I’m all but finished the McCartney action shot now. The next time you see an update, there will be four portraits of each member to the left of this McCartney pic. Eventually, Ringo will be behind the drums at the bottom, then George with his guitar and lastly, on the far right, John with his guitar. Should be a nice piece when I’m finished. I’m shooting for completion by the end of June. Stay tuned!
Just to update my earlier post, Compassion International has informed me that our destination will be the Dominican Republic. They are finalizing the details this week; I will be sure to keep you posted on what we will be doing while there. My travel dates will be October 24-30. I am more than excited about this opportunity!!! Please squeeze this into your prayers over the next few months, I really appreciate it. Now, off to get a passport!!!
Last fall I informed some friends and family that Tony Wolf Productions intended to start reaching outside of the US borders and into the missions field. I asked for their prayer and support in making this happen. In March, Ryan O’Quinn (a representative from Compassion International) flew out from California to see me speak and minister with some folks in the Quad Cities area. This weekend I received word that I will be headed to an unnamed location in late October to be part of a missions project and learn the “in’s and out’s” of what Compassion does in the field. They are also sending a video crew with me to do a short film to post on my blog, site and such in order to let people involved in our ministry know more about Compassion. I’m hoping it may be the Philippines. That is where our little girl, Kayla, is. I will post further details as they are made available to me. If you wish to sponsor a child, just click on the Compassion link just below this post on the right – they make it easy for you. It is a wonderful and very personal experience and it’s very affordable. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know. Thank you for your prayers on this!!! Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!
This morning twenty members of the Arts department at Central performed a drama titled “Church of the Living Dead”. Here are a few pictures from practice and from this morning’s presentation. Thank you to; Doug McConnell, Logan McConnell, Phil Brooks, Ben Backer, CJ Backer, Paul Backer, Serenity Zander, Katie Zander, Zach Zander, Mark Zander, Laura Strawmyer, Jake Lawler, Jessica Watson, Laura Wolf, Craig Sharpe, Jada Purdie, Shaquenta Purdie, all of our live church extras and our sound and light crew. Thank you all for helping deliver this message. I’m already planning the next one!!!
(L) Katie tells Ben just what she thinks of him. (R) A father/son moment for Paul.
(L) Jessica Watson painted up to play “Corpse # 2″. (R) Tony thinking, “Why so serious?!?!?!”
(L) Laura, Katie and Jake applying ghosty makeup. (R) Brotha Doug layin’ down the Word!!! Amen!!!
(L) Ben tells Phil that sometimes he cuts himself shaving. (R) Jesus (Craig) offers Rob (Ben) some wisdom and encouragement.
I’ve decided to do something that I’ve never done before. I am going to show my progress after every two or three sessions so that you can see the picture grow the way I do. For me, that’s the most fun part in creating. It is not uncommon for me to draw into the early hours of the morning and then wake up, rush down stairs and see how my progress looks to me the next morning. Yes, I realize that I’m a “kook.” Anyway this is my progress after about an hour and a half or so. I started with an action shot of McCartney. There will be action shots of the four that will frame their portraits (a total of 8 drawings to complete the full picture). I start on the far left so that I don’t smear the lead as I work as a right hander. Anyway, currently I call this “Half-finished Action Paul.” Look for another update in a couple of days.
” You are God’s Beauty:
beauty human, Beauty divine, Beauty supreme.
This lofty truth shall forever remain unchallenged. “
- Sri Chinmoy
This is my beautiful wife, Laura, at 29 weeks with our son to be, Jude.
After 15 years with my Ovation round back guitar I am looking at buying a new one. I actually have been looking for a while. Saturday, I sat down at a shop here in Indianapolis and played about a dozen guitars before I picked up an Ibanez Montage. The guitar has a few different modes from pure acoustic using the Piezo pickup to a clean electric using the magnetic pickup and a blend of both but it also has onboard DSP for distortion, chorus and reverb as well as phase canceling, dual notch filter and tuner. I know some of you who aren’t guitar players or musicians are surely saying, “Huh?” Sorry about that. I’ll just say, it is a really cool guitar. It is also very affordable (in the $600 category). I feel pretty confident that I will secure one of these by the fall. Now I just need to decide on a color. Keep in mind that my Ovation is black.
Sunday morning, May 24, the Creative Arts Department at Central Christian will be putting on a drama called “Church of the Living Dead.” It’s a script I originally wrote back at Roanoke Bible College back in 1992. Some parts have already been given out and a few set people have volunteered. This week I will finish the casting for the production and we will begin rehearsals the week after. I appreciate everyone who has been so eager to help out and look forward to working with you all.
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