A few hours later and the loss of our big expensive trailer. This is our new Rig….. I am stoked that we are all safe and got a good laugh out of the situation. When we get home we are going to get a new trailer and this time it’s not going to be unnecessarily big! Please pray for us and our health and safety
Today we were leaving Chipotle and immediatley after this happened. The axel completely busted off and that’s our tire behind the trailer still on the Axel. Good thing this didn’t happen on the fwy!
Last night I was in the heart of New York City. It was the last day of The Constellations Tour and it is unfortunately over. It has definitely been an experience, It was the smoothest tour for me……. Went by very fast and looked forward to every show, and the good hang-outs/ fellowship with our good Christian brothers.
I walked all around the city with Jones for about 4 or 5 hours just exploring beauty of the city and visiting the store and finished off our day with some amazing burrito bowls from Chipotle We have 3 shows home with MyChildren MyBride starting today in Eerie, PA
Please continue to pray for us as we work our way home, that God puts his hand over our vehicle and our actions. God Bless
Today I am in Albany, New York after a well rested night at the La Quinta Inn! We are all still sick so please continue to pray for us. God is healing us all little by little though…… It amazes me how many kids know the lyrics to August Burns Red…. It’s really awesome standing on stage and literally watching every kid sing along word for word……
Dantera (MyChildren MyBride) and I are hanging out in the back room trying to talk to our girlfriends but unfortunately there is no service at this venue….. 
I got this sweet new practice pad drum kit by DW today….. it’s actually really cool and is much needed due to the fact that my beautiful drum kit is at Brooks 90% of the time!
I miss Lillian Perez, Pauline Bueno, Ron Bueno, The rest of the PEREZ’s, Brixton, My Bed…..everything else thats at home….. but sadly this tour is almost over and its been such an amazing experience. God has used us and a few of the other bands in such a great way and we are so blessed to be able to receive the gift and share it with others.
Today I am in Rochester
We played at the Water Street Music Hall and it was awesome….. there was definitely a different vibe then there usually is but we are humbled by it. It is 40 degrees out here and i am freezing. We got the venue today and had a sweet photo shoot with a dude named Andrew Lipoesky……We finally took some promos in our regular clothes and not our lame outfits…. I will definitely post when we get them. but the samples he showed us look awesome. Now off to driving my shift and listening to Mark Driscoll, Hillsong United, and Deathcab…. Cheap hotel here we come haha!
Scratch all that. We just got blessed by Matt Greiner….this good lookin fella got us a beautiful room at the La Quinta Inn in Rochester.
listening to: Patrick Watson and The Wooden Arms- Beijing
“A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.” - Thomas Merton
Suffice it to say, this will be more a journal entry than anything else. I’m sitting in the lobby at a La Quinta Inn in Rochester, NY. I have to write quickly as I’m getting picked up momentarily by a friend whom I’m getting dinner with.
We played in Toronto and Montreal on Monday and Tuesday nights respectively. I ate (and drank) at Tim Hortons twice, met lots of great kids and adults, had a glass of wine and a cheeseburger with ‘MUM’ in Toronto, and great pizza with friends in Montreal.
This past week, I feel like God is prompting spiritual conversations that would/could bring anyone to tears. The first of which happened via email. Long story short, picture a baby born pre-mature with asthma and pneumonia, mom has cancer, dad left mom while the the he was still in the womb. The mom miscarried 3+ times so the boy has no brothers or sisters. He fends for himself from infant on, all the while caring for his sick mother. Struggles with serious depression and suicidal thoughts throughout high school. Finally, at his very lowest, with his mom dying of cancer, he stumbles across ABR. Listen to his very words:
“when i stumbled across August Burns Red, i was battling the worst depression of
my life. i thought i was going to lose my mother and i thought i would
have nothing left. i bought Messengers and put the cd into my stereo and
turned the volume to its highest setting. i listened. i cried. every
lyric, ever word, every sound, i felt like the album was made just for me.
i listened to the album at least 5 times that day, and cried each time,
and for the first time in a very long time… i prayed. i asked for
forgiveness for not looking to him when i needed help. i thanked him for
the gift of your music. i prayed for my mother. i asked the lord to give
her strength, to give me strength, i had found god. he is my lord. i was
lifted from my deepest depression and i continued to turn to your music.
it inspires me.
My mother is now cancer free and we attend church regularly…I am not here to take credit for the change in this kid’s life. I’m here to thank God for allowing me to be a person He chooses to work through in changing lives.
My ride is here. Peace.
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So since we have been here this has been on my heart since ive been reading the book of Timothy…….
1 Timothy 4:12
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believes in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till i come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.”
- I know that this verse is the verse to my life at this moment. I need to try and be more of an example of these things that will lift me up to become the man God has called me to be. I am using a gift that was God given, playing drums in a ministry called Impending Doom. We are going out and telling kids about what Christ has done, and the regeneration that has occurred in our lives. Encouraging them to come to christ, planting seeds, doing these through not only our Music, but our actions as well. Pray that God continues to press these things on our hearts and that we not only try to do these things but that we actually desire these things for the Joy and Love of Christ as Paul says “Woe to me if i do not preach the Gospel”…….1 Corinthians 9:16-17
- I really want to have an ongoing fire thats lit and wont go out. I want to have finished the race and kept the faith. I want to be like Jesus in every way,
The show In Montreal was awesome and the weather was freezing…. It was sold out again and we are stoked to now be back in the states, although we did have some trouble switching out our Canadian money with American Dollars.
Please continue to pray for us…. we are all sick. Come out to a show if you can and hangout. check out our dates
Myspace.com/impendingdoom
Today I am in Canada….. I woke up and we were at Chris’s friend Jens. She was really nice and took great care of us. She made us food and gave us Orange Juice and let us watch movies. She even had this cool hedgehog the first one I have ever seen.
We were here for only a few hours and then went to the Pheonix Theatre in Toronto, ON. We we privileged to play a show with a great band called the Architects. This show apparently sold out days before the show actually happened so it was packed! We talked to a lot of kids about Jesus for Canada which is usually really low or none at all. I met the first few Christian kids who were really stoked to be at the show and said that they had driven 20 hours to see us at Cornerstone like 4 months ago. It was awesome to be in fellowship with these dudes. Only 6 more shows on the Constellations tour which is a big bummer since it has been such a blast hanging out with these dudes every day and just having a great turn out every night. This tour has been such a blessing and we are so stoked and privileged to be on it.
I really Miss Lillian Perez my beautiful Girlfriend…. I have lightly talked to her via email and I wish so much that i was talking with her right now!
Continue to pray for this tour and please come out to one of the dates that we have left on tour and hang out. God Bless
I woke up so tired today and had to drive for 3 hours….. I’m really stoked that I only have to drive for one more hour though. Jones a.k.a Cory Johnson cut his driving shift short today i think….. he says he didn’t but I just don’t know!
I ended my drive at a paradise of great spots. We got Starbucks where we all went to get wifi, Chipotle next door, and if you want to do some Grade-A Shopping we have Kohl’s two doors down!
I am bummed because after tonight we are driving to Canada and I wont have my phone on for 2 days….. I am going to miss my lovely Girlfriend Lillian Perez….. But at the same time I am stoked for Canada because we always do really well there and i know that we are going to be the light in that dark country.
We had never played in Ohio but it was still an awesome show besides the fact that we had to set up our merch outside in the dark! Of course we still managed to have a blessed night thanks to the Lord and we talked to a lot of kids.
Continue to pray for us and check out the dates
Myspace.com/impendingdoom
I played in Allentown, PA yesterday at The Crocodile Rock…… it was such an awesome show and I was so excited we got to spend time with an awesome man of God who i really admire…. His name is Rich Gilcrest. He is honestly one of the most humble dudes I’ve met and has such a passion for Christ and sharing and loving on kids who really need it. He is a shepherd……
This is Rich and his Son Adam another awesome dude….. He is making a weird face i dunno what look he is going for but it works.
I woke up in Frenchtown, NJ and see that we are in the driveway to Rich’s awesome house I step out and try and capture the beauty.
The Crocodile Rock was Sold Out…. Definitely one of the most packed out shows on the tour. We are so blessed and privileged to be able to be on the road with these great bands. This Tour has definitely been one of my favorites if not my favorite tour!
Please continue to pray us and for this tour and check out our tour dates.
Myspace.com/impendingdoom
