Last Saturday was the inaugural football game for the Missouri Tigers in the Southeastern Conference. Kind of a big deal. Last year Mizzou left the Big 12 Conference and joined the high profile SEC. The first game on the schedule was the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The game was televised nationally on ESPN and game tickets were hard to come by. Lucky for us, we have some connections at Georgia and a crazy group of us guys scored free tickets in the UGA booster section five rows in front of the marching band. It was raucous. Good times and amazing fellowship. The game was played in Columbia, MO which is 100 miles east. With a 7pm kick-off time, TV time-outs and plenty of traffic, we arrived home at 2:30am. I was worth every minute. Pictured left to right are my brothers and friends Blake, BJ, myself, Jimmy and Adam!
As much fun as the game was, we still had time to display Christ. In the bumper-to-bumper traffic jam following the game, two unfortunate Missouri college girls had a car overheat right in front of us. The poor ladies were terrified as folks were hollering to "turn off the engine." They had no idea what to do and the traffic was unforgiving. Well, four crazy Georgia fans from Doulos stepped in. We jumped out and pushed their car to the side of the road. In addition, we repaired the radiator hose temporarily allowing them to safely drive back to the dorm. Of course, they have no idea we are from Doulos or even believers in Christ but they were thrilled to receive the help and it was the right thing to do!
The football game was yet another reminder that community is what matters most. Sure we stay busy with all the hustle and bustle of Shelterwood but the life lesson is that people always matter.
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