A Crazy Mosaic Story

Get this...last Sunday I'm visiting Mosaic church in downtown LA. Someone tells me that I just have to meet this guy from Mexico City. They introduce us, and I tell him I'm from Kansas. He mentions he has a lot of family and friends in Kansas and that he went to Manhattan Christian College right next door to Kansas State. As it turns out, I went to K-State the exact same years he went to MCC.

So, I asked if he had ever heard of the "I Agree With Joe" campaign (a big evangelistic campaign we did in 2002). He had, and in fact, he still has the t-shirt. He had actually prayed over me during the campaign when I spoke in the men's dorm at the Christian College. Now here we were, reconnecting halfway across the country in downtown LA.

Well, things only got better. I asked Anthony to meet me again to talk more about Mexico City. Anthony left Mexico City when he was 17 to study in the U.S. His people skills are off the charts. His high school in Wichita voted him prom king his first year there. He met his wife at MCC, and they now have two kids. He studies with Erwin and the crew through a Mosaic graduate program.

So a few days later, we invited Anthony to join us in helping transform Mexico City through the power of the Gospel. He told us he couldn't stop thinking about what we shared with him on Sunday. He has family in Mexico City, and his brother wants to start a Christian sports outreach there. He has two more years in his grad program, so for now, he has joined us as an adviser (with a pretty elite group of amazing folks).

I just loved connecting with this guy and hope to see a lot more of him. Divine appointment might be an understatement for this reunion.