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Sophie & Mady's 6 Month Portrait

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:15:00 +0000

We went with Robby, Rachel, Sophie and Mady to Portrait Innvations for their 6 month offical portraits.

On Our Way To Kansas City

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:48:00 +0000

Mary has been after me for months to make the journey to Kansas City to see our newest twin grandbabies. It's nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Mary is driving and I am computing. I am mostly editing on the BEAMS Warehouse video from last Saturday.

Shooting More Video

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:42:00 +0000

I took one video camera and some audio equipment to church and shoot a 90 second video of our music director to be used in the church Welcome DVD I am making. The preacher was not available so I have to go back and shoot him when he is ready.

Editing Video

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:34:00 +0000

I spent the first half day searching the internet for the best prices for things I needs for the business. The last half of the day and up into the night was spent editing the 4 hours of video from the BEAMS Warehouse Dedication last Saturday.

Celebration Feast

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:18:00 +0000

Tonight at Crystal Hill Baptist Church we had a huge Celebration Feast to celebrate the completion of our new church building. I shot a lot of video today to help make a DVD that we will use to hand out to folks in our comunity to introduce them to our church. That will be a fun project but a lot of hours of work on my part.

Downloading Video

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:14:00 +0000

I spent a big part of my day downloading the 4 hours of video from DV Tape using Firewire into my computer. Now I need lots of hours to edit all the video and still shots into a DVD. This may take days.

BEAMS Warehouse Dedication

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:43:00 +0000

We had a great time at the BEAMS wearhouse dedication. There was a big crowd of folks who attended the celabration. My brother and I shot a lot of video. Now I'll have to spend a LOT of hours editing and making a DVD of the event. I hope to have the DVD available sometime next week.

Travel Day to Gulfport, Mississippi

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:35:00 +0000

My brother David invited me to go along with him and Bro. C. F. Edwards (our pastor many years ago) to Gulfport, Mississippi. The BEAMS Ministry was dedicating a new warehouse to the Glory of God. I decided to go along. We spent the day driving to Gulfport. The BEAMS folks gave us a room for the night.

Great Wednesday Night

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Mary and I sat down front at church tonight. Bro. Larry preached a fantastic message. God used him to stir my heart to do more for the Lord.

A Long Day At The Computer

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:32:00 +0000

I started early and quit very late today.

I've been working on the new DVD for The Hannah's Quartet using Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate. I am adding titles and making a short version they can use to advertise on their website ~ theHannahs.org

A Slow Day For Me

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:23:00 +0000

It seems like I did not get much done today. I spent the afternoon tweaking things in the sound room at church.

Mary and I watched more of the Pastor and Workers conference at North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara, CA. We really enjoy watching their streaming videos. We hardly ever miss watching their regular services.

Our First Sunday Service In New Building

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:32:00 +0000

Today was Mary and I's first Sunday Service in the New Building at Crystal Hill Baptist Church. I sat with Mary, Scott, Lacey, Bradley, and Ashley for the preaching service. The new sound system was great. Bro. Larry Ballard was at his best this morning. The Lord used him greatly.

Bush-hogged The Yard

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:28:00 +0000

After three weeks on the road and another week of trying to catch up on things I had to bush-hog the yard this afternoon.

The gang all came to our house this afternoon to celebrate Ashley's Tenth Birthday.

Crawling Under the Stage

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:24:00 +0000

I can't believe it. I had to crawl under the new stage at church today on my belly to pull in more CAT5 cables from the Sound Room to the Equipment Room in the rear of the church. We need to hook up the baptisry light so we can control it remotely in the sound room when we lower the screen.

Working on Sound and Video at Crystal Hill

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:22:00 +0000

Lee and I spent the day working on the sound and video equipment at Crystal Hill Baptist Church. Still trying to tweak things and get it right.

More CD Masters

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:18:00 +0000

Lee and I spent the day making CD's. We are nearly caught up but still not finished with one music CD.

Mary and I got to attend our first service in the new building at Crytal Hill Baptist Church tonight. I sat with Mary near the front. Our new sound system sounded great until the battery went dead in the preachers lapel microphone.

Making CD Masters

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:15:00 +0000

We have quite a few requests for CD's of our recent meetings. Lee came to our house early this morning and we started playing the DVD's in real time while he captured the audio in Audition and burned CD Masters. I printed labels and copied the CD's. I was able to ship a few in the afternoon mail.

Pack Up and Travel

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:02:00 +0000

Last night was our last night here in Searcy, Arkansas with Landmark Baptist Church. We have throughly enjoyed ourselves here with great preaching, singing and food. This morning we had lots of help to help us pack up. After 22 days on the road we finally got to sleep in our own bed again. It's been a great three weeks on the road and we've made many new friends along the way.

The Hannahs in Concert

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:52:00 +0000

The Hannahs Quartet are members here at Landmark Baptist Church in Searcy. They scheduled a special concert this afternoon so I could produce a DVD. We sold about 70 copies of the DVD. I think we did pretty good. Mary did her best work running the audio mixer. I was pleased with the audio and the video. We are staying with the bass singer(Dewayne) and his wife Wanda. They are great people. We love them very much.

Format the Harddrive and Start Over

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:49:00 +0000

After calls to Alltel and IBM tech support I bit the bullet and reloaded my new Thinkpad. This puts me back to where I took it out of the box 6 weeks ago. We did everything again with Mary's computer tonight.

Problems with Alltel Data Card

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:44:00 +0000

This is our first meeting to use an Alltel Data Card for the broadcast. The card works fine in Mary's computer but in my new Thinkpad it seems to have conflict with my Sprint Data Card. My Thinkpad is about useless tonight. We did everything with Mary's HP Laptop.

Setup in Searcy, Arkansas

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:40:00 +0000

We finally get back to good old Arkansas. We did a hurried setup at Landmark Baptist Church in Searcy, Arkansas.

Last Night at Lebanon Baptist Church

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:34:00 +0000

We had a most wonderful last night of revival here at Lebanon Baptist Church in Seminary, Mississippi. Mary sang a beautiful solo and they even let me sing a duet with Mary tonight. The singing and preacher were great. We have enjoyed our time here in Seminary. The men helped up pack and we are ready to hit the road again in the morning.

A Walk In The Woods

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Brown) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:29:00 +0000

Since I have not gone for a walk in, I cannot remember when, I decided it was time. I started out from the cabin in the woods where were are staying here in Seminary, Mississippi and walked about a mile and a half on the log roads around the cabin area. I saw deer and turkey while walking. I really enjoyed the peace and solitude in the woods today. Thank your Lord for your great creation.