i love free things.

i mean, who doesn't?
enjoyable things are even better when they are free and this has been a great weekend of free things.

There is a guy who is in my cell group who plays baseball, in fact he is a pitcher for the Braves (way cool). He is still in the minors, but probably not for long because he is awesome. AND he loves Jesus and is evangelizing to the guys on his team (again, very cool). ANYWAYS, he was scheduled to start on Friday night so some of us drove up to Rome to watch him pitch.
Reasons why it was a good night:
1. Chris got us free tickets, so i walked right up to the will call window and told the lady my name and she handed me my ticket like i am a vip or something.
2. Our seats were right behind the dugout
3. Chris did a great job pitching and we were able to encourage him by being there
4. He also stayed behind to chat for a little while and we got to watch all the little kids line up to get his autograph. One kid even had Chris's baseball card. I actually know someone who has a baseball card! crazy.
5. i got a chance to spend time with people from my cell group and make friends. yay!

while i was at the game, i got a text from a friend of mine asking me if i wanted to go see Beth Moore on Saturday. i didn't have any plans, so i said, "sure!"
so first thing this morning, i got up and drove to Woodstock. Now, i knew that Beth Moore was popular, but i had no idea that this conference was such a big deal. First i sat in traffic like i was going to a major sporting event, then i drive through a maze of a parking lot (where they had trolleys like at six flags to take you to the church). Finally i made it into the building where there were TONS of people, i met up with my friends and they handed me my ticket to get in (which by the way was a $50 ticket) and we headed up to the balcony for general seating. i wasn't sure what to expect, but it was a fantastic conference. Apparently they were broadcasting to over 800 other places at the same time so that there were around 300,000 women watching. Beth talked about her new book "So Long, Insecurity" i haven't read this book or even heard anything about it, but let me tell you, it is probably amazing because her talk certainly was. Basically, the main idea is that if we really know that we are loved and place our security in God then we could live a truly extraordinary life. i highly recommend it!

a great weekend of free stuff, now if only i had free gas!