I really don't like golf, I feel like it's a sport that someone invented for the pure pleasure of watching someone like me be very very frustrated. Baseball is more my sport, there's a ball and a bat and the goal is to hit the ball as hard as possible, how is that not awesome?? Golf, theres a ball and an awkward shaped club and the goal is to calculate how hard and in what direction you should attempt to move the ball, it almost makes me feel like I'm doing math . . .yuck!! So anyway, I really don't like Golf.
None the less every year YFC does a golf marathon, 54 holes of golf in two days. ummm, can anyone say torture? However, the goal of the marathon is to raise money in support of our work with YFC. So as much as I hate golf I hate to pass up the great fundraising opportunity that it is. That is why I am INCREDIBLY happy that Nick Comeau will be golfing those 54 holes instead of me. Thank you Nick!! It is still my responsibility however to raise the money for him to embark on this 54 hole endevour that he is willing to do to help me in my work with Youth Unlimited. For the record asking for money . . . also not real high on my list of favorites, but because I believe deeply in the message of reconciliation which has been entrusted to us as Christians, and I believe we have been called to share it and to spread the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I will ask. I am so blessed to be able to do this work with Youth Unlimited. I am so blessed also by those of you who believe in this work and our mission. If you would be willing to make a financial contribution towards my work with Youth Unlimited by donating to this 54 hole Golf Marathon (all proceeds go towards my deputation with Youth Unlimited I would very much appreciate it. Please feel free to contact me for me details. If you are unable to make a financial contribution I would still covet your prayers for both myself and the youth I come in contact with this new school year.
haley@wolfcreekyfc.com
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Tuesday 23 August 2011
Wednesday 17 August 2011
my supper made me think . . .
Me and my husband were out for supper at a restaurant the other day and I had a thought. . .
The food we were eating wasn't exceptional, in fact it was pretty disappointing. We had both ordered the same dish and neither of us was overly enjoying our supper. I knew that at some point in time the waitress would come around with the regular polite question "how is everything?" So I asked Brendan what he thought we should say when we were asked how our food was. We both decided that politely sharing that the food hadn't lived up to our expectations would be OK, it was honest, why would we lie? So i was prepared, when she asked I was going to be honest. However, when she came around she quickly rushed by mumbling something about "how was everything", hands full obviously on a mission, we both, with our mouths full quickly responded "it's good, thank you." ummm . . . wait, that's not how that was supposed to go?!?
It just made me think, how often do people really share what is true. If the waitress had had a bit more time maybe I would have shared the truth with her, or maybe if it had come across that it actually mattered if the food was good it would have made a difference. So often in life I rush by someone and spit out "hey how are you?" often in such a rush that the answer could be "terrible, I'm stricken with disease and my dog just died" and I would still think that "O great!" is an appropriate response. Hey at least i made conversation right? Wrong, I think in this fast paced world I need to slow down, enough that when a kid hears me ask the question "Hey, how are you?" they believe that I am willing to stand there and listen to whatever the answer might be, and then to respond appropriately with both care and interest, if I'm not then I'm not being very relational. And if I honestly don't have an extra moment then maybe a simple "hi" would be more appropriate than a question I don't care to hear the answer to. It's funny how a bad meal can get me thinking sometimes.
The food we were eating wasn't exceptional, in fact it was pretty disappointing. We had both ordered the same dish and neither of us was overly enjoying our supper. I knew that at some point in time the waitress would come around with the regular polite question "how is everything?" So I asked Brendan what he thought we should say when we were asked how our food was. We both decided that politely sharing that the food hadn't lived up to our expectations would be OK, it was honest, why would we lie? So i was prepared, when she asked I was going to be honest. However, when she came around she quickly rushed by mumbling something about "how was everything", hands full obviously on a mission, we both, with our mouths full quickly responded "it's good, thank you." ummm . . . wait, that's not how that was supposed to go?!?
It just made me think, how often do people really share what is true. If the waitress had had a bit more time maybe I would have shared the truth with her, or maybe if it had come across that it actually mattered if the food was good it would have made a difference. So often in life I rush by someone and spit out "hey how are you?" often in such a rush that the answer could be "terrible, I'm stricken with disease and my dog just died" and I would still think that "O great!" is an appropriate response. Hey at least i made conversation right? Wrong, I think in this fast paced world I need to slow down, enough that when a kid hears me ask the question "Hey, how are you?" they believe that I am willing to stand there and listen to whatever the answer might be, and then to respond appropriately with both care and interest, if I'm not then I'm not being very relational. And if I honestly don't have an extra moment then maybe a simple "hi" would be more appropriate than a question I don't care to hear the answer to. It's funny how a bad meal can get me thinking sometimes.
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