Carry the Torch! Spent the weekend in Colorado with Tifani and it was amazing. We flew down to Denver and drove to the Springs. Hit Garden of the Gods and the OTC then off to Gene and Francis' house. Had barbque while we played with Hope and Lucas. Worked on the name tags for the banquet and headed to bed. Woke up saturday, ate breakfast, and then hard at work for banquet. Tifani was amazing using excell to help organize the seating chart. I worked some but was pretty nervous for the banquet. The banquet went really really well. AIA made their goal of raising $15,000 so they will recieve a $15,000 matching grant. John Peterson (Olympic silver 76 and gold 72) gave the opening prayer. Steve Barrett (NCAA Champ and 3x All American) spoke on the 16 years he spent living in Russia. I spoke next on my years with the AIA International team, Bill Zadick (NCAA Champ and World Champion) spoke on his involvement with the bible study at the OTC (see below for our experineces at the OTC this summer!). Terry Brands (2x NCAA Champ, 2x World Champ, Olympic Bronze medal 2000) finsihed the banquet with a stiring speech about how AIA has impacted wrestling and the OTC. We headed back to Gene's afterword for a short 3-4 hours of sleep and off to head home at 3:30 am! Our flight to Portland from Seattle was cancelled so Tifani and I spent a few hours downtown in Seattle and had some amazing Thai food at Thai Toms (in university district I highly recommend it!!). God blessed us with an awesome weekend. I am totally humbled by the people he has brought in my life!
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