How Could I Not be Moved?

Dan still makes fun of me for it, but in my high school years I was totally in LOVE with the band "Lifehouse". It may have been a bit of a teen phase that revolved mostly around Jason Wade's gravelly voice and charming good looks, but I hold that there are definitely WORSE bands I could have fallen for. Some of their songs still move me.

There's one line especially from the song "Everything", it goes:

"And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Can you tell me, how could it be any better than this?"

Driving back from "church" under a mango tree through the mountains of San Juan, I kept playing that over and over in my head. How could I NOT be moved by this?? How can I not be humbled when a woman from the village hugs me so tightly and so dear, inviting me into her home and family without even knowing my name. How can I not be overwhelmed when I see 8 year old girls teaching a group of kids their own age stories about Moses and Abraham and teaching them to pray to Jesus because he loves them so very much. How can I not stand in awe when people from different ages, races, denominations and cultures pray together and worship  our ONE Jesus. How could it be any better than this??

People often comment that they can tell that we love our job here. How could we not?? Our "job" is to live life and experience Jesus together with the BEAUTIFUL community and people that he placed us with. No matter how long the days get or how tough that looks on a practical day-to-day basis, it is ALWAYS worth it.

How could I not be moved???

Juan Ernesto's Church Plant, Under the Mango Tree in Cabeza de Toro

The Beautiful Mountains of San Juan