day two without coffee.

Ladies and gentlemen...we have made it to New Hampshire. Soulfest starts tomorrow and I think it’s safe to say that I have received my required sleep - for today. I slept a solid 12 hours last night. Every summer, I get a cold – and it stays for quite some time. Today, we went to CVS (drugstore). I went up to the pharmacist and explained, (while praying that I wouldn't be charged for the consultation) what my symptoms are.

He looked at me and said, "Miss, you don't have a cold. Stop taking cold medication. You have allergies... notice how you get this 'cold' every summer?" 

I'm on the road to success of feeling better - hopefully. May this hiatus of coffee drinking end soon... for the sake of myself and everyone else around me.

Scott asked the youth and myself last night, “What do you want out of Soulfest?”

It’s funny, the way that God has been preparing me for this trip. He’s been doing so for the past month and a half  and I only found out that I was going four days before leaving.

I can expect anything and everything. I mean really – the Spirit will be here. Guaranteed presence of the Holy Spirit. But we need to know this – the Spirit is everywhere – and can be. God doesn’t just use New Hampshire as a way to bring His people closer.  

He didn’t just create everywhere else to be a city of mediocrity. He doesn’t just use conventions and festivals as a way to reach our hearts – that would place a very large limitation on His love. 

Are we only opening up to God in the obvious places? Because really, Soulfest is a very obvious spot to find the Spirit - it is a safe place.

If we want to grow and stretch your faith – challenge it. I mean, if God is for us, who can be against us?

When I go to Soulfest, I feel like it’s a very tiny glimpse of what heaven might be like.  Believers, followers and worshipers - all in the name of His love.  


Ash.