Sorry about the week off; unlike other unnamed slackers that contribute to this site I am trying to keep it weekly. Ok, I also don’t think you guys got the point of my column: WRITE ME, ASK ME QUESTIONS.

Last week I was in Cherokee, NC on a mission trip. It pretty much ruled, and I got to see friends that I haven’t seen in a while. I love it up there.

Which brings me to my story; God has a rather harsh sense of humor. Example, last week. So Monday we get done with our VBS at the “Big Y”, and our project is to clean up this building so that the tribe can get a grant to tear it down and build a really rocking building over it. Well Saturday the “Big Y” community had a huge clean-up and our job was pretty much done. So after an hour or so of cleaning-up Monday we head back to the campground to enjoy a nice afternoon of laziness. When we get up to the site we notice a group of girls working in a ditch; not only that but the ditch is directly in front of the huge tent we erect every year for team meetings. This is too perfect. Since the guys were the only ones there at the time we sit down and watch the girls work. We give them advice like “You missed a root” or “Good job. Keep up the good work” the usual. But we aren’t total jerks we do serve them a round of ice cold drinks.

Alas God intended something different, and this, my friends, is where our plan went awash. Like I said God and I must think alike because if I were Him I think I’d have done the  same thing to us. After an hour or so of encouragement, up walks an associate staffer and says “See that huge pile of gravel. It needs to be moved to the ditch.” While the girls were trying to argue out of it the guys go down and get a wheel barrow and a lot of shovels. Yeah needless to say we guys worked on that ditch for 4 solid days. I learned a couple of lessons from that experience and please allow me to share them.

1) Pride cometh before destruction; the haughty spirit before the fall (it’s in Proverbs)

2) God doesn’t like slackers

3) A sexist comment, and since most of you readers know me or we’ll probably meet. I’ll refrain.

So now onto my other observation, dinosaurs rock out. If I had a Bill and Ted phone booth I’d go back to prehistory and ride them like horses. I’d even fight a T-Rex with my bare hands. Screw Jurassic Park; it would be so awesome. Speaking of Bill and Ted and things that are “Excellent”, I really need to watch those movies again. They were awesome.

 So here are my final thoughts. The other night I was scheming on the very hot and flirtatious Heather (yes Josh/Liz that is the one I’m currently hollerin’ at), and we were talking about neighbors at my old apartment. Well her comment was “Hey you couldn’t get free porn. But at least he gave you some pot, and you forgot about the porn.” Ahhh yes, I gotta love Athens. But that, my friends, is a story for another day. Remember that life is good, and always laugh at the little things.

Until Next,

Captain Matt

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