Traveling with the Glory Gates Quartet

Dear GGQ Friends:

The GGQ Ministry team is back from a very successful Romania 2010 Concert Tour. What a wonderful trip where God was present & glorified through the music of GGQ & Romania’s own Impact Quartet, along with Pastor Al’s speaking through the Word of God. Thanks for your prayers, as we experienced no problems after the 2nd day.

Some of you know that when we arrived at the Timisoara Airport, we received 2 out of our 10 pieces of luggage! 7 more arrived later that night & the last one arrived the next day. When picking up the last piece of luggage, Rich came out of the airport & fell on his head. He was knocked out for a few seconds, taken to the airport health center where he shook out the cobwebs & regrouped. He actually performed in the concert that night!

You can view the 8 minute video of our trip when you click here.

A big thank you to CREDO TV in Bucharest for filming our concert at the Scala Theater in Bucharest on Sunday morning, May 16th! Thanks Mariana & Beni! Thanks to Viki Sasu for interviewing GGQ on Voice of the Gospel Radio Station in Bucharest on Friday, May 14th! Thanks to Cornel Madrea and the Bethlehem Christian Center in Hunedoara for the great food & lodging accommodations! Thanks to Pastor Nicu at Grace Baptist Church in Bucharest for the great food & lodging accommodations!

You may view pictures from our tour here!

A Weekend with the Firm Foundation Quartet

What a great time we had on the weekend of June 12th with Steve, Anthony, Josh & Josh with the Firm Foundation Quartet out of Owensboro, Kentucky! They are a fantastic, young group who can sing with the best of them! In fact, on Saturday, June 19, 2010, they were voted Gospel Group of the year by Music City Gospel! Congratulations boys!

This was their first time in California & it was hilarious to see how these southern boys reacted to Southern CA. They flew in late Friday night, June 11th. We picked them up at their hotel on Saturday morning, June 12th, & took them to Fisherman’s Restaurant on the pier in San Clemente for brunch. They have never seen the ocean & they were now eating with the waves right below them. Then we all went to Rich’s house on Lake Mission Viejo to hang & get to know them better. At 2:00 p.m., we were off to our first concert location, Hope Lutheran Church of Glendora. This was an outdoor concert & offered some sound & lighting issues that we needed to get squared away. After setting up & doing sound checks, the picnic was under way at 5:00 p.m. I can’t thank the folks at Hope Lutheran enough for the great job in setting up this event. It was terrific! What a great first concert we had with them! After the concert, we took the boys to In-N-Out Burger for their experience at this famous & delicious hamburger joint. They loved it!

On Sunday morning, June 13th, we sang at the Taft Community Church of Orange & went to Rob’s house for a BBQ with the wives. Then the quartets left to go to our next & last concert at the First Presbyterian Church of Westminster. Another terrific concert & the crowd was awesome!
After this concert, we took them to a great BBQ place for dinner & we talked long after the place closed. It was difficult to say goodbye to them & time went by so fast!
On Monday, the 4 guys from FFQ actually got into the taping of the Jay Leno show! Unbelievable time for them!

We are definitely going to do this again & will probably go to be with them too next year. God truly blessed this weekend & we thank God for bringing our new friends to us. We love ‘em & look forward to being with them again.

You can view pictures of our weekend together here.

GGQ and FFQ at 1st Presbyterian Church of Westminster