day 5. oh hey there, atlantic ocean.

Heyyo from savannah georgia! i'm here hanging out with my buds ben anderson and william childs. two of SCAD's most well groomed gentlemen.

Well leaving Boone was tough, because it was such a great time. I ended up heading outta there around 1 in the afternoon and switched it up a little bit. Instead of heading straight for GA, I made a few pit stops along the way. The first one was at a Young Life camp called Windy Gap in Weaverville, NC. I went to camp there in 2005 and did workcrew there a year later in 2006. And it just so happened that i was passing it during my drive so naturally i had to stop and get out for a few. It was POURING rain like i've never even seen, but that didn't really stop me. I mean, go big or go home right?

so i spent a few hours walking around Windy Gap, playing my guitar, reading some books, including the good book (bible duh), and journaling a little bit. And really just kinda remembering all the good times i had there. and then something a little bit different happened to me. and the crazy thing is, it just piles on to what i heard at church the other day. as i was walking around camp and just thinking about the future, especially my future with Young Life, i saw something pretty freakin' amazing. i saw myself sitting at camp with kids. I saw myself by the snack shop, by the volleyball courts, by the dining hall, and other random spots..and at all those spots, i was having one-on-one with kids. crazy right??

boom. it hit my right then and there and i was filled with so much joy. and i don't mean the joy you get from scoring the winning basket in a bball game, i mean pure, and genuine joy that only comes for the lord. it was joy that seriously hit me right at my core. ever experienced that kind of joy? one that allows you to feel at peace with things?cause thats what i felt and it was awesome. i think what i'm starting to realize more is that i need to trust more. trust that my life is in my control, but the route is being paved by someone else, someone who knows the roads better than i do.

And so i jumped into my car and headed down to see my boy Daniel Peterson in Aiken, SC. He was my pits boss at Windy Gap back in 06'. I rolled thru at like 9pm and ended up playing Halo with him and his YL guys for about 5 hours...haha totally awesome, i know. and then after his guys took off, we caught up since we haven't seen each other in almost 4 years. he talked to me about how he's been moving from place to place; how he thought he was going to do one thing, and ended up doing something completely different; and how he had everything planned out without any room for change. it's crazy, because on one hand, we want to dominate control of our lives without giving up the reins. we want to plan for EVERYTHING, but realistically, we can't do that b/c then we don't allow for God to do what he wants to do. Daniel said he didn't start getting the idea until he began to let God move him instead of trying to do it himself.

i guess what i pulled away from was that sometimes i wanna do things my own way, but realistically, i can't plan everything out because God may have something completely different for me..and that to me, is the most gnarly thing of all.

so here i am in beautiful savannah GA on the east coast, literally a bike away from the atlantic. this town really is awesome and there's alot to see. Prob just gonna hang out most of the night, and tear up some friz and what-not tomorrow. have a great day, folks, and remember, you stay classy san diego.