We want him to be in love with the Savior.

There's a deacon in our church that has been serving as a deacon since 1971!  What has kept him going all these years?  What kept him going during times when he may have wanted to give up?  I think the answer to these questions would be that this sweet man is totally and completely in love with the One that he is serving.

We want Samuel to be so in love with the Savior that the greatest desire of his heart would be to serve Him for all of his days * to be so in love with the Savior that he'll serve Him from the mountain tops and from the valleys * to be so in love with the Savior that the way he serves will point others toward the cross.