My new friend Abel

So yesterday I drove down to a little town by myself. Why. Because I love creating situations where I could cause and international incident. Whether that is hitting a car, a pedestrian, maybe a parked police car. No, no, no, just kidding. I actually had to babysit a car that needed to get repaired. The guys that own the car are coming down on Friday meaning we have to get car cleaned up and working correctly before they gets down here. They're flying down in little glider planes. Last time the guys left the car with Tim the AC was working and currently until yesterday the AC was "NOT" working. Everyone who could speak Spanish or could babysit a car was at school, working on homework or working on the septic system. Meaning I was the only person available who knew anything about AC compressors. Granted I only know anything because my AC went out on my Jeep a month before I came down here.

I needed some time or think and read and just be alone so this seemed like a good idea considering it's a 45 minute drive, and a good adventure since I'd only been there once. I've really tried to keep myself occupied with jobs and activities and physically tired over the last week or so. I think it's making the time go faster and I can feel like I'm helping in the Lords work. But it's funny how the Lord works and times he's had to re-adjust my thinking and put me on the right track. It's funny how I can say I want to be in the center on God's will but only half heartily be looking for it. So I experienced God putting me back on the tracks that leading me to his will.

So as I was taking the car down to the machinic I thankful to God for the 4 hours he was blessing me with to be "alone." Then I got into town and found the machinic. The AC machinic works out of his house so I had to drive a little further to his house. I was grateful for the opportunity to relax and let the guy work. Not driving worrying about drunks, not teaching, not anything just reading and being an introvert. So as you probably know I finished "The Barbarian Way" and got back into "Knowing God". God was calling me to be a Barbarian and get out of my lonesome little turtle shell. God had placed Abel right in front of me. Seriously his name was Abel. He spoke very good English for only being in the States for 6 months. He had asked why I was visiting multiple times before he actually even started working on the car. God has a sense of humor, when I decide to hide he decides to pull me out in the battle. I couldn't focus reading, I couldn't get my mind straight so obviously something wasn't right. It wasn't going to be right until I got off my butt and stood in the center of God's will. "Talk to Abel"

Hello, not really in the mood to talk to a guy about God. But I'm still laughing because God put a watermelon the the T so that I couldn't miss. So I got up and stood next to Abel as he worked. I put my book on the electrical box and Abel asked me what the book was about. We started with a linguistics lesson. On what God is looking for. For us to conocer God or saber God (To meet or to know God). Moving from that. What does God want us to do with our lives once we do know him. Then finishing our conversation with Heaven. Needless to say Abel is still confused about what he believes because he still wants to see his brother in "eternity", his brother died saving a little girl and her mom. Good guy just never excepted Jesus's free gift. Or that he honestly has no questions he wants to ask God because right now he is happy with life. Or that eternal life, will be better than what we have on this earth right now.

Abel and I talked for about 2 hours yesterday and it was great to give him a couple ideas to mole over. I promised him that I would send him a copy of "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. It's great that Randy prints it in Spanish. I'm very excited to send a copy down to him and hopefully one day I will be able to meet with him again in the next 2 weeks, hopefully in heaven as well. After the job was done I didn't find myself thinking about the my life. I found myself praying for my new friend Abel. I'll be praying for him and if the thought crosses your mind you could pray for him as well. God sure has a funny vision of his will, at least from my perspective.


Scott Ekstrom