I left for Cincy at around 12 pm and arrived at 6 pm on Friday. I met Tim at his apartment, we went to dinner at Qdoba and the headed downtown to check out Conrad Herwig with the Phil DeGreg Trio at the Blue Wisp (thanks to Dyah for the plug). I really enjoyed the jazz music at the club. Saturday, Tim and I helped out with the Vineyard’s Good Sam run where we went to the Over-the-Rhine community to feed the homeless. That was an awesome experience but as Neal (a guy from the Cincy Vineyard) said, it gives you mixed emotions. On one hand you give hope and food, on the other, you get to leave and they don’t. The streets are hard and the love of Jesus is harder to see when you have grime being kicked in your face on a daily basis. It is also hard because everyone who went to help that day had an incredible amount more than these people. After that, Tim and I got lunch at Taco Bell and watched Spider Man 3. Darker than the previous two, Spidey three closes some plot holes and progresses the story line. The movie contained at least one quotable, Spidey’s first encounter with the Sandman ends and Spidey says to himself, “Where do these guys come from?” The classic question asked by audience members since the beginning of time! It was an engaging moving that I recommend watching (if you have the time and money). Tim took me on a tour of the company he works for. Interesting things involving inventory and distribution (ie. conveyor belts). We then played games in the main area of his apartment complex before retiring for the night. Sunday, we headed to the Vineyard to see Tucker get baptized. A guy gave an awesome testimony about how God saved him from the clutches of death and delivered him from mental and physical trauma and drug abuse. After the baptism, we went to eat lunch at the Macaroni Grill. I got some pasta and some good sauce (mmmm… mmmm…). I got to meet a few people in addition to catch up with the Katrina Team I met in New Orleans. Further along in the day, I parted ways with Tim and went to play softball with Neal and Tucker. The weather was magnificent! The scrimmage was pretty fun. Following that I left for home at about 6pm and got back to GR at about 11pm (yeah yeah 5 hours,,,, don’t ask if I broke any speed laws, ok?). Along these lines, I verified my hypothesis that I can make it from Cincinnati to Grand Rapids on one tank of gas (I didn’t stop past Cincy for gas). And then I wrote this blog! I have to unpack my stuff still, peace out!
May 06