Shows and Hard Work

The last entry I told about attending an award ceremony and a party. Our job can be so fun and exciting. However, it can be stressful and hard as well. This weekend was just plain hard work. We rose early Friday morning and drove 6 hours to a town outside of Indianapolis. We set up all day and performed at around 10pm. After tearing down and getting back to the hotel, we were able to get to bed around 2am. We left at 7am the next morning to drive to Decatur, AL in time to set up at 3pm. After another day of setup, we performed two 90 minute shows back to back! Yes, it was another late night. Then, we had to be at the church this morning by 8am in order to do a trick in the early service. We did a show during Sunday School for the youth and then performed again in the late service.

It has been said that 30 minutes onstage is equivalent to an 8 hour work day as far as fatigue goes. I believe it because onstage, every muscle gets tense. Plus, with our job, it's physical as well as mental. Magic is a perfect art. In other words, if we mess up, the crowd knows it! That's why we must be on top of our game at all times.

Needless to say, I'm tired. It was all worth it though. The first night was difficult. We shared the stage with a band and we had many technical problems. Yet, many people gave their lives to Christ. The shows last night went much more smoothly and 105 people made decisions to follow Christ! It was incredible!