[15 MAR 24] Thanks for your patience family! Here's where I am at: I somehow threw out my back and have been under a tremendous amount of pain. I have an appointment to see a specialist on Monday that was referred to me by a doctor in our family. I have had to modify my travel plans and forfeit activities and tours because of pain management issues. All I have to help me are OTC items and a loving attentive wife. If this doesn't get resolved by next week, I will be cutting this trip short and heading back to the States. I attempted to make a video right now for y'all but currently the discomfort is very visible on my face and the Mrs. says I look terrible and y'all would understand if I postponed the next report until I feel better. Please don't feel sorry for me, I am sick during a vacation...that is a very first world problem. I feel bad I can't deliver for you guys. I hope to be back to regular uploads soon.
This is the speech by Michael Knowles, who preceded Glenn Beck at the tribute. Note: the last few minutes of this recording are missing.
This was the highlight of the event. Honestly, I'm not a Glenn Beck fan, per se — he's just not my cup of tea, though I did enjoy his show years ago on Fox and supported The Blaze in its first several years. But in this speech, Glenn talked about the things Charlie stood for: Christianity, attending church, respecting and loving the people you disagree with, and marriage and having LOTS of babies. All of those are near and dear to my heart too, so I really liked this speech.
(Michael Knowles spoke before Glenn — I'll put up his speech tomorrow.)
