david crowder???

this is really just a quick story that has no deep meaning...except that you truett and ubc folks might find it humorous.

in my time at truett, and going to ubc, i know that i have been in multiple conversations about how the david crowder band has an unexplainably huge following of people (esp. youth) from asian decent -- this has just been an observation of many people.

well, this weekend (friday night & sunday morning) mark was speaking at a taiwanese church in the bay area and invited me to come with him. the first night we got there early to meet with the people who brought mark in, and to just get a feel for the church community. as our hosts were walking us around the church for a tour we walked into the kitchen where about six of the youth were making a cake for their pastor (it was his birthday). we were standing on the opposite side of the room from the youth when our host said, "hey kids, this is our speaker for the night mark scandrette..." before she could finish her sentence one of the youth looked at me in my green zipped up track jacket, jeans, full (red) beard, glasses, and newsboy cap and said, "hey you in the middle...you look like david crowder man." now i have gotten matthew lillard, james van der beek, and even matthew mcconaughey...but david crowder, that is a new one, and a stretch. i'm don't even have black hair.

so i just laughed and said, "well the next time i see him i'll tell him you think i look like him." all the student's heads looked up with a curious look and one asked, "you know david crowder?" so i said, "well kinda, he is the worship leader at my church." you would have thought i had said jesus was standing outside the door...they all stopped what they were doing and came around to meet me. i was not that interesting of a person until i said i knew david crowder (thanks dave...you give me instant cred.). one girl held her mouth open for like a whole minute...she was in shock. then another student went into this sermonic like rant about how david crowder band was amazing and the best band ever. so the theory of the band having a huge following of youth from asian decent is proving to be true in california. even if the ones i talk to apparently don't really know what he looks like.