The 36 hours we have spent at and around the epicenter of a major earthquake (7.9 richter scale.) The quake demolished many cities and was felt in 9 countries (as far away as Tuva, Russia…near 2000 miles away) More info on this can be found here. We spent time in Chaping where the guys played an incredible concert…tons of people came out despite the pouring rain nearly the whole evening… Then this morning we headed out to the former city of Beichuan…

Words and pictures really can’t explain this tragedy…many lives were destroyed and some 20,000 people were never recovered from the rubble. Steve, Caleb, Will Franklin and Geoff put together a quick little show for some of the kids that lost one or both parents duriing the quake. It was way cool and I know it really encouraged a lot of the kids — they loved it.

I have many pictures to come soon but for now am posting a video of the show in the classroom. I hope to have a bunch more content online in the next 24 hours.