Quote of the Day #1: “He was going off like a frog in a sock.” — Paul Colman, who was the emcee on the Soul Fest main stage, on more than one occasion said this to describe some of the better performers
Quote of the Day #2: “Substitution!” — Stephen Mason, guitarist and singer for Jars of Clay, after an air horn was sounded off in the audience, prompting Dan Haseltine to run off stage and for Paul Colman to take his place
Quote of the Day #3: “After that altar call a minute ago I would have thought all the Yankee fans would have left.” — Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay, who was referring to an altar call that had asked its receivers to go to a nearby tent, after getting a mixed reaction when stating that their tour drummer was a diehard Red Sox fan
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Quote of the Day #1: “Talk amongst yourselves for a minute folks.” — Mac Powell, lead singer of Third Day, as he takes a break from his set to have a little snack
Quote of the Day #2: “You can believe in soap and still be dirty.” — David Nasser, one of the speakers at Soul Fest, on needing to not only believe in Jesus but let Him work in you
Quote of the Day #3:”I was on the ground saying, ‘I love Him, I love Him.’ My [Iranian] dad walks in and says ‘Oh no, my son is the gay.’” — David Nasser, on the night of his conversion (and yes, the grammatical error is the correct quote)
Quote of the Day #4: “This woman told me that I couldn’t sing this song. She told me it wasn’t a Christian song and this is a Christian festival. I told her I looked through it and didn’t find anything vulgar about it, but she insisted that I couldn’t play it. So I said alright, but before we parted I asked her one last thing. ‘What kind of car do you drive?’ She said, ‘A Honda.’ I said, ‘Well I don’t mean to alarm you but that’s not a Christian company.” — Paul Colman, on his right to sing a traditional Australian song
So how was Soul Fest? I thought you’d never ask! 
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Yesterday and today have been uneventful overall. Yesterday I called up Dave Wirgau to catch up on things. I hadn’t talked to him since April (besides a couple of quick emails) so it was good to talk to him again. But mostly what I’ve been doing is preparing for Soul Fest.
Speaking of which, tomorrow I leave for Soul Fest 2004. Who’s going to be at Soul Fest? I’m glad you asked: Jars Of Clay, Steven Curtis Chapman, Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, OC Supertones, Third Day, Relient K, Petra, Kevin Max, Rebecca St James, Jeremy Camp, John Reuben, Pillar, Ginny Owens, Paul Colman, and many many more. I have to admit that I am a little sad that Seventh Day Slumber won’t be there this year. They’ve been one of my favorite non-headliners over the past few years.
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Now, as much as I have enjoyed this whole slow day thing, it’s getting a little old. Yesterday was spent doing errands. Last night and today have been spent working on my Europe photo album (I’ve finished Paris, which leaves me with only 6 1/2 weeks of photos left).
It looks like my church will only be able to attend two days of Soul Fest rather than the entire weekend because of the cost. I’m not sure what that means for my Soul Fest experience, whether I’ll have to ride up with them or not. I might make the case that if I’m already there I can meet the crew at the gate at a certain time, give them their wristbands, and give them directions on what to do from there. I’m not sure if Pastor Tom will buy that, but it’s worth a try.
Tomorrow I have a doctor’s appointment with my neurologist (that’s my seizure doctor). I’ve been off my medicine since February, so this is my first appointment with her since then. She’s going to tell me if I can drive or not. Be praying for me, that she finds that nothing is wrong and that she says that I can drive. It’s going to be a long difficult summer if either of those don’t go through.
