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Chili Cook Off

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Carlsbad Community Church, 3175 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Everyone is invited! Come early to the church service at 10:15, or for the Chili Cook Off and Music Festival that starts at 12:00 PM. Rachel Aldous and the Road Home, a popular local band, will be playing festive bluegrass music. The Chili Cook Off contest will offer a variety of chili dishes for tasting. Side dishes and deserts will augment the chili entries. Awards will be given by judges and the best tasting chili dishes prepared by local residents and commercial cooks. Enter your own chili recipe if you want to do more than sample chili and enjoy the music and crowd. Entrants must follow modified International Chili Association rules. Go here or contest rules, directions, and estival details. www.carlsbadcommunitychurch.com .

Rachel Aldous and The Road Home

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Adams Ave Street Fair, Adams Ave, San Diego, CA

We are so excited to be playing on the Roots stage at the Adams Ave Street Fair this year! Lots of fun to be had- Don't miss out! And please come see us! It would mean the world to us if you came by and said hello! : ) The 35th annual Adams Avenue Street Fair - featuring 110 musical acts on eight stages - will be held from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM Saturday, Sept. 24, and from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Sunday, Sept. 25.

Southern California's largest free two-day music festival is held each year during the last weekend in September in the community of Normal Heights. The event also features beer gardens and beer tastings, giant carnival rides, festival foods and more than 350 arts and crafts booths.

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Rachel Aldous and The Road Home

East County Nights, 9074 Paradise Park Drive, Lakeside

Come join us for our first ever East County Nights. It is an extension of South Park Nights for those of you who are familiar. There will be sides and drinks and a hot grill (bring your own meat) and lots of homemade cookies too! Rachel Aldous & The Road Home will be playing fun covers and originals, with a few stories too. Loads of community fun and the best part- it's all FREE! Don't miss out on this fun night!

Listen here to the brand new single

My last conversation with Grandma Faye

 I remember it was late in the evening, but her lights were still on. I could hear the pecans cracking under the weight of my tires as I pulled onto her driveway one last time. 

     We sat together and she grabbed my hand.  She had the softest skin.  Her deep wrinkles and weak smile said more than her words. This woman had been through a lot.  I never felt closer to her more than I did right then. Never had we so much in common as we did at that moment. In a hushed voice, she divulged the specifics of her own story of suffering at the hands of someone who she somehow still loved. He was indeed a hard man to love. Her voice quivered as her story poured out. 

     I was headed three states away to escape my abuser. I was pregnant and scared. She understood me. She cried with me and squeezed my hand. She said, "You leaving like you are - you're doing the right thing now, ya hear?!" Now you can raise that baby without any fear. She was right. Her words were a comfort to me. Those were the last words she ever spoke to me. My grandmother passed away two weeks after Joel was born. 

     Grandma Faye was a prayer warrior. She was kind, compassionate, and loved deeply.  Her relationship with Jesus was real and beautiful. Grandma Faye, I know you would be proud of me for not allowing one mistake to define my entire life and the lives of my children. Thank you for the courage that you imparted to me that night. You are missed.                    

If you want to read my whole story click here:   https://rachelaldous.com/files/246281/rachels-book.pdf

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