"He Just Wants to be With and Around You..."

First off, we welcomed another American to the house today. Jennifer Alford arrived safely and will be with us for the next 11 days or so. She is the wife of Garland, he was one of the men that helped start up Partners in Christ. So Garland she is here and we will take care of her! :) 

After Jennifer came we dropped her off in El Canon so she could visit with Yaritza for the afternoon while Jay, Grayson, Maria and I went to the store to buy the food and supplies for the team coming on Sunday. But as we were driving down the canyon I saw my little buddy Carlos walking down the street and he yelled, "Hola Kegan!" With a huge smile on his face and it put one on mine also.

We continued on to do our shopping and then headed back to pick Mrs. Jennifer up. I saw Carlos again and we did our greetings as we were driving past again and he then jumped in the back of the truck. Jay said, "he just wants to be with and around you." After seeing a few more familiar faces in the area and picking up a few more boys in the back with Carlos. We took them to their house and dropped them off for the night. I told Carlos that I will be back on Tuesday he was very excited!

But this short interaction got me thinking on the ride back to the mission house. "He just wants to be with and around you." If only we had this excitement every day with Christ. Just wanting to be with and around him. It would change our world and every one else's that came into contact with us. I think some times we take it for granted in America how lucky we have it to have the freedom to worship God freely. We only tend to do it when it is convenient. I don't know if Carlos had anything else to go do at that moment when he jumped in the truck. But if he did, he dropped his plans and went with us in the truck. I believe when we become followers of Christ this is what we are to do. Drop our plans and follow Christ in ALL things, not when it is just convenient or "the right thing to do."

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23

The road in El Canon where I saw Carlos today.