  Hey Daniel, thank you for the response to my musing epistle. • ...it sounds like your trip was a success. Congrats! Thank you. Mark and I had a good time and from what we saw after the shoot in the director’s booth it looked good. We had certain creative differences with the producers, but the Lord has a wonderful way of taking the best from everything and working for the greater good.
I have great faith that He will take our small offerings and reap great things. • Be sure to let us know when you get air-dates for your work. I will keep everyone posted. Just don’t expect to hear anything until the fall (August or September).
• Do you anticipate more work like this in the future? Funny you should ask. Someone was just here who wanted me to do some of these stories for the Beltsville SDA Church Destination Sabbath School (Specifically the feeding of the 5K, which I didn’t even tell him I had just written for this shoot). It is amazing how God works! • How has it been practicing at the warehouse? It is working out very well. In fact, last night the South-Eastern CA Conference driver Eric Reid was here and he happened to see my cases in the Locker Room. So, he comes into my office and asks who the owner of the Baritone case was. I told him it was mine and that I also owned the piece of scrap metal disguised in the very attractive gig bag. He was so excited to find another low brass player. “I majored in Euphonium Performance in College!” he exclaimed. So, of course, we spent the next hour and a half playing various Tuba Christmas tunes together. He tried out the scrap metal and I blew Baritone. It was wild. Eric was also able to locate a leak in the lead pipe on my tuba that we “fixed” with some electrical tape, and it made a world of difference.
All of a sudden the horn was getting solid pedals and the intonation was much more pure. Amazing. I was so glad for committing to practice time. It was truly a miracle in music. • We'll need to choose dates to offer to the Spanish church. Suggestions, anyone? Any time after July is good for me. • July 17 is in the middle of CMW in Collegedale, but we may be willing to try Linthicum on a different weekend.
I am sort of tied into this date. This date was set a few months back and to now say, “Can we move it so that it is more accommodating” might seem strange. But, the Church is always looking for music so I can mention to their music coordinator, Mary Brown, that we are interested in scheduling a weekend with them and she would be delighted. • I've sent an invitation to both of Paul's addresses. Thank you! 
