Acappella in Guyana, South America

We have become quite the international travelers lately. Nearly every time we do an international date, it’s a new exciting adventure. And by “exciting”, I mean two things, 1) an AWESOME visit, a lot of fun, and God working in ways we wouldn’t have ever imagined, and 2) it’s so hard to get ourselves, our bags, and our equipment there that I’ve decided it would be easier to walk/swim with the equipment strapped to our backs. Robin did not fly with us from Nashville to Miami to Georgetown, Guyana. Why? We’re not exactly sure, but we know that the American Airlines’ lady simply could not get him checked in. We arrived 1 hour and 30 min. before our flight took off and she still couldn’t get Robin checked in for some strange reason. After spending all of Thursday in an airport, Robin was routed to New York to spend the night. He finally arrived in Guyana on Friday about 2 hours before the concert. God provided a way, like He always does. For more details, you can read Rhonda’s side of the adventure at http://rhondacoleson.blogspot.com.


We were picked up from the airport by some wonderful Guyanese people from the church. We got to know them quickly when we crammed all 13 of us in a 13 passenger mini-van with the sound equipment taking up 3 seats… that’s 13 people in 10 seats; we had a good time. The top half of the picture is the back of the van, the bottom half is the front of the van. After we arrived in Georgetown, overwhelmed with tiredness, we immediately checked-in to the beautiful Le Meridien Pegasus hotel and called it a day. The next morning we arose and shone about 6:30 AM for a TV appearance and radio interview. After the interviews, we got to visit Roy Geddes’ Steel Pan Museum, which was incredible.

The picture to the right is us with Mr. Geddes. He makes the steel drums, tunes them, plays them, and teaches others how to play them. He was phenomenal on those things! Oh by the way, Zac George’s bag was checked under Robin Brannon and it didn’t make it to Guyana. So Zac had no clean clothes or toiletries for the entire trip. Chris, the Guyanese promoter, bought him some concert clothes for that night. His bag is still lost…argh! We sang in the National Cultural Centre, a nice, big auditorium in Georgetown. The Guyanese people were so grateful we were able to come. They really enjoyed the music, and I know they were blessed by God’s message that night. I think we took a picture with all 700 people – one at a time - who attended the concert. (I don’t actually have any idea how many people were there). Thanks guys! We had a superb time!