Matt is a sleepy head

We were recently passing through Portland on our radio tour when our lack of sleep finally caught up with Matt. We'd had lots of late nights and early mornings and had only been able to sleep a couple hours a night. Matt was passing through an ally in downtown Portland when he spotted this inviting place to take a nap:

Comments

[Susan Mulford]

Joshua,
That picture looks like me after working the 3rd shift at the Abundant Life Prayer Group/Oral Roberts Ministries! ZZZZZZZZzzz
My name is Susan Mulford and I met you at "Rockets over RHEMA!" on June 30th and told you that I thought you looked like Edward John...And then you said you knew him. So I was wondering, did you ever see Edward John at Starbucks in Mesquite, TX and did you ever give him that tract I gave you to give to him: "I Want to Witness, But What Do I Say - Around the 4th of July?" I think he is back from Norway now. Please let me know. Thanks! Hey, my website, www.traintracts.com, is finally done now as of 8/8/'08. I invite you to come see it!
Sincerely,
Susan Mulford

[Drew Wilson]

Hey Josh,
Great pic!!, I was watching your videos and I dont know how you do all do it. Its like you sleep 3 hours a day and somehow keep ticking. I guess there is a draw back from time to time and I mean, who could pass up such an inviting bed.

Looking forward to seeing you guys down here in Lufkin in September.

-drew

[Jamey Portinga]

Hey Josh. It;s Jamey. I was at the wedding. Chrissy is my cousion, and i guess now jeff and u r my cousin in lwas to. i was the one in the second row...luved your song! ttyl! bye! oh by the way...i saw u at the restrant....

[Sarah Christensen]

Hmm.. comfy. He seems like me - he can be comfortable anywhere. But that is hilarious. This is why you guys are awesome. :D
And of course the fact that your music is some of the most amazing I have ever heard.

[Anna]

Hi Josh, This is Anna (9yrs old). Do you remember me? I live in Seattle and go to church in Mill Creek where Marc's parents live. I met you on the Music Boat, in Mill Creek and at Creation. Thanks for being so cool and taking the time to talk with me. When are you coming back to Seattle? I hope soon! Take care. Miss all you guys!!!

[Celia]

That's funny! You guys rock!

[Kitz Sallee]

Hi Josh,

My name is Kitz Sallee and I live in Wylie, TX. My nephew, Brenton Roberts, is 9 years old and lives in Allen, TX. I am writing on his behalf (although he doesn't know this). He turned 9 in July and has used his birthday money to buy your CD. He loves you and your band. Anyway, he has been battling cancer (Wilms' tumor) and is currently in the hospital in Dallas. He is at Childrens' Medical Center and it would absolutely be a miracle if you could please acknowledge him, either with a phone call, e-mail or a quick message on his Caring Bridge Site at www.caringbridge.org/visit/brentonroberts where you can also read his story! I thank you in advance and thank God because I know Brenton is Healed in Jesus' name!

Sincerely,
Kitz Sallee

[Niki]

hey Josh, what's up?
let me tell you a bit about me: I'm your fan from Indonesia. what? did you hear it right? yes you heard it right. i'm your NEW fan from Indonesia, after randomly seeing some TV channels, and finally stumbled upon your awesome song "Myspace Girl" on JCTV channel! gotta say i really love what i hear! :)

anyway, just a curious question:
how old are the band members, including you?
I have a band too (Myspace link above, hope you'd check it out when u have free time :) ) , but i'm already 26 yrs old..just afraid if it's already too-LATE to start the band career & hit the stage & do the gigs (ie: you know how the Asian, especially Chinese society often told: at 26-year old, one's supposed to get married, have a stable BIG-paying career, yada yada stuff like that, which is just too 'boring' for my soul!).

anyway, i'd really be utmost HAPPY if you could just reply back to my email at nikiwonoto@gmail.com !
Please answer the questions above, let me know what u think! okay.

Btw, do you plan to have a tour to Asia ??
maybe Singapore? (the closest to Indonesia)?
let me know back okay!

Your fan,
Niki
from Indonesia!

[abbey]

hey josh!
its abbey from crossgates! the concert last nite was awesome! lol sorry i missed out on the convo with victoria! lol but tht was the like best concert EVER!!!!! thx for signin my shirt! i even brought it to school 2day and showed everybody!!!! lol i loved it! ha wish u were comin bak again! lol :)
haha btw yall r like in my top 5 fav bands!!! victoria told me all about it after i left and i was so excited!!!

from ur fav fans,
victoria and abbey!!!

[victoria]

hey josh!!!
its victoria from crossgates!!! u were amazing!!! i enjoyed talking with u and the guys yall are great!!! The concert was THE BEST EVER!!!!!! Me and abbey love ya and cant wait to see u again!!!

from ur fav. fans
victoria and abbey is posting a message to

[Shane Montgomery]

Hey dog!

It's the guy in Little Rock who booked you guys into the cool bar in town by the river a year ago. Hope all is well and the new project is kicking tail! I have started a new church in town focused on reaching people who are never going to walk int he door of a typical evangelical church. My experience in that bar the year we did those outreaches was awesome and we are going after those folks!

Well - just wanted to say hey and thanks for letting God use a concert to spark a passion in me...

...and dude, I hope you knew where that matress came from...

[Suunny Trebuna]

Hey man whats up? That is one funny picture. I know how he feels though gotta have my sleep! LOL

Peace.
Sunny

[gabriela]

The best of the world
In my opinion..your best song is my beautiful love..is fantastic
this song is enjoyable

[Tiffany]

hahaha that looks like something I would do if I were on tour!

[Sarah]

Looks comfortable. I heard y'all play at the Texas State Forest Festival in Lufkin. Y'all ROCK!

[courtney]

hey,josh i cant whait to meat you in windsorin october it is going to be so much fun i think im going to be in your music video's that you are makeing here so see you later loove ya

[CaRoLyN <3]

Hello Josh!
I like, ran home so I could check out theafters.com... I loved the show tonight. A++! I love you guys, and I'm so glad I got to meet you in person and get your autographs. I doubt you'd like remember us perfectly, but, I was the person who took the picture of you and my friend Kayla.... uh, wow, that must narrow it down. haha. Ohhhhhhhh, and I had the Jonas Brothers bag, and you pointd to it and said you knew them... lol. I love them too... You said you knew them? Well, I think that's REALLY AWESOME! Hehe, now, this is a totally wierd question.... but... could you tell them I said hi? I mean, it's really weird to be asking you and all, but, PLEASE!? lol... this is akward. :P i hope to see you guys again soon! LUVV YOU! cAROLYN!

[Esteban]

Hey I'm spanish, i listen you, everydays.I'm god's son, i play guitar and i've a pop-rock music group.sometimes we play on pubs and places of city and i ask you...Could we play some songs from The Afters??.Realy, i play music to people that need of God.Thanks...My e-mail:stivy7@hotmail.com.

[Kristen]

hey Josh
its Kristen from North Carolina. i'm looking forward to your concert in Beckly, West Virginia on in February!! :D
I'm going on a ski trip with my youth group and i heard that you guys were performing there, so that's one of the only reasons i'm going, because you guys are my favorite band ever! hey it would be really awesome if you guys sent me a little email in your spare time. my email is kristykreme26@yahoo.com that would really make my day if you guys would have the time to email me!!!