My day with Reggie

Mondays are the mssionaries' day off, and this past Monday Reggie and I drove down to Atlanta to drop Elaine off at the airport (not a fun moment, I wanted to keep driving and hold her hostage here). But afterwards, I took Reggie to Emory to see the campus and tell him more about the school, as he's thinking about college for next year. It was really wonderful to get to share Emory, a place that has been so important in my life and my faith, with someone from Covecrest.
It was also really great to spend some time with another one of the missionaries not working. We spend so much time together here, but much of that time we're working on projects around the camp, that we forget a lot of time that community is about more than simply working together. Spending time with one another outside of work has become a priority for all of us lately
But back to my day with Reggie . . . We toured Emory's beautiful campus and had a smoothie at Cox Hall (I really miss those smoothies), and then I was able to introduce him to my friend Tracy, who is a chemistry professor at Emory. I hadn't seen Tracy in a couple of months, and it was great to hear how good she's been doing, and let her know how things have been here.
Reggie and I also got the chance to spend some time, and more importantly some prayer time with Linda at the Catholic Center, which was wonderful.
I think that the best part of the day was not going the smoothie, or the tour, or the lunch at Doc Chey's, or the chance to see my Catholic Center again, but rather simply spending time with someone that I see all day and everyday and instead of having to focus on what needs to be done, focusing on the other person and the friendship. Getting to know Reggie and the other missionaries has been a great blessing, and I'm really looking forward to the next ten months of building friendships based on Christ and centered on Him.