Well, before I get into some other stuff, the move thing is going well, but stressful of course. Got all of my stuff ready, but we now have some stuff to do on the house. We are having an open house this weekend, so this is the big push. My mom is doing an amazing job preparing for it. Anyways, that is the update as far as the move is concerned. Tomorrow night is the coffee shop at Ascending Glory Cafe (check out the dates area for more info) and I will be playing from 7-8. If you show up, make sure to stick around to see More Than Me play. They are awesome. Well, that is all for now. Remember the awesome hope we have in Christ!

Wow. Wanted to post something on April fourth so it would be 04-04-04. Alas, I missed it. Too bad. This past weekend my parents signed a contract on a house in Chicago. Has 3 bedrooms and a *gasp* 2 and a half car garage! God has sure provided here, and I am very thankful. It is awesome to see how He is allowing impossibilities to go through to completion. So that is the biggest news I suppose. I visited JBU over the weekend, and once again God is providing, and it looks as if I will be able to go. On this matter, Andy Andrus got our housing set up, and we are in a sweet on the first floor of their new dorm, North Hall. (Yeah run on sentences!) So, Andy will be my roomate and we will have 6 "sweet mates" or something along those lines. North Hall is currently under construction as the picture below shows, but it should be done (and had better be done!) right as the semester starts. I am very excited about JBU now and to continue my ministries there. Oh yeah, just as a reminder, I am playing at Ascending Glory on April 16th. Check out the dates section for more info. Keep pressing on into the Lord!

I just got the recording of the coffee house at Ascending Glory back from Adam Bulla. (The one on March 12th). It turned out pretty good, except for how loud the talking gets at points. Anyways, I have just completed uploading it to the site in mp3 format. If you happen to want to take a listen, click the link below:

This one! Click me! Click me!

So once you get there, simply right click and save-as on each file. Not sure how long I will be able to keep them up, but here they are. As of now I have no more upcoming dates to mention, but it is still on for the 16th. As far as the move goes, we hope to have our house on the market by early next month, so that is keeping us busy. I am trying to find the time to visit and see the house we plan to buy, so hopefully my schedule will allow it. Speaking of traveling, I am visiting JBU this weekend and taking my buddy Ben Wahlman with me. We will be departing right after church, stay the night, and visit and leave on Monday. Which reminds me, one more day of school and then spring break! So, thats the deal. Hope you enjoy the recording. Oh yeah, I should have the words to some of my new songs up soon. Keep pressing on towards the goal!

So what is up with the weird title you may ask? Well you didn't ask so there is no need to answer. Actually, it was the first thing that came to mind so I use it. Great eh? Anyways, Friday night went pretty well despite the fact I woke up with a sore throat. Okay, okay, it was my fault because I decided to stay up a bit and play with my iBook. Oh well. It was quite a bit of fun, and More Than Me was awesome! They have a few new songs, so that was a lot of fun. If there is one really big thing I am being reminded of and learning more about it is how much better God is than anything else. Music is awesome and nature is and all, but it does not even begin to compare to God. He truly is the only fufilling experience and the ultimate display of affection.

With that said, we went ahead and set up another date to play. (At Ascending Glory of course). More Than Me and I will both be playing on the night of April 16th at 7pm, so I will go ahead and put this on the dates page. As usual, thanks a bunch for stopping by, and keep on pressing on towards the goal!

My close friend, Dan Hartke asked me tonight if I would like to play for about 30 minutes at a coffee house thing he is doing at Ascending Glory Cafe. Well, of course, I was like, "Yes! That would be sweet!" and he was like, "Okay". (Note: That is not necessarily word-for-word). Anyways it will be on Friday the 12th and Dan will be playing from 7-7:30. Then I will play from 7:30 to 8 and then Dan again. This is PM of course. You can check out his new website at the following address:
http://www.hesmorethanme.com
So, if you can make it you can hear the awesome Dan Hartke along with Jason Todd bringing in the lows. Not sure if the rest of their band will be there, but hopefully.... So, if you can make it that would be awesome. Oh yeah, make sure to pick up one of their new cd's, "A Day In the Life". Not sure if you can get it on their site or not, but just get it next week! Okay, that's all for now. Keep pressing on into the Lord!

Well, where to start. This morning my dad announced in the church service that he is accepting a call to become the executive pastor of First Free in Chicago. This means we are currently readying our house to be sold and hope to have it on the market in a month. The move will take place around the second to third week of June. Basically, the position will be an awesome fit for my father and I am very excited for him and the rest of my family. My mom plans to work part time and schooling will be awesome for my sisters. The house we are looking at getting will have 3 bedrooms so Charis and Anna will get their own and my parents of course will have one. This summer I will be staying with my dear friends the Schumachers to work and such. I am very excited for Charis because she was accepted to their top fine arts school: Lincoln Park where she will be able to study art and music very in depth. The potential house is right next to one of the best grade school so that is where Anna will attend. She will be in seventh grade next year and their grade schools go all the way to eigth grade. So, that is I guess the biggest news right now. I visited about a month ago with my family, and you can view some pictures I took of Chicago here-
http://gallery.jeremiahrich.com/
Naturally I have mixed emotions about all of this. I will miss my family a whole bunch, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas is around 12 hours from Chicago. My sisters will have to make all new friends and all. But I know God has this under control, and am very excited to see how He works... So until next time....