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We Are BR, the youth of a nation

Greetings to all who are bored enough to read my blog. If you are like me, it is probably after midnight and you have nothing else to do but to look at random people's blogs and see if you can be entertained. Hopefully your wanderings will end here.

I just returned today from an impulsive trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I first thought about going last Thursday at about 11:55am and I left Nashville at 12:15pm (20 minutes later) to embark on the 600 mile journey. My friend and co-intern Matt Howell was on the bill to speak at the LSU Summer RUF that night at 7:30pm. I made it at 7:30pm. That was 600 miles in 7hrs and 15mins, which is an average of 83mph. But the truth is that to average 83, I had to cruise at 95 for most of the way b/c the towns and traffic would bring me down somewhat.

Matt did a great job at his talk and afterward we went out with his campus minister, Keith Burger and the pastor of South Baton Rouge Presbytery Church, Scott Lindsey. Friday was so freakin hot. I've lived in Oklahoma for most of my life, but the hot in Louisiana is just different. You take about 2 steps outside and you're sweating like a banshee. So on Friday, we sweated. And we swam, and just hung out. NOW SATURDAY IS A DIFFERENT STORY. On Saturday we went to a friend's house (the Rathbone's) and rode 4wheelers in a mud pit, and then just ended up swimming, sliding, getting really really nasty in the pit before we headed back to the house for a hose bath. It was one of those smells that you only find in Louisiana and that would be very welcome to stay in Louisiana. It was a big time though, and fun was had by all.

On Sunday we went to SBRPCA. I really enjoyed worshipping with them, it really reminded me of the earlier years of Christ the King PCA in Norman. Nothing too fancy, just Word and Sacrament, which is always wonderful. Afterward, the Rathbones invited a bunch of the college crowd over for lunch and then I left and headed up to Jackson, MISS for the night. I stayed with an old intern with RUF, Brian Sorgenfrei and then headed back to Nashville today. Lots of rain in this part of the country recently, really really heavy rain, which makes for really nice hot and humid afternoons.

DORITOS: In case any of you have not discovered NATURAL DORITOS yet, you must. They are the best thing since organic milk and ovaltine. I have managed to plow through a bag of the cool ranch ones while writing this. You must try them. Not an option, a must.

posted by corbs @ 10:59 PM