Reluctant Pied Pipers

We have so many good things to share. We are overwhelmed with the kindness, generosity, and the staggering interest a visit from the Otter Creek team generated. By the end of their week here, we joked that we weren't going to be able to beat kids away with a stick. 4 days later, we're not joking. We are overrun and overwhelmed, mostly in a good way.

Osvaldo is 26, Dominican; our friend, guide, and indispensable partner in ministry. We spent this afternoon planning, searching out how we can better reach the youth of RioSanJuan.

Ours is a small town, and there's not a lot to do, so wherever we go, we tend to attract a horde of chattering ragamuffins. The "Pied Pipers" of RSJ, if you will. Osvaldo told us this story in passing, and while it illustrates how God plants these kids in our lives, we also just can't stop laughing about it.

Several boys bopped over to Osvaldo as he was running errands one evening. They immediately asked him what he was doing, and started discussing among themselves that they were going to accompany him.

Osvaldo simply turns to them and says:
"OK. I go do something now. Don't follow me."

Maybe that's not funny to you, but it made us laugh for hours today.

"OK. I go do something now. Don't follow me." Classic.