I talked to Kegan yesterday afternoon.  He called me to tell me a crazy story about what happened to him yesterday afternoon.  Here are the details …

After returning to the city, Kegan and his fellow team members, Tia and Sarah, went to McDonalds for a burger.  Apparently, the place was quite crowded, and a Peruvian man sat down with them at their table.  He read a newspaper while sitting there.  He got up and left a few minutes later, and Kegan thought he was acting very suspiciously.  He told the girls to check their purses to make sure nothing had been taken.  Sarah’s purse, which was hanging on the back of her seat (BIG mistake) was open and her wallet was gone.  The man was just leaving the building, and Kegan shouted at him.  He took off running.

Well … Kegan took off after him.  And he caught him in front of a theater next to the McDonalds.  He knocked the paper from the man’s hand and Sarah’s wallet fell out.  Kegan then grabbed the man around the neck and yelled, “Policia!”  He dragged the man to a private security guard nearby (Kegan was a bit larger than the fellow, and he was, apparently, the crazy Gringo who ran him down and caught him).  The guard pointed him to a policeman nearby.  Pretty soon, the place was crawling with police, including some who could actually speak English.  Kegan told the story … and the police all got a big laugh out of it.  A Gringo crime fighter!  They told Kegan and the girls that it was extremely rare for Lima’s crime victims to ever get their property back.  After three hours in the police station, pressing charges and filling out reports, they were finally over their ordeal.  And the pickpocket was in jail.

So … there you have it.  Kegan Davis is not only a chicken-eating, soul-winning, “Trading My Sorrows”-singing missionary.  He is also “Super-Gringo,” fighter of crimes and catcher of pickpockets. ;)

Trigg County criminals beware!  He is coming home soon!