Sundays are for lovers
I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the light, And I will see His righteousness.
You ever sit in a dark room trying to believe this is true. Life is a funny thing. One day you are floating high the other you are wondering what went wrong. Now hold on before you go to your prayer closet to try to figure out what’s going on. I’m sitting on my couch in a home that God has given me looking at the birds fly into my backyard and I wonder what did I do and did to deserve all of this. I mean come on what am doing here. I wonder what my life would have been like 13 years ago if I never took a friend’s offer and joined up with the place I work now. Would I have never met some great friends would I never been able to travel. Im not really deep in thought right now just sitting watching House on the dvr and trying to think what I should do today. So far I have made chocolate chip muffins a cup of coffee and catching up on tv Ive missed.
I’ll be back a little later. What ever happened to this girl. I think she is still in atlanta. She used to work for the company I work for. Kristi. I never asked about her name. I took these for her a while ago and lost originals these are from my flickr.
(Watching Madea’s family reunion right now)
Article
So I wrote this for Realstudentlife.com and I don’t think it has been posted yet So here is the unedited script enjoy. We always say that to help cover us not taking the time to prepare something.
Hi my name is Drew Francis. I’ve always wanted to start a sentence off like that. I made the mistake of saying that I have nothing to do right now and the editor or Realstudent life overheard that. So. Here I am. I’ve been traveling on the student life tour so I’m in and out of the office every week, which is why I have find, my self with some free time. While I have been feeling detached from the people I work with I have been in the midst of what we do every week. I want to address something that I feel needs to be addressed. It is the art of “saved seat.” Now I know what you are saying what does this have to do with our faith. Trust me by the end you’ll get it. Saving seats are an old custom going back many years. I would think the Greeks where the first to do it. Within the last 100 years we had laws here in the south that made it unlawful for certain people to sit in those seat. Thank you to the civil rights movement. I can now sit anywhere I’d like. That now brings me to the typical worship service. In the days of my grandmother there were certain seats that families sat in and if you took those seat you were frowned upon. I find it funny that you look down on someone who made the effort to come to church but it was another time. Now that brings me to the events we do here at student life. We have tried to make student life events a first come first serve type of event. We give all equal chances to sit up front or in the back, whatever your desires maybe. This now brings me to trend that I guess is not a trend because it has been happening so often. It is now an epidemic. During tour we send people to a lunch break. We have found that people leave their belongings to, yes, save their seat for them to return. What I find hard to believe is that someone would feel that they have the authority to deny the rest of the audience to the very privilege, no right that they were afforded. Why do these same groups not say to themselves that they are going to put others before themselves and give up those seats for others to have that same privilege? To save that seat is to deny the very reasons that you come to an event for that renewing of fire and focus of service that you came looking for. Am I talking out of turn or does it not make sense that if leave a building for two hours you shouldn’t think that you could come back to the exact same spot that you left. Here is what I say. If you believe what I believe then stand up to those groups that take up entire rows only keep people from the very experiences that they have come to love. I know what you are saying, “Shouldn’t that be your job?” This is something that only the people can handle. Now here is the question I have for you. Do you believe that God can only work in the front row?
Still thinking about this
Sitting out side of Starbucks on a Sunday morning. Just finished some homework so I thought it would be a good time to update. I watched the movie Babel over the weekend. I see why it was nominated. No real full stories were told and they were told in their language. No English accents for someone from Egypt. So anyway. Great film. Although I was really depressed at the end. Thinking about world affairs and such. I said to someone the other day that I would like to have a house filled with people from all over the world. I think the one thing that I would make my kids do is travel to different parts of the world. If there is anything that I believe you should spend your money on its that. It changes you. About a year ago I got hooked on being in different cultures. I would say that I had fun every time. What I did have was a story. I have some friends that are in a place where they are unhappy in their jobs and life and feel that they should be doing something else. That they were meant to be doing this or that. That moving will solve that. I think you have to come to a point where life is more than what you do. I used to think about that stuff everyday. Christian soapbox for a second. If Mathew 28:19 is part of your life well you’ve got your job. So if that is so then all you are doing is building places to do that. Its funny when you strip away Southern fried Christianity you know pink hair..gold chairs…holy healing water…and you get to the raw fact that its real. Its all real. The stories that you were told in Bible school…the fact that you are change…the fact that some days it isn’t’ so easy and no one promised you a perfect life….I don’t know what that all means yet other than I try every day sometime struggling with the same thing….tba…getting hot sitting outside. I’ll finish this later….Got some new stuff happening in my life right now….good new…
Late night talks and Delta
So school has been kicking my butt lately. I’m just kinda keeping my head above the water. This past week I traveled a whole bunch and that did it for me. Something is happening in my life lately. It’s a good thing. The kind of thing you just happen to notice. Well anyway. I was in San Diego for the first time. Nice place didn’t really stay there that long so I really didn’t get experience it you know. We met with a group called Youth Specialties. And boy are they special. I think many of the people I work with would fit in with them perfectly but I would argue that they are right where they should be. I’ve been having some good late night, well, late night for me chats. Ichats. It’s funny when you can type you seem to talk about different stuff. You can even go back to what you said to see what you had had had said. Kinda fun. Like email with out the email. I could talk to them for a long time I think. Any way good talks. The website is coming along. I need some free time. The summer will be it. So don’t look for anything till after the semester is over. Computer has been working out well. It is so good to see a screen. I need to be in the gym my energy is so low right now and I haven’t been thinking well. Ok I’m going to post the pictures now. These are from my trip to San Diego. I will post some from the tour stuff but I’ll do that another day.
Woke up to this
I woke up to this
” On December 28, 2006, a citizen of Gambia was stabbed to death in the Solomenskiy District of Kyiv. This incident is the latest in a string of murders of foreigners in Kyiv in 2006 in which the victim’s race and/or skin color appears to have been a primary motivation. Although none of these murders has involved United States citizens, there have been several non-lethal assaults in Ukraine in recent years against U.S. citizens which were determined to be racially motivated. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv would like to remind American citizens resident in Ukraine of the following information contained in the Consular Information Sheet for Ukraine (available on-line at
While most travelers do not encounter problems with crime in Ukraine, there has been an increase in the number of racially-motivated attacks conducted by “skinheads” in Kyiv. These incidents, in which non-Caucasian foreigners are specifically targeted for violence, have occurred without provocation in prominent areas of downtown Kyiv that are commonly frequented by tourists. While the majority of people targeted have been of Asian, African or other non-European descent, all travelers should exercise caution. In addition to incidents of assault, persons of African or Asian heritage may be subject to various types of harassment, such as being stopped on the street by both civilians and law enforcement officials.
U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance, be aware of local events, and take the appropriate steps to bolster their personal security. For additional information, please refer to “A Safe Trip Abroad” found at
American citizens are encouraged to report any security incidents or problems to the Embassy. American Citizens Services unit can be reached during working hours by calling at (38-044) 490-4445 or 490-4422. The Embassy’s duty officer can be reached after hours at (38-044) 490-4000 or by contacting (38-050) 311-1796.”
Valarie Hall emailed me this statement this morning. While I had read stuff like this before, I found it sad. Reminded me of how I felt sometimes walking the street. Not like something was going to happen to me. Just the stares. Gets to you. Well that is all I have to share.
I’m going to Egypt baby
I find out more and more that my sister and I are a lot alike. That’s funny because growing up we…well let’s just say we weren’t the best of friends. Now I guess its the type of thing where your family is all you got. Friends seem to come and go. I’ve known her all my life. Now, why the picture. She has wanted to go to Egypt. I said if I have my spring break at the same time. Well guess what folks I do. In March my sister..the Yale Professor…yeah I’m pretty proud…she would say it’s no big deal…will be traveling together to Egypt. 24 hours together for a week. We’ll be OK.
I know someone has been downloading pictures of me so I thought you may want another one. I’m lying.
