Zach and Amanda are having a baby boy! I’m excited about it! I knew it was a boy when Zach told me she was pregnant. I just knew. SO, here in a few months, we’ll have a little Zach walking around. Well, probly not WALKING around, but you never know. Living on a bus will make your survival skills kick in quickly.

We’ve got some questions and I will post MY answers for a few of them here. As far as everyone else’s answers, they’ll have to get on here and post them at some point. I’ll be sure to whack them in the shins with a metal pipe until they do. So, here we go:

1. Q: Ok. What is the biggest move of God, upon YOUNG people, yall have ever seen as a group? And not Winterfest…. I know about that. lol. And heres another one: What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever done on stage?

A: Man, that’s hard to answer. We see it alot, and more and more teens and young adults are coming out. We have a big focus on them. More so than ever. I don’t think we have seen the biggest move of God, yet, but everytime we get to pray with people, especially people that want to accept Jesus for the first time, it’s a huge move for me. It ruins me for the rest of the night. There’s something very humbling and very satisfying about leading someone to Jesus. I always feel like I am getting saved again in the process!… The most EMBARRASSING thing that I’ve ever done on stage… Someone asked us this same question in an interview the other day, and we all blanked, even though embarrassing things happen night after night. Probably not the most embarrassing, but once, we were playing a festival outside, and I got sick and had to run off stage and throw up. It was in the middle of some worship songs, and by the time I came back, only Jed knew that I had left the stage. Guess I picked a good moment!

2. Q: Kewl, Other than line up, how is traveling as Crabb Revival different than traveling as the Crabb Family. What is your favorite song from the Runaway Train disc? Thanks, God Bless You!

A: Good question! Well, for starters the bus has about 76 people less on it now! Haha. With the family, you had everyone! We had 2 buses for awhile, which spaced out things, but with kids and friends and other family members riding a lot, space was lacking, but it was all good! We had a TON of fun in the most crowded situations! Also, with so many people, the family seemed to be on a more strict time schedule for each day. There was always so much that had to be done and everyone had to be certain places at certain times. We still have to be certain places sometimes, but it’s a little more lenient. If someone feels like stopping at Taco Bell and grabbing a burrito, I’m sure it wouldn’t be any deal in the Revival bus!… My favorite song on the Train album is probably Both Sides. It’s really fun to play live. Got a really swampy, slinky groove, and the lyrics are pretty awesome.

3. Q: Ok, I’ve got two! 1. What is the strangest thing a fan has ever given you? 2. Do you guys speak in tongues? (hahaha, ok, I’m like totally dying to know this…rumor has it ya’ll are holy rollers…) Ok, those are mine!

A: Hmm. Once, a girl gave me a shirt that had a cuss word across the back. She didn’t see it, so she was innocent, but I got a kick out of it. Then, I was like, “I can’t wear this.” I also got some shoes made out of neckties. Those were flippin’ cool! Still got them, but only wear them on special occasions, cause I don’t wanna mess them up! Speaking in tongues? The Crabbs have been known to speak in tongues from time to time. Personally, I have never spoke in tongues. I haven’t been blessed with that gift, but if God sees it relevant for me to have, then I take any gift He has for me! Holy Rollers? I assume that’s a staple reference to the charasmatic movement. Whatever we are, we just want to see God move. If we go somewhere and play a concert and people walk away going, “Those guys were really good musicians and I was really entertained tonight.”, then it was pointless for us to be there. We are called to reach the world and we use our God-given gifts to do that. We don’t want to see anybody leave a Revival concert the same. Even the strongest Christian on earth needs encouragement and a fresh word. We hope to be hidden behind Jesus when we’re on stage and just let Him do what He wants with us, however He wants to do it. Nothing scares us, though. If you worship God by doing jumping jacks while eating animal crackers, you are welcome at a Crabb Revival concert.

4. Q: Hey when will you all be touring near Baltimore, Maryland or Lancaster, Pennsylvania? ‘Just discovered your group and would love to attend a concert someday!

A: Hey! Not sure, but you can always check our schedule. Just click on our tour link and it will tell you where we’re going to be! We’d love to see you come out to a concert!

Alright everyone! That’s all for now. Does anyone else think that Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch might have been a girl?

YeeHaw,

Micah

We did a Crabb Reunion in KY this past weekend, where after the concert, Zach, Adam, Justin Ellis, and Myself hit the XBOX360 for a little “HALO REUNION”. We whooped Ellis, which is odd because on the Crabb Family bus, Ellis always whooped everyone else. I felt something good rise up in my soul as we all took the lead and Ellis was seconds away from throwing his controller. He has gotten a little rusty with his skills, but I have a feeling he started practicing again once he got home. Ellis, we will take you on again…Anytime, anyplace!

For those of you who don’t do video games, I suggest that you quit your jobs and drop out of any educational facility you might be attending and take them up. I use to not be a big gamer, but now I have joined the nerd ranks. Go to the gym often? Forget about it. Let me tell you, there’s no greater thumb workout than playing Halo for 2 hours! Your thumbs will be ripped!

Well, I’m out for now. But I’ll leave you with a few one-liners Zach and I have come up with over the past couple weeks. Not funny, but make you think, nonetheless…

-I hate complainers.
-You know what really gets to me? Mail. Oxygen.
-You know what grinds my gears? Shifting straight from first to reverse.
-You know what gets under my skin? Ticks.
-You know what gets on my nerves? Electrodes.
-I can’t stand sitting.
-Hemorrhoids are a pain in the butt.
-You know what’s cool? Ice. Liquid Nitrogen.
-I hope when you say “calzone”, you are talking about a space designated for livestock, because I can’t stand Italian food.

There’s more where that came from. Keep reading!

Sometimes I just make things up. I’ll leave it to you to decide what parts I make up.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I guess we’re all gonna pig out like every year. As Jim Gaffigan says, we do that every day. But it’s a special time for the Fat Hearts Club. You’ve never heard of a Fat Heart? By nature everyone is either a Fat Heart or not. One day, me and Mike Bowling were discussing how no matter how skinny you are or how fat you used to be or how much weight you have lost, you still are a Fat Heart if it’s in your blood. Fat Hearts just love to eat. There are those who have lost a tremendous amount of weight by eating healthy, but judging by their past, they will not resist a twinkie if it’s put right under their nose. They will destroy it because they’re still a skinny Fat Heart. Anyway, I am a Fat Heart. Mike Bowling is a Fat Heart. According to statistics, most of the United States citizens are Fat Hearts. But nobody has started a club until now. We haven’t officially got the shirts made yet, but Mike and I plan on it, and I think everyone who falls under this category should buy one and wear it with pride. I mean, how would it feel to be in the “biggest” club in the USA? Pretty awesome I would think. So anyway, enjoy your food tomorrow, cause it’s not EVERY day you get to eat alot………with family you don’t see all the time.

I’ve been really sick for the past few weeks, and I’m still not totally over it, but I am doing a lot better. Thanks for everyone’s prayers. If anyone has seen me at a concert and I acted a little weird, well, I’m Micah, and I am the definition of weird, but if I have acted sort of “out of it” and not as “peppy” as normal (peppy is a weird word), then that is why and I’m sorry. I will definitely make up for it next time I see you. I’m gonna pass out money and things and wash your car out in the parking lot after the concert. If you’re lucky, I might even give you a gummy bear. If you’re not, no gummy for you!

I’ll give an update after this Thankful day. If I write a blog that looks like this: wsrfedrtyhjhtgrfe2eq5rt34wertyguhjhgf
-It’s because my belly is on top of the keyboard.

So, as you can see, we’re not really worried about anything going on. I ain’t, basically because I believe in God, and if I believe what I believe to be His word, then I have no reason to fear. He has taken care of me and this band through everything. He’s not about to start letting His people down now. God don’t need any money or any stock market or any country’s help to do what He wants. We are so dependant on humans for so much, we fail to be dependant on God. You ever wonder what you would do if you were given billions of dollars? I used to think that would be nice, except the fact that my faith would be sure to decrease because of my dependency lack. I pray God always keeps me dependant and close to Him through whatever means necessary. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Well…I guess you’d get the whole world for a really short time. But i’ve seen all the goo that comes with the world. Can’t say I’d really like to gain the world. I’d have to gain people’s problems and countries’ whatever-trillion dollar debts. And if I gained the world, what would become my goal then? Mars? How do you own Mars? Maybe I’ll shoot for that! Who wants the world? I want Mars!

I seem to have steered away from my point which was: “What is your ultimate goal?” What do you do when you’ve accomplished everything you wanted to? What then? How do you fill that emptiness with a new ambition? Wouldn’t you die from a depression or sadness? That is how the human life runs. On goals. I believe the only way to truly be fulfilled is by a goal you always accomplish but can never complete. And what would that goal be? For the unbeliever, nothing. Everything is attainable. You run the risk of a purpose-lacking life once you have accomplished what you set out to do. But for the believer, we have an eternal goal. I have a goal that, until I make Heaven my city, I will never fully accomplish, but daily I will. Til the day I die, I will be seeing how many souls I can take with me when the end comes. It’s a great realization. I pray all of you will make this your unattainable, yet overly fulfilling goal. It’s only in this that you find true happiness…no matter what happens in this world!

Well, I’m off. I love Full House. I admit it. I’m not ashamed. Uncle Jesse is definitely one of my musical heroes. Come see us soon! You might get to see the ole black bus bouncing up and down and faintly hear the song “What Is Love? (Baby, Don’t Hurt Me)” from the Night At The Roxburry soundtrack. You can see Jed doing the robot, Zach doing the worm, and me attempting the Electric Slide. It’s a fun time for all! If anyone would like to contribute to the “Party Bus” FUNd, which will be invested into “ice cream truck” megaphones and effect lights all around the bus, feel free! Or depending on how much goes into the FUNd, we may just get a few plastic kazoos! Either way, it’s gonna be GOBS of fun! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

-micah S to the C to the H to the W to the E to the I to the N to the S to the B to the E to the R to the G!

…Till I looked in the rearview mirror 3 days later, saw the man-eating little girl and the sucker fell out of my mouth. I burned the Hummer and everything inside, and I realized that I had sent that text to 20 of my friends, but Zach didn’t get it because he dropped his phone that week and the screen broke. *Sigh*

One day my ship will come in. I just hope it sails down my street because I don’t live near the beach.

Anywhey, everything’s been so cool lately. God has been doing His thing, and we’ve gotten to pray with SO many people lately and I feel so humbled that God would give me the strength and words to pray with people. I can’t believe He uses me for ANYTHING. Any talent I have is from Him. Anything I am doing (ie: playing concerts, talking/praying with anyone, traveling from state to state, creating music and art, etc.) is ALL from Him. I am the most blessed person on the planet. It blows my mind that He is so good to us even when we are stupid. What love! It would be like giving a present to a snot-nosed kid who was chasing you around and shooting you in the butt with a bb gun. WHY would you want to do something good for someone so annoying and irritating and digraceful even by man’s standards? I don’t get it, but that’s God. Makes me think a lot now about how I am portraying myself to Him.

We’ve been gaming a lot on the bus lately. We’ve got the 360 and the PS3 on there now, so Madden and a plethra of other games are always being played somewhere. Jed actually goes and studies these games and learns button by button what all the best moves are so he can kick our tails. I think it’s extremely unfair that he beats us so bad at everything. What fun is winning by a long shot? I would rather see a good game, you know? If you’re playing Jed at anything, you’re pretty much just gonna get destroyed. BUT, if you DO happen to beat him at anything, you’ll get to hear the loudest noise that a human can possibly make. It kind of sounds like a guy who just got his eye jabbed with a cattle prod. It’s pretty funny, and if you’re on our bus all the way in the front, and Jed is playing a game all the way in the back, you can hear that noise all the way up front. I’m convinced that truckers passing us from time to time swerve involuntarily as Jed makes a play and someone intercepts a pass from him.

Well, I’m out for now. Doing a date with Jason and Aaron and everyone this weekend. Should be fun as usual! If I recall correctly, it’s at this church where the stage actually comes up through the floor! Pretty high tech! At my home church, if anything comes up from the floor, it’s kids getting out of Sunday School and running up from the basement.

Come and see us! Bring your chins. We’ll take pictures of all of them! Till next time!

-MicahSchweinsberg

P.S. With computer-based typing, and the explosion of modern technology, what’s the point of a “P.S.” anymore? Just type what else you wanted to say in the paragraph it relates to!

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve been on here. If anyone has seen our schedule the past few months, you would know that we have been majorly busy on the road, and we’ve been very busy at home as well!
Alot of things have been on my mind recently, and although this may come across as a negative post, that is not its intention.

While dwelling on some things lately, I realize more and more how corrupt and intellectually defunct many people have become. While in full pursuit of “truth”, they are lead by men and the opinions they posess reguarding science and government. These opinions lead those who call themselves “leaders” and “self-thinkers” down a path to where they reguard others opinions and observations as their own. They are swayed. Not by truth, but by man.

The world hates Jesus and anything to do with Him. While He declares this in the Bible (prophecy anyone?), others are still too dumb to realize that the odds of Him fulfilling all the prophecies He has by coincidence are the same as a person hitting the top lottery 12 times in their life. The Bible is historically accurate with firsthand accounts of Jesus and all He did for us. To have physical proof would deminish faith, but I hide His WORD in my heart, and I have found the Truth I seek. Evolution is flawed. Religions are flawed. Everything in science and nature points toward a Superior Creator, not to an explosion in space (that apparently to some, existed before existence?).

I say all this not to show that I have agreed with any of the afformentioned things. I agree on what I believe without proof. If Jesus came down tomorrow and made Europe disappear, and the moon turn to Jello, people STILL would not believe in Him. There would be another excuse and theory as to how it all happened.

I have sought God. He has revealed Himself to me. I’ve sought Truth and found it. I believe because I know, not because I guess it to be true. It is real. I am 100% sure of what I believe when others cannot draw that high of a percentage on how sure they are of what they don’t believe. Let me add this to those who may be on this blog questioning what you believe or may be swayed by what men are trying to push on you: Knock and the door will open. Seek the truth, and you will find it. If you don’t believe the Bible, read it. Don’t say it if you can’t say why. Compare it to history. Compare Jesus to religion. Study my “truth”. Don’t skim it. You cannot draw a true conclusion about anything until you have a first hand encounter with it. Try a first hand encounter with the Word of God. It will rock your world.

All this comes into play to the subject of why I’m writing. I was reading about an author today (that sounds ironic. haha) who is all about tearing down Christianity and is an enforcer of trying to kill any notion of beliefs at all in this United States government. I recall the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from interfering with a person’s practice of his or her religion.

I think this is hilarious that someone is trying to take this down. The very thing this country was founded upon. It would be different if the USA was the only country in the world, but i’ve got awesome news for all of the anarchists and Christ-haters living in the US: We are not the only country in the world! You can move to countries where Christianity is illegal to practice! They would love your citizenship and your contribution to their beliefs!! You will be free to be bound by your unbeliefs!! The plane is just waiting for you. So pack them bags! You don’t have to stay anymore! You don’t have to live in a country with all of these horrible freedoms! You can be happy in a country that conforms to you. ‘Course, you might be stoned to death for not flushing a toilet, but that should be a risk you are willing to take to stand behind this notion so strongly!

It should be so easy, but so many nerds are gonna stay here and complain until they die. What a horrible life!

Anyway, it ain’t gonna get any better, sad to say, but as for me, I am happy! I am blessed! I am ALIVE today! I search no longer for satisfaction! If any of you are sad or depressed, try NOT focusing on your wants, and try giving thanks for what you’ve been given. No matter how bad of shape you are in, you could always be a lot worse without the hand of God saving you from death and hell. That’s something to be happy about…

…Okay, will somebody pull this Dial encasing out from under my shoes. I’ve been on my soapbox too long.

We got a new bus and it rocks! Well, not really, the shocks are really good and we hardly feel a thing, so the days of “rockin” buses are over. You can actually walk from the couch to the bathroom on our bus now. We have been SO blessed. THANK YOU to EVERYONE who contributed to us getting this thing. You were sent by God to give what you gave and we could not have this thing if it weren’t for you and GOD proving to do what seemed to be the impossible. He always takes care of His children! We are blessed to have such awesome friends who come to see us and hang out with us and support us. It blows my mind! We don’t take any of you for granted and we are so proud that you guys would want to party with us and Jesus night after night. I get so excited it makes me want to roll uphill and throw styrofoam gliders down a creek bed, all the while shooting bottle rockets out the wings (yeah, you shoulda been there for that one!). That’s a thing to get VERY excited over!

Hopefully, next time, my blog won’t be so “disgruntled” sounding. Occasionally, I get in these modes where I feel the need to voice something and get it off my chest. Not in a bad way, but just to show others that this is not a game. It’s not a show. What we deal with is spiritual war, not flesh and blood. We do not do what we do for worldly gain. We have a purpose behind our song. We have a battle to engage. We have a fight to win… We won’t be overthrown. We are a mighty army. God bless you all!

Keep on the firing line, and please, for the love of crayons, use bazookas and not cap guns!

Until the next time we huddle around the number mat and sing songs about farm animals and bonnie lyin’ over the ocean, this is Micah saying, “Good day!”

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