day 9...from the southeast, to a whole other planet.

howdy from texas A&M! i've been uber busy the last few days, plus two days of travel, so i havent had a change to update..my b, not that alotta people read this anyways haha.

so savannah was awesome! it was great meeting all of ben's friends and seeing will again! its crazy, because there is such a HUGE mix of people in savannah. college students, locals, tourists, random people hanging out..its awesome! its funny cause ben and will call it a place where martians live, and i totally agree. there was such a variety of awesome people. and just like appalachian state in boone, it was a place where people seemed genuinly friendly towards each other, atleast the college students and locals. the tourists seemed like they didn't know what the heck was going on half the time haha. so friday night we just walked around downtown savannah and ran around causing a ruckus everywhere we went. it was fanfreakingtastic.

saturday we mostly just hung out at will's place in the morning. oh and by the way, my new love is the Sci-Fye channel. its so cheesy that it makes you begging for more. so yea, saturday we went to the park for a while and tossed around a friz, played some soccer, and ate some food. perfect day. then at night, we hung out, watched some more sci-fye, and just before i thought the night was done, we ended up going to this chapel about 20 minutes away. it was me, ben, will, and a few others from their YL team.

basically its a chapel that's open 24/7, so we went there at like 11 at night. we brought a guitar, and it was amazing. we spent the next 1 1/2 hours just doing some worship, reading the word, and spending time in quiet. it seriously was awesome to see how present God was.

(if you read any part of this blog and take it in, this is the time to tune in...)

and that's something i've been noticing during my travels. how present God is everywhere. at kaity's church last wednesday, the worship pastor was talking about a trip he took to europe with his gospel choir. they got invited to an all african church, that only spoke french. i know, hilarous haha. so he said he was sitting in the church, not understanding a word. didn't understand the singing, the preaching, the talking....none of it. but as the service continued, he said he felt something amazing. he could see in the people's faces just how much joy there was. he didn't have to understand the language to really understand the signifigance of the moment...and the raw fact was that God was present there...in that french speaking, all african church, God was there.

think about that? how awesome is that? and it really got me thinking as well. i spent time with dan and his buddies in ohio...God was there. i spent time with kaity and her friends in north carolina. we went to church, spent some time praying, and worshipped...God was there. when i went to my work crew boss' house in south carolina and spent time in prayer with him...God was there. and on saturday when i was with ben and will and all their friends worshipping and spending time with Him in georgia...God was there.

see what i'm getting at here? God doesn't have boundries. he's not limited to state lines, or language barriers, culture barries, or any of that! He is JUST as present at home as he is in all of these other places! and that to me is freaking amazing! because it's not a different God, its the same one...everywhere. baller. boom. sold.

and on my long 18 hour drive from georgia to texas, i spent alot of time just being quiet and listening and thinking....and ya know what? it was awesome. just to be away from sound, from people, from the norm.

so now i'm here at texas A&M hanging out with my boys robert, brett, and jacob. and i'm pumped because their freaking stellar! oh, and they live on a different planet. did you know Texas is a completely different place? its kinda funny. so yea, its gonna be an exciting time here. over and out.