Song Of My Week: Funeral Party

My favourite song this week has been by Funeral Party and is called 'Giant Song'. They have a new album coming out soon so check it out! Sorry about the awful video. Anyway enjoy!

Back Down South

Back Down South by Kings of Leon


So after having such a good time last semester would this one be able to get anywhere near those dizzying heights? YES. So far my first month back has probably been one of the most enjoyable of all.
After a gruelling 19 hour journey from Glasgow (via London), I finally made it to Atlanta. And who was there to meet me at the airport? My fantastic host family who I had missed greatly, was so great to see them! After settling in and catching up on some well needed rest I was told of an incoming storm which was to hit soon and would cause the whole south to come to a halt. They were not lying and soon enough everywhere was covered in snow. Good news however because this meant I got an extra week off university! Get in.

Unfortunately the snow had its downsides too. The Oglethorpe Official Conclave was cancelled and so this was a great disappointment to everyone. However, the GRSP spirit still reigned and atleast around 20 showed up and we all had a good time. It had been so long since I'd seen everyone.
My highlight so far though has certainly been getting to go to the Falcons Play-Off game against the Green Bay Packers!! This was an experience of a lifetime and one which I most likely will never get the chance to do again. Although they lost (very badly) the atmosphere and noise at the start was incredible and just to say I have been to a Play-Off game is amazing! Got to thank the Delashmit's (host cousins) for their generosity for giving Dave and I the chance to go because I really appreciated it.

Next up university started and soon everything got back to normal. But with the schedule Christian and I have university is not too difficult ;).
Next up was skiing in North Carolina with the Christian ministry at Georgia State. This was a trip for the international students and I befriended one Chinese, three Saudi Arabians, One Venezuelan, two French and many American people. This was great fun. Although the slopes here did not compare to anywhere I have been before, just skiing blows my mind. Oh and I didn't even fall once all day, very proud of this achievement.

All I can say is that it is good to be back :). The best year of my life just keeps giving and nothing surprises me anymore with what that Rotary Club and my Hosts can do for me, they are fantastic.
Just to top off my weekend skiing my football team won a key rivalry match 1-0 lifting us to second in the league and in touching distance of the leaders! Oh and one of the players on my team, Ryan, had spare tickets to see Linkin Park and Pendulum in the Phillips Arena that night. Little did we know that this would be in an executive box and we would basically have it to ourselves. I can safely say Christian and I had a smashing time.

I have also just booked flights to the Passion Conference in Ft. Worth, TX in April which is going to be AMAZING. And Claire has booked her flights to come visit me in June :). So life is not bad right now I suppose...
Life has never been as exciting as it is right now. So MUCH to look forward to!

God Bless, Andrew x

New Year and Leaving...

Sorry guys it's been a while since I last wrote a blog, a month exactly to be precise, so I thought it was time to get into the habit once again. A lot has happened over the past month, far too much for me to put in one blog so I'll do two :)


Being home was amazing. I had a fantastic time seeing everyone and spending time with my family and all of my friends. We had a lovely quiet Christmas in Liverpool with the grandparents and my family which was awesome to be with them again after 5 months or so. I got lots of nice presents but my personal favourite was some junior bagpipes form grandpa which are quite amusing to say the least! Next was New Year which was just as exciting because the whole family was coming. Robin, Megan, Christopher, Rebecca and Megan's boyfriend Tyler all came over from North Carolina. Also the Beales came back to Liverpool after being away for Christmas which was awesome because I never feel it is Christmas without getting to play with Josh's lego on the days after Christmas. Oh and also the lovely Claire Smith came with me for New Year also which was very exciting for me.
We did so many things all together and had a fantastic time, which included lots of shopping, going to football matchs (my fave), playing cards and so many other things which was great fun. My dad, Christopher and I went to watch Leeds vs Middlesbrough and this was great because it had been so long since I had watched a live REAL football match.
After New Year we dropped Claire off at home and picked up Mr Ben Hutton who came to the Carnaghan household for a night to have some fun. And when I say fun, I mean playing a great deal of PS2 games. Heroic banter. Then the next day we went for tea at Rob Walkers house where the master chef himself had decided to cook for us... I must admit it tasted far better than it looked. No offence Robby we love you :). I then spent the next few days with Claire, which was amazing getting to see her again before I had to leave.
I always knew leaving again would be hard but I didn't think it would be as hard as it was. After just settling back in with all of my old friends and girlfriend it was such a shock to have to leave it all so soon. However, luckily I wasn't being sent into prison or anywhere, I was being sent back to the best time of my life over in Atlanta and I knew that many more life long memories were about to be made.

God Bless, Andrew x