, and I feel like God had us there to encourage them and also as the possible beginning of other (as of yet unnamed/unknown) God-connections. Everything just fell into place.
So...
My husband got to hang with POD tonight!
Wait...let me try that again!
MY HUSBAND GOT TO HANG WITH POD TONIGHT!
Was that loud enough? Did you hear me down in New Zealand?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how God works. He's so cool! What a blessing to a whole bunch of guys!
Oh, and POD... YOU ROCK!
Over and out.
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