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There was nothing little about our trip to the Little Dooey in Starkville, where Glenn, Mr. O, Peter and I met up with about 20 former counselors to consume phenomenal amounts of Barbeque. The next day we interviewed around 30 guys from State, which I think is some kind of record. Brian Sorgenfrei, the RUF minister at State also stopped by to say hello (Brian is an Alpine vet). It was a big time, and although it pains me to say it, I have to put Starkville up there in my top 3 cities of the Golden Triangle.
Of course, I’m not making any trips to Mississippi without some solid time in Oxford. Peter and I got to grab dinner at The Pizza Den with about 20 guys from Ole Miss, and then made our way over to the RUF wednesday night service, where Alpine alum Les Newsom preached. It was a wonderful time, and it gave us a chance to catch up with a few more friends. We didn’t interview in Oxford this time, but we’ll be back the week after Thanksgiving to interview.
The following week we went to Auburn, where we had a nice dinner at the Mellow Mushroom with former staff members George Hamm, Austin Terrell, Drew Allison, Connor Cheshire and Matt McDonald. Unfortunately, Glenn missed the Mellow Mushroom, his favorite restaurant ever on this entire planet. We interviewed some really cool guys at Auburn in the lobby of the Auburn Hotel and Conference center, which was easily the most swanky interview setting I’ve ever experienced.
After the Auburn interviews wrapped up, we headed to Athens, Georgia. Andrew Terrell, Harrison Rogers, Kelsey Cox, Doug Chapin, Jonathan Franklin, and Nathan Bosshardt, met us for dinner (Mark Ellis came for dessert). We had an excellent dinner, and laughed pretty much the whole time. We went to their RUF, which included a short film that got me pumped up about Christmas, and then a great worship service. After a day of interviews in Walker’s coffee shop, Peter and I headed back to Mentone for some much needed rest.
