Ocean Commotion- 3/17/2018
In the previous post I mentioned that I had listened to the Patch The Pirate cassette tapes when I was little but have no memory of them. I also mentioned that God brought Ron”Patch”Hamilton into my life when I was finding out about my own eye problems around age 10. I held on tightly to his testimony for years but never really listened to his music at that age.
I also mentioned that Ron”Patch”Hamilton walked back into my life In Jan of 2018 when I started digitizing all of our cassette tapes.
Here’s the whole story.
for the last several years I had been digitizing all of our vhs tapes. Mom said when I finished all the vhs tapes she would bring in the cassette tapes for me to digitize.
When Mom got out all of our cassette tapes, and I started looking through that huge pile of cassette tapes, to my shock and surprise and sheer joy was the Patch The Pirate treasure box collection volumes 1 and 2 cassette tapes.
Ron's testimony had meant a lot to me over the years, so to finally have his music was really special.
That brought back memories of how his testimony helped me through some hard years of being bullied for my eye problems and colored glasses.
I wanted to know if there were anymore Patch The Pirate recordings so I decided to look him up on the internet to see if I could find a website or anything. Well, not only did I find a website (Majesty Music) with all the Patch The Pirate Adventures, all his music CDs, solo CDs, Choral stuff, a whole slue of Patch stuff, Patch choir books, coloring books, DVDs, etc. I also found quite a few of his vocal Music CDs on YouTube, (Majesty Music YouTube channel) seminar sessions, sermons, past Patch concerts, etc. But the biggest surprise was I also found his Patch The Pirate facebook page!!
(Patch The Pirate Facebook page)
Remember, this was back in Jan of 2018. On the Patch The Pirate Facebook page they had just posted that they were going to be coming out to San Diego CA to do a Patch live concert of one of his Patch adventures, Ocean Commotion, on March 17th in San Diego. About 2 hours away from me. I had been wanting to meet him since I was 10 (I'm 26 now) but never thought it would happen. Little did I know what God had in store. When I saw this announcement, I was ecstatic, as you can imagine. I had to go and see him. This would be a dream come true. An answer to a little 10 year old girls prayer.
I talked with mom and she said she would try to help me make it happen. Well, one thing led to another. The Lord beautifully orchestrated the whole thing. Here's what went down.
It just so happens that my uncle is a pastor in Encinitas and was going to be having a Saint Patty’s Day party at his church on Friday March 16th, the night before the Patch Live Ocean Commotion concert.
Mom and I drove up to Encinitas on the 16th for the Saint Patty’s day party. We stayed with a family friend that night then the next day Mom, our family friend and I drove up to Sandiego for the Patch Live Ocean Commotion concert. It was awesome!
After the concert I got a picture with Ron”Patch”Hamilton!!! It was such a surreal moment. Can I scream now??!!! Best Saint Patty's day ever!!!
3/17/2018
Dream come true!!! This picture says a thousand words!! I was on cloud 9!!! I mean seriously, I could not have been any happier!! To be honest it doesn't feel real. It feels like a dream. No, this picture is not photoshopped. This actually happened. On the outside I was smiling and trying not to cry. On the inside I was crying my eyes out.
After the concert I got all of the Patch adventures. Little did I know the HUGE impact he would have on my life through his music, Patch The Pirate Adventures, seminar sessions, sermons etc. I had no idea how life changing it would be for me. A total game changer.
My whole life I've felt like I was living in a daze. Didn't really understand things or situations and most everything went in one ear and out the other, leaving memories of certain things few and far between.
The Patch adventures were really the thing that helped me piece my life together. Situations I didn't understand now make sense. I feel like I'm no longer living in a daze. So many questions that I had about my life were answered in the Patch adventures.
Situations and subjects that caused a lot of anxiety, shame, and guilt were calmed through the Patch adventures.
I feel present for the first time. It's amazing. I don't even know how to say thank you.
God brought Ron”Patch”Hamilton back into my life right when all his stuff would be super encouraging and validating for me.
As I started listening to his all stuff I fell in love with it.
If you don't already know this about me I'm a very visual learner. I'm also music and story oriented.
The Patch adventures just happened to be the perfect resource for me for learning scripture and music.
That leads into my next blog post