Barbs!

Who is ridin' on his Harley,
thinkin' about the season
tryin' to find a reason
to win another Championship?

You guessed it! It's Andrew Barber!
More affectionately known to many as Barbs!

And you know what? Barbs can RAP!

God in the heavenlies has imparted to an unsuspecting white kid from Pella, Iowa with the gift of being able to lay down a rhyme to a beat. I think that's pretty phat myself (using the word "phat" in that last sentence was my lame attempt to be "hip" and "with it." Major fail.)


I think that is one of the first things I leaned about Barbs was that he had this fantastic rap about the L.A. Lakers he fashioned for a high school English project. He gets a lot of street cred in my book because he's always willing to perform it for laughs when he's asked. That's really ballsy. That's right, I said it, ballsy. Especially in places like Pella, Iowa and Central College (or maybe just our genration's culture everywhere) where (in my opinion) there seems to be this unspoken expectations to conform to what friends want you to be or do or face the risk of being made fun of or marginalized. That's probably just me speaking because I haven't lived in Pella for a long time and/or its because I don't have the guts to perform a rap in front of people.

Barbs is really light hearted and funny. You should watch a sporting event with him just to hear the hilarious blurbs that fly out of his mouth. Home cookin', anyone?



This is Barbs dancing with beautiful ladies.

The best thing about Barbs is he has a really intense, interesting, and sometimes harrowing life story that a lot of people don't know about. You should ask him about it sometime (if he wants to talk about his life, I don't know). He has had to overcome some big obstacles to get where he is at now and it's really awesome that he's learning do it with Jesus. It was great seeing him grow in Christ last year and this year. I think that as he continues to grow in the wisdom and knowledge of the love that God has for him, God is going to use his voice to proclaim Jesus into the lives that really need to know real love and have true healing. I'm excited and anxious to see what God has in store for him! A rapping ministry? That's exciting.

Keep on your Harley, Barbs. You and Jesus are going to win that 'ship someday!

and that is why Barbs,

you're AWESOME!