The World According To Chris Brewer

Yesterday morning we faced Tropical Storm Ernesto’s wrath. I thought it was kinda crazy how everyone was freaking out about it, because it seemed nothing more than a typical Oregon rainstorm, dumping a few inches of rain throughout the morning and the night before. But since this area is a low-lying coastal plain, it got walloped. Minor flooding happened throughout the entire Hampton Roads area. On base, the parking lot to the track, about a block away from my dorm, was flooded, as was the parking lot my car sat in. I drove around Newport News and shot some photos, and when the power went out for about eight hours I hung out with Wes Ashworth at his house since he had closed his store. We went to Fuddruckers and then played Midnight Club Dub Edition at his place for awhile.

Thank God for His protection upon our church. There’s a small lake (more like a pond) that swelled up pretty bad and came a few feet from touching an electrical complex next to the Family Life Center and causing all sorts of carnage, but just when it looked like massive trouble was about to start, the rain stopped and the waters slowly receded. There’s some leaking inside the church, but all in all it came out okay. Thank God for that.

Other than a few friends losing some earthly possessions due to water damage, everyone made it out relatively safe. God’s hand was upon us all.

Onto other things.

It’s the middle of Labor Day Weekend, which means that we get four days off. That also means the start of COLLEGE FOOTBALL. Oregon played their first game today and absolutely destroyed Stanford 48-10. They also showed off their massively ugly uniform scheme, which I’m sure had something to do with Stanford wilting during the game. I wouldn’t want to look at those things either. The best thing about this game is that we have a de facto #1 QB in Dennis Dixon, who was solid today. Threw for over 200 yards. Next best thing is Jonathan Stewart, racking up about 160 yards and a couple TDs on the ground. Solid showing by the offense. Bad points today were penalties. We had too many. Gotta stop the mistakes, especially on critical 3rd and 4th down situations. But overall I am pleased with the result of today’s game, and more important than it being a win on the overall win column, it is a conference victory. Oregon might still be the 2nd best team in the Pac-10 after Cal came out and laid an egg in a huge loss to Tennessee in Knoxville.

Also for those of you who watched the Oregon-Stanford game, the broadcasting combo of Tim Brant and Dan Fouts is awful. Brant would sometimes say something halfway intelligent, like “Oregon’s up by a touchdown Dan, what does Stanford have to do to get back in the game?” (which probably isn’t intelligent because he’s asking Fouts to say something) and Dan would counter with “Well Stanford has to score a touchdown Tim. If they don’t score they’ll still be losing this ballgame.” Okay Dan. Next best Dan Fouts quote of the day: “If he holds on to that ball in the endzone, they score an easy six.” Thanks for the update Dan. Too bad we don’t have Ron Fairly as a sideline reporter.

Tonight at church we hosted another COGOPian — Ntambwe Beya, the National Overseer for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who shared a powerful message entitled “Stay Connected To God.” Through a translator, Bro. Beya used powerful examples of how many Christians endured seemingly hopeless situations by holding firm to God’s Word and trusting Him to deliver the victory. You can download the podcast here (also for future podcasts, I will have a link at the top of this page). You’ll need iTunes to hear it.

More Beya-ness tomorrow, and I have to wake up early. Today has been good. Jagshemash.

Download the Bro. Beya podcast episode.