Herrlinger Family : Southern Travels

Hey Folks! I know I'm a little late posting this, since by now we have made it back home safe and sound. But I thought I would continue posting about our winter tour.
So... Here is an update on what we did the 17th - 27th of January.

On our way out of Oklahoma we made a stop at Bishline Banjos in Tulsa, OK.

What a nice little shop they have there! Good quality instruments, friendly service, and some pretty awesome deals. We suggest to anyone out there who's looking for a nice banjo to stop in and go check out their product. Their banjos sound amazing!

They even custom make banjos for you right there in the shop!

Our banjo picker, Naomi, had so much fun picking and learning tips from this guy.

And she bought one! Her very first banjo to call her own.

Smiles with Rob Bishline.

Our next stop was made in Arkensas for a concert.

Everywhere we went people fed us so well and were so kind and generous.

A huge thank you to all who hosted, fed, and served us along our way!

Here we are enjoying a yummy meal before one of our shows.

And more driving! This time we're headed down to Alabama.

More often then we'd like things like this happen while we're traveling.

My guess is either the container broke or the cover came off. Either way, the contents decided to make their way out of the glass and onto the floor.

That's bus life for ya, folks!

Sometimes on those long days of traveling we would pull out an

instrument and get some practicing in.

There's always something we could practice! ;)

Tennessee!

Driving right through Memphis, TN we made a stop at the huge Bass Pro Shop Pyramid.

It was pretty cool inside!

The Elevator!

The youngsters decided to take a ride to the top.

The view was pretty amazing!

You could see just about the whole city from up there!

The love of siblings is like no other.

Oh, what a joy it is to be together!

One of the main reasons for our southern tours is for the prison crusades that happen in Alabama and South Carolina. Every year there is a week specifically set aside in order for singing families, evangelists, and volunteers to go in and minister to the inmates inside the facilities.

It is always a highlight for our family! The need there is so great, and the time spent is so sweet!

WeCare, (the Crusade in Alabama) took place January 21st - 25th. During those five days days of prison ministry there was a full day of orientation, which took place on Sunday, then four nights of concerts in various prisons taking place across the state.

Worship time on Sunday is always so special!

Due to the fact that we are not allowed cameras or phones into the prison facilities, we don't have any pictures of us ministering inside. If we could have though, we defiantly would've got some to share with y'all!

Every day we enjoyed having devotions with the group of people we were stationed with.

Then we would have the rest of the morning and afternoon to kill, since most prisons didn't have their chapel service until the evenings. During that down time we managed to get some projects done, one of them being giving the bus a nice good scrub.

Ready to do this!

Daddy scrubbing away.

We also managed to get some play time in as well. :)

One of the best things about traveling around the country is meeting new people and making life long friends. A particular example would be our friends in southern Alabama.

Such great hosts, always making us feel so welcome.

We had a wonderful time visiting the Byrd family.