Welcome to day two of the Minnesota excursion for myself and my daughter. We are fairly beat after travel yesterday and going to the Twin Cities today. I have to admit that it is a pretty different trip so far. Last night I went to sleep with the sounds of people playing golf at night! It was a fund raiser for breast cancer which I hope was a huge success. The golf balls were glowing as the players made their way around the darkness. It was really amazing and heart warming to watch.

Today was our trip to the Cities. We started at the Mall of America which covers a few city blocks. It sits on the site of the old Vikings/Twins stadium which was vacated in the early 1980s. I got to meet and visit with a ballplayer from the old Negro Leagues baseball group. It is a huge historical part of our nation's history though not in a good way. There were so many gifted players in that league who could not play in the Major Leagues due to the restriction on African-American players. I was proud to make a donation to their cause.

While at the mall, my daughter met some friends of Josh Hamilton who plays for the Rangers. He is the athlete who shook Yankee Stadium to the core last week during the Home Run competition. It goes without saying that she was pumped. We ran into these friends later at the Metrodome where I got the chance to visit with one of them for awhile about Josh and his journey from drugs to baseball stardom. We also got to visit with one of the Ranger's TV announcers which was a blast. My daughter is one of the small group of teenage girls who would rather be a baseball groupie than an entertainment one. Tom Grieve is recovering from cancer surgery yet he was warmand friendly. We later learned the Ranger's broadcast a shot of the two of us watching the game. Did you see us?

The highlight was yet to come though. I leaned over the railing next to the field and spoke for a moment to Josh Hamilton himself! Emily nearly fainted. We spoke about his friends then I congratulated him on his season. I think that I grew abit in her eyes just in that one conversation. My mantra to her was, "if you don't ask or try then you never know." It was a special day and night with her. We met wonderful people and had a tremendous time even if the Rangers lost badly.

You just never know when a day begins what can unfold. I think as followers of Jesus we can always expect the unexpected in a very good way. Far too many churchgoers fail to ask or try to see what God might do on any given day. We may not meet a broadcaster or a ballplayer. Our day might even be better than that!

Bro. Trey