Who I Am by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson [Carlson, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307564979
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2002-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Friday, March 22 (surprise visit)

Well, totally out of the blue today, about an hour after lunch, Josh stops by my work and asks if he can buy me a cup of coffee. Well, I try to act like I'm not completely blown away and say, “Sure, that sounds good.” (I guess I'd sort of forgotten it's spring break since my last three days of vacation have been spent working full time–earning lots of money for college…) So anyway we walk down the street to DiMarco's and order cappuccinos and strawberry cheesecake and have this friendly little chat. (Rita generously told me to go ahead and take a long break.)

“I got this idea recently,” he begins explaining to me as soon as we sit down. “I'd been thinking about those kids in Mexico and praying that God would use me somehow to help them. And it occurred to me that I could organize some kind of fund-raiser at school. I talked to my pastor, and he's eager to help out. So I've got my Bible study guys all working with me on this silent auction.”

“What's that?”

Then he explains how they'll all go around and ask businesses to contribute things that they can auction off, with all the proceeds going to the Mexican dump kids.

“Josh, that's so cool!” I say, trying not to reveal how totally impressed I am (but I am!).

“Yeah, and I thought maybe you could share some of your photos from last summer with me. We want to make flyers and posters to get everyone on campus involved in it.”

“Sure, maybe I could scan the photos on my dad's scanner for you and then just e-mail them.”

“That'd be perfect.”

I smile at him now, totally amazed at how far he's come in the last year (well, me too). But I have to admit that part of me (a very self-centered part) was just a little disappointed right then too, because when I first saw him today, I had hoped that he stopped by to see me for purely social reasons. (I know: shallow, shallow, shallow!) But by then I could clearly see that he had a specific goal in mind. Duh. He only stopped by because he needed copies of my photos. And not like that wasn't an excellent reason, but I still felt slightly let down. Okay, I AM human!

But after I recovered from my brief lapse into lame self-pity, my mind's wheels suddenly started turning and I no longer particularly cared that he hadn't come by especially to see me.

“You know, your idea gets me thinking,” I told him eagerly. “Maybe I could plan some sort of fund-raiser too.”

“Yeah, that'd be great!”

“The youth group is still undecided about going to Mexico again this year. Greg is wondering if it shouldn't be something we do every other year. He's afraid the kids will get burned out.”

Josh frowned. “That's too bad.”

“Yeah, but I suppose I can see his point–sort of. Still I told him that I might be going on my own anyway.

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