Hanging with the homeless in Nashville

Pastor Bob started feeding homeless people in Nashville under Jefferson Street Bridge some time ago. I started helping out about 1,5 years ago, and now Bob and friends are feeding most days of the week. (This first picture is 1,5 years ago during the cold Nashville winter).

I've been longing to get back under the bridge again hanging out, and it's great being able to do that again while I'm here! (Picture taken a week ago).

Since the financial crisis A LOT of people have lost their homes. Right now there's about 3.000 people on the street just in the Nashville area. The picture below shows Pastor Bob praying before the meal. Most of these homeless are thankful Christians and the greatest people!

If you wanna check it out the homeless feeding ministry this is the place to go:

www.thebridgebunch.com

Picture above shows two of the Danish friends who are traveling with me in the States this time. Simone and Levi are also on the team behind Snactuary Denmark, the Green Light District Festival and the metal ministry in Denmark.

New ink

At the exact same time as when Railyn was born I was sitting in the tattoo chair at Lone Wolf Tattoo.

I got some shadings done on my upper left arm + blue color around my 9-star. The 9-star was my very first tattoo which I got at BobFest 2005. All of my tattoos means a lot to me, but especially my debut tattoo of the 9-star, with praying hands and the nine fruit of the Spirit:

Galatians 5, 22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law!"
I'm still using this tattoo at night, going through the day and meditating on however my days actions has been defined by these things. Every day I get to the point that without the God of Trinity and prayers I can't achieve this at all!! By His Spirit and His grace I can slowly grow in character, becoming more like Christ.

... Pictures taken by Levi Wiwe Rauff (guitarist of Solace the Day) ...

Railyn McCavanagh

One of the cool things about staying in Nashville is hanging out with the McCavanaghs.

I've been staying with this awesome little fam whenever I've been living in Nashville through the past two years :-)

And THEN only three days ago a new little McCanavagh arrived!!! His name is Railyn, and I'm really excited about seeing him grow up!

I couldn't be at the hospital because I've got the cold (after no sleep, bad food, flooded tent and too many shows at Cornerstone), but Jamie honored me (and the Danes) by wearing the Green Light District Festival 2009 t-shirt!! I'M HONORED :O)

Amanda

And now it's time for a love story:

I've been back in the States for more than a month and a whole lot of exciting things has happened!! It really feels good being back, breath the well-known (and humid!) Tennessean air and catching up with projects and folks in Nashville..!

But one thing fills my mind more than anything else...!

I met the most beautiful girl in the world a couple of years ago, and for the last year we've been thinking of each other. Off course I've been too stupid to really believe in it before now, but lucky me, Amanda and her beautiful heart has been patient :O)

Within a couple of days I'll fly (back) to Illinois, USA, where she's living. She lives only a 1,5 hour drive from the Cornerstone Festival venue.

... So if I seem more weird and happy clappy than usual, that's probably why. (The picture shows Amanda, I and her nephew at Cornerstone).

Cornerstone Festival

This was the 2^nd year I’ve been to Cornerstone Festival in Illinois. I love going to metal festivals and meet friends and well known faces from all over the world!

More than 50 stages and several hundred bands gathered for six days in the cornfields of Illinois. Last year I played 3 times with the Sanctuary Worship band, and this year I've been so blessed to be able to play with SOLACE THE DAY here!!

Within 6 days we played 6 Solace the Day concerts + that Levi and I played 3 times with Sanctuary Worship band! Besides that we had an awesome time hanging out and running to concerts with friends whenever we didn't have to play :0)
We played everything from a the big Sanctuary tent full of folks to a couple of shows right on the grass at the generator stages.
Our American friends from the great band A Hill To Die Upon helped us out a lot with borrowing gear. Respect! And tons of respect goes out to the guys behind the Sanctuary Stage/Tent. It was one more awesome year!!
This last picture is from one of our 3 concerts at the Sanctuary Stage. Rumors started running that our live show was pretty crazy and that I destroyed myself completely at every show (which I did)... I'm very thankful for the good support we got at all our shows.

A huge privilege to meet so many great people at Cornerstone, hang out, play music with awesome friends and worship God, my Father and Creator!