So we’re getting ready to send out the first Cara Austin CD promo – a package we’re sending to some people who might be interested in her CD and message. I spent a LONG time trying to make sure to find the right people to send the package to, and we have 50 people on the first list that are going to get the mailing.

All the pieces are on my dining room table and we’ll be assembling things this weekend. I thought I would show you some before and after pictures in case you’re interested. The black masks are what we spent a long time cutting out last week, as I mentioned in a previous post.

Have a great weekend everyone!

The printing this time is slightly different – a little bit lighter, a little less orange. I think that it looks better, actually. You can see the difference the most on the CD itself, probably because of the white background.

We’ve been working on re-ordering CDs for about a month now, and I just received notice that they are on their way. This is a huge relief. Now, I just am hoping that there aren’t any weird markings on the CDs….the proof looked slightly problematic, but they assured me that the final copies would be ok. I am praying they are right!

I just sent a copy of Cara’s CD to one of the people who ran the Perspectives class that she took last year who requested a copy so that she could play it for the class. Perspectives is a class that’s offered all over the U.S. and teaches people about christian missions. One of the songs that’s on Cara’s CD – They Walk On – was written when she was taking the course.

The first verse of the song:

“There is a lady at the jungle’s edge/
she has a toddler in tow and a calico dress.”

The full lyrics to the song are here, just click the “lyrics” button next to the song name. And you can hear a snippet of the song here.

It turns out that “Calico” isn’t a term that is familiar to everyone. Chris (my husband) heard the song and thought that it said “Calico Dreads” – he is from Jamaica, after all, so maybe he can be excused because of that? If you want to know more about calico, you can read up on it here.

Back to the song, the verse is based on the life of Elisabeth Elliot, whose husband, Jim, was killed while a missionary in Ecuador in 1956. After he was killed, she WENT BACK to the people who killed him, and spent two years with them.

That kind of forgiveness is unbelievable to me.

TuneCore gives every artist that uses its services their own page. Follow this link to see Cara’s.

Can you see the special marking that makes this the “collector’s edition?” (Sorry if this picture is too small to see…it definitely might be!)