On Monday, April 10th I was pretty blessed to be in the same room as all the religious greats of our time: Rev. Billy Graham, the Holy Ghost, Michael W. Smith, Joel Osteen, and President George Bush Sr. Ok, so Joel isn't one of the greats, nor was a really even excited to be in the same room as him. Why was I able to be in the presence of these legends you ask? Well Bush 41 decided to give his "Excellence in Public Service" award to ol' Billy. It was pretty surreal seeing those two men standing on the stage in front (way in front) of me. I mean, they've seen so many things in their lives, and played very, very important roles in many major events in history. It was pretty touching hearing what Bush had to say about Billy; he even got a little choked up. I think it's tight when you admire or love somebody so much you get choked up like that. Especially when the person getting choked up used to be the most powerful man on the planet. So that was my cool story from Monday.
About the photo: Billy is standing at the podium, and in the background (which you'll be able to see much better if you click on the picture) from left to right is: George Bush, Barb Bush, David Carr (Houston Texan's QB), Steve Case (former CEO of AOL), and Michael W. Smith (international rock icon...).
4.12.2006
Bush, Graham, Osteen and Oliver
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you were in the same room with ol' michael dub-ya?!? i sure missed out.
It really was a cool Monday. A favorite moment of mine was hearing what Ruth said about marrying Billy. Then listening to Barbara (who is extrememely articulate) speak about Ruth and their sweet friendship was really great.
What a amazing group of people. I felt honored to be there.
those men are so amazing. i want to be thier best friend.
i spelled "their" wrong. dang it.
at least you didn't say "there"
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