Andy Baker

It was so fun working with Andy. He was the middle school pastor and I was the high school pastor. We did a lot of memorable things together, including videos. My favorite one was set to the Queen song “You’re My Best Friend.” We went to Barbara Ann’s Diner and drank one milkshake with two straws. We were laughing so hard as we stared into each other’s eyes from inches away as we slurped down milkshake. We went to the park and rolled down the hill together then we skipped down the beach arm in arm. It was so much fun and our students loved it. The last time we talked on the phone I said he HAD to find that video. I’ll miss my friend, but I’m so glad I know I’ll see him again.

The Diet Coke and Mentos rage had just begun. It was fairly early in the youtube days. I had only published one video at that point. Andy was in town and we decided to make some videos. We did the Diet Cok and Mentos and I was floored that it actually worked. Then we decided to tray other sodas to see how well those worked. None were as good as the Diet Coke. We did fill a 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke with Mentos and put the cap on it. Andy then threw it on the ground. Nothing happened so he kept throwing it. It exploded and almost hit a car that was driving past us. We were soaking wet with soda. One of many crazy adventures! The picture is a screengrab from my youtube channel. So it is very pixelated from. 20 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up1DoY8Cfwg