Innercity H-town concert.

This past weekend I had the blessing to do a show at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church down off Canal Street in Houston. Now although I've lived in Houston for almost 2 years now - I've never been down anywhere near this place. And pulling up in the parking lot of this really cool hipanic parish with loads of people hanging out - I realize how weird it is that most of us are happy staying tucked in out little corner of the world or city or neighborhood. The reality is most of the times we don't leave our small parochial boundaries and experience the church outside the same pew we sit in every Sunday.
So I was able to bring my family to this show being that it was local. This is always really fun and really chaotic at the same time. The church was serving nachos to everyone before the show and so needless to say within 5 minutes my 3 kids were convered in processed cheese and attempting to rub some on anyone they could. My kids' behavior normally either irrates people or ammuses them. Thankfully lots of people laughed.
The show itself was really fun being in this little parish hall with an old fashioned stage. The only problem was that there was stuff all over the stage for the parish auction which gave me about 10inches to walk around and dance in front of the curtain. It's a good thing I have the dexterity of a ninja. Besides the normal hooting and hollering during the concert - the one thing that impressed me was these guys' sense of humor. This one big ol guy with a killer afro (featured above in the picture) - started tearing it up during the freestyle battles. Man, and I thought Lil Jon was crazy - this kid made the East Side Boys look calm! Anyway - God is so good. And I am so blessed to see the different faces of the church. After the show - I had a chance to share my testimony with the open hearts in that place but all in all - I felt ministered to by a family of welcoming brothers and sisters with hearts full of love and latin rythm.