A Bass for Freedom's Call!

Exciting news! We have purchased a bass!!! For our recordings thus far, Becky and Melanie Berge have so graciously agreed to step in and play the bass, since none of us know how. However, we really wanted to learn to play it ourselves, and now we can! Our bass is electric, which makes it smaller and easier to transport than an acoustic, but it still features a classic exterior to fit in with our musical genres. We are so grateful for the opportunity to learn a new instrument, and look forward to our first lesson!

Eliza took these beautiful pictures in their yard! Aren't they great?!!

Praise the LORD.

Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.

(Psalm 150, emphasis added)

Update!

Hi everyone! Sorry for the long wait between posts! June has been a busy, exciting month for Freedom's Call. This week the four of us have been helping out at two Christian girls' conferences conducted by the Bright Lights ministry group.

Violins!

My great aunt Ellie sent me two of these pictures a while ago and I thought that I could share them with you!

This is a picture of my great grandpa Anton Tingelstad at age 87 playing the violin. My grandpa also started to play the violin, and so did my Dad. They thought that Eliza and I (Katelyn) should start playing when we were young, so we started playing at ages 6 and 7. There have been 4 generations that have played the violin in our family.

It has been a great experiance that has lasted over 10 years! Although I didn't always want to practice, I am so glad that I stayed with it. I still can remember my first recital and how excited I was. I also remember when I dropped my first violin on the tile kitchen floor and the bridge shattered to pieces (thankfully it was only the bridge!) and I cried and cried! Soon we were playing our instruments with some friends.

This is Hannah, Eliza (on the cello, which she played for a year), and me. Who would have known that we would soon add Amy and start Freedom's Call?! I am so thankful for my family and their support as I learned to play the violin. I am also looking forward to teaching other young beginners at Headwaters School of Music in Bemidji this fall.

FYI: We just returned from our second CD recording in Wisconsin! We hope to post lots more pictures soon!