Cornerstone was beyond incredible. I can't even begin to describe how much I would love to be back there. That has by far been the best week of my summer, and it will be a very difficult feat to achieve if you try and beat it.

I saw Relient K, and they did so well. I was so close to Matthew Thiessen, I could have peed my pants. I am so blessed and grateful to have been able to see them live. They are such an inspiration to me. I wish I could tell Mr. Thiessen how unbelievably amazing he is, and how his work has such a huge effect on my life. At the end of their set, they performed "Deathbed" as their encore song. They had people run on stage with sparklers, and they distributed them into the crowd and placed them all over anything and everything on the stage. It was awesome.

Also, my friend Amanda and I were waiting in line at a coffee stand and guess who walks up beside of us? Underoath. No lie. I thought I was going to keel over. Aaron Gillespie and Spencer Chamberlain were RIGHT in front of me. Later, I was walking with my friends Juliann and Daniel and a golf cart zoomed by and yelled "Hey Emily!" Just take a wild guess at who was seated in that glorious golf cart... yep, UNDEROATH (minus Aaron Gillespie, which was disappointing.) But Spencer Chamberlain knows my name! He's probably forgotten it by now, but hey, it was still exciting. They're so talented. I can't stop listening to their newest album.

Another experience that I am so thankful for is something that came as quite a surprise. I was sitting at our campsite, playing guitar and singing, and these guys walk up. They sat there and listened to me, and we just talked for a while and such. Later, they tell me that they are in a band and they have a time slot tomorrow on one of the stages that they don't want to use. They ask me to take it, because they think I am talented. I have no confidence, so this was truly a gift from God. Unfortunately, the stage wasn't set up the next morning so I didn't get to perform, but it was so amazing just to have been asked.

I wish I were back at Cornerstone, but for now I'm in Indiana, trying to look for the silver lining.