Narnia, church, football

I finished the Chronicles today. They were a fun read. Lewis really does an amazing job in The Last Battle of taking the focus off us and putting the focus on Christ in heaven. Simultaneously, I am 2/3 through the 2nd collection of Lewis' letters... it is 1948 and he is thanking people for the "care" packages they are sending him. He is feeding all his friends. I was not aware of how drastic things were in Europe for several years after the war, food shortages... paper shortages, etc. oh, finished "Band of Brothers" with buddy john the other night and it seems in '45 there was a call for CARE packages even before the war ended... I seem to remember as a kid hearing about CARE but then it was not headed to Europe... maybe Africa?

unrelated...
The church I attend had the greatest worship time today. All worship music and sharing from the people. It was really awesome. To hear how God is blessing people, people should hear more of that... thanks leaders!

more unrealted...
Went to UVa football game yesterday. There is one word to describe the event: SURVIVAL. That applies both to the game as the Hoos struggled at times against Duke... yes, you read correctly, against DUKE... this ain't b-ball I'm talkin' about folks, this is football... and when a team struggles against DUKE in football, that bodes unwell for the season... The fans struggled too... poor turnout and HOT, it was about 756 degrees up there in the sun... man... survival... but then... the guys I was with at the game needed to leave, so after the post game tailgate, I began to walk back to my car (which was at Covenant!) and the coolest thing... as i got to the bottom of the hill below Frys Spring, a guy stopped and took me the the rest of the way... it was like God sent an angel to carry me to the next stop in my journey... thanks angel!

final unrelated...
I sure am enjoying not having a TV in the living room... fasted from computers for 48 hours, it was great! thanks to Arden and JR for the inspiration to do that!

there... ya happy von Lazo?