The World According To Chris Brewer

Yesterday was a great day. Work went well, and after work we went to go see Adam Gillette’s fall baseball game. He drew a walk and advanced to third base on a single by a Woodside teammate, but for some reason was called out by the umpire (there’s only one ump in fall ball, calling everything from behind home plate) while sliding under the York third baseman’s tag. It looked like he beat the throw but then again, such is the disadvantage of having only one ump.

After that we stopped at Wes and Chris’s apartment to catch some of the Cardinals’ massive collapse to the Bears in Monday Night Football. We talked it up with Wes, Chris and Sean for a bit and I even mulled the possibility of having a root beer kegger before I leave. I told them I want it to look as much like a drunken festival as possible without the debauchery of alcohol, even though that might be nearly impossible.

Right before I was about to turn in for the night, I got a text from Kevin requesting some prayer. Even though it was midnight we spent some good time on the phone talking and sharing our thoughts and feelings about stuff we were going through, and I prayed for Kevin over the phone as the Lord led. I thank the Lord that Kevin’s here at Lakeside because he has been an invaluable friend to me in the last six months, and I honestly don’t think I’d still have remained at the church if it wasn’t for him. Last night was a good time of ministry and I thank the Lord for it. Continue to keep Kevin in your prayers as he fights the good fight.

So let’s rewind to Sunday and relive the Rotary Table. John Stevens and a few friends from Lakeside were sitting at a table in the FLC during a dinner for Cameron and Stephanie (they’re going on to pastor the COGOP in Ridgeway) so I decided to join them. Little did we all know that we would have one of the funniest conversations ever. I think Phil Barker said the funniest thing I’ve ever heard him say, John Stevens and Roger Daniels laughed so hard they almost cried, and Angel (the pastor from MO) initiated this crazy sequence in which someone from our table would go up to get more food and we would switch their chair out. It was a great time, if you actually want to find out what it was we were laughing about so much, ask me in person or email me or something.

Anyhoo, I don’t want to work. I just want to bang on my desk all day. Peace.