With little commentary, little I say. I was involved with providing communion at Brighton and at VCH today. There are all sorts of people, old and young from all types of cultures. Yes Jesus does bring together all peoples and all cultures. All peoples.
The one was strikes me most in retrospect was the older Asian gentleman who came up with a younger lady of indeterminate origin. I thought they were connected. But after we gave him communion he showed his appreciation by wanting to shake my hand. I had to switch the tray to my left hand to do so. Then he gave me a Japanese style bow and bowed to Barbara too. Wow.
The first two that came for communion were hispanic ladies who were standing in the back. They looked to not speak much English so I said "la sangre de Dios" just in case. After we prayed one of them said "thank you" fairly clearly. So maybe I was wrong about their speaking abilities.
We communed the residents who came to the service at Brighton Home. They are all above retirement ago. Some were very alert. Some were asleep and did not receive. Some refused, I know a few who come are Jewish, that might be the reason. I think some received who barely knew what they were doing. At the other extreme several young children came up with their parents at VCH. I always offer to give them communion, it is up to their parents. At least one took the bread. His consciousness of what he did might not be much better than some of the older folks. But God knows and loves.
So these are my impressions from giving out communion. It is a blessing to do and humbling too.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Luke 12:22-34 - A Christian does not retire
Luke 12:13-21 ASV And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. (14) But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? (15) And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses. (16) And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: (17) and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? (18) And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. (19) And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. (20) But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? (21) So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
The title in this Bible I am looking at is "Jesus warns against selfishness". Perhaps so.
Another way of selfishness is this idea of retirement. I think many of us have this rosy picture of being retired someday. Retirement means no worries, "hakutamatata" or whatever that animal said in the movie Lion King. I am guilty of that and still am really.
But as I approach an age when retirement is looking more real there is some fear too. What am I going to do with myself. So I have been research retirement jobs. I cannot be idle. The fear, based on examples I know, is that retired people quickly die. I do not want to die of boredom, surely.
But it's more than that, based on this warning of Jesus. I think Jesus called him a fool because of his selfishness yes. Also he was blind to his mortality. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he thought thinks were going to continue indefinitely.
In view of that we have to take a view that includes what happens after we die. Laying aside for our physical needs in not enough. We must work to develop spiritual riches as well.
Now that I am typing all this I cannot easily communicate what this directly has to do with not thinking of ourselves as retired. The foolish man in Jesus' story surely is doing that, taking early retirement. I have always thought that a commendable goal but God has seen fit never to allow that for me, despite much planning and thinking about it.
But I refuse to give up being as honest as I can and being generous. Not that all who can retire early have been dishonest or ungenerous. I know some either happened into a great situation or had amazing gifts, much more than I. I am glad for them, not jealous. But I know that all that brings responsibilities. Major responsibilities, that is one reason why I am not jealous. I have enough worries. I do not think I could handle more.
Some how this did remind me of not retiring. I do not think God ever wants us to retire in the sense of ceasing to do good. He always has works for us to do no matter how old we get. I believe thinking like that, that we can somehow cease to serve or do good, can be a debilitating trap. It would be for me. Fortunately God is on me to change my mind on all that. As I keep seeking him he keeps working to make me more in his image.
That's a good point, God did not retire after making the universe, as some might think. God is still actively working to help his people. Praise God, he loves to do it. He does it with a good will. It is not a burden to him. We are to be like him.
The title in this Bible I am looking at is "Jesus warns against selfishness". Perhaps so.
Another way of selfishness is this idea of retirement. I think many of us have this rosy picture of being retired someday. Retirement means no worries, "hakutamatata" or whatever that animal said in the movie Lion King. I am guilty of that and still am really.
But as I approach an age when retirement is looking more real there is some fear too. What am I going to do with myself. So I have been research retirement jobs. I cannot be idle. The fear, based on examples I know, is that retired people quickly die. I do not want to die of boredom, surely.
But it's more than that, based on this warning of Jesus. I think Jesus called him a fool because of his selfishness yes. Also he was blind to his mortality. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he thought thinks were going to continue indefinitely.
In view of that we have to take a view that includes what happens after we die. Laying aside for our physical needs in not enough. We must work to develop spiritual riches as well.
Now that I am typing all this I cannot easily communicate what this directly has to do with not thinking of ourselves as retired. The foolish man in Jesus' story surely is doing that, taking early retirement. I have always thought that a commendable goal but God has seen fit never to allow that for me, despite much planning and thinking about it.
But I refuse to give up being as honest as I can and being generous. Not that all who can retire early have been dishonest or ungenerous. I know some either happened into a great situation or had amazing gifts, much more than I. I am glad for them, not jealous. But I know that all that brings responsibilities. Major responsibilities, that is one reason why I am not jealous. I have enough worries. I do not think I could handle more.
Some how this did remind me of not retiring. I do not think God ever wants us to retire in the sense of ceasing to do good. He always has works for us to do no matter how old we get. I believe thinking like that, that we can somehow cease to serve or do good, can be a debilitating trap. It would be for me. Fortunately God is on me to change my mind on all that. As I keep seeking him he keeps working to make me more in his image.
That's a good point, God did not retire after making the universe, as some might think. God is still actively working to help his people. Praise God, he loves to do it. He does it with a good will. It is not a burden to him. We are to be like him.
last Sunday at 6 PM the scripture were about riches, and laziness
Well that's my angle today.
We start out with Amos who speaks of ease. "Alas for those who are at ease in Zion." ... "Are you better than these? (the kingdoms around you)" "O you that put far away the evil day, and bring near the reign of violence? Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the songs of the harp... who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of loungers shall pass away."
When we think that prosperity is always from God, we need to think twice. These people were not responsible. Prosperity without responsibility is laziness. And it will inevitably going to bring ruin.
Then we move on to 1 Timothy: "As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life."
This is so great. Read it over again. The rich are not to be haughty because it is God that gives every good gift. We quickly lose the mark when we start thinking we deserve all these luxuries, after all we worked hard for them. But God gave you the abilities that allowed you to succeed and the healthy to carry out all the work. He gave you people to help you, people to teach you along the way. He gave you clients or patients or whatever to pay you so that you could earn your income. No we must never forget how God is the source of all the good we have, give him thanks, and stay humble.
So then we should give back by doing good works and being generous. This is not the same as paying taxes and expecting the government to do the good works. They are very inefficient and impersonal in their handling of services. We must be involved as much as we can personally.
Finally true life, true riches are spiritual in nature. The riches of this earth are only temporary. Spiritual riches, spiritual blessings are forever. We minimize them because we cannot see them with our eyes. It takes faith to see them. We must have faith.
The last scripture is from Luke the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This is the only parable using the name of someone mentioned elsewhere. At least I guess Jesus is using the name of his friend who he raised from the dead.
We probably know this parable. The rich man is doing the opposite of when Paul tells Timothy. He is not generous. He is like the people of Amos' time. He is enjoying his riches while ignoring all those in need around him.
Jesus is warning that it will all be reversed in heaven. And he tells them we have sufficient warning now. We have Moses and the prophets. We have Jesus and Paul. If we do not repent now we can expect judgment.
Having all we need and a lot more gives us an opportunity to help others. Let us not think we deserve to rest but take time, go out of our way, to help others in need.
We start out with Amos who speaks of ease. "Alas for those who are at ease in Zion." ... "Are you better than these? (the kingdoms around you)" "O you that put far away the evil day, and bring near the reign of violence? Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the songs of the harp... who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of loungers shall pass away."
When we think that prosperity is always from God, we need to think twice. These people were not responsible. Prosperity without responsibility is laziness. And it will inevitably going to bring ruin.
Then we move on to 1 Timothy: "As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life."
This is so great. Read it over again. The rich are not to be haughty because it is God that gives every good gift. We quickly lose the mark when we start thinking we deserve all these luxuries, after all we worked hard for them. But God gave you the abilities that allowed you to succeed and the healthy to carry out all the work. He gave you people to help you, people to teach you along the way. He gave you clients or patients or whatever to pay you so that you could earn your income. No we must never forget how God is the source of all the good we have, give him thanks, and stay humble.
So then we should give back by doing good works and being generous. This is not the same as paying taxes and expecting the government to do the good works. They are very inefficient and impersonal in their handling of services. We must be involved as much as we can personally.
Finally true life, true riches are spiritual in nature. The riches of this earth are only temporary. Spiritual riches, spiritual blessings are forever. We minimize them because we cannot see them with our eyes. It takes faith to see them. We must have faith.
The last scripture is from Luke the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This is the only parable using the name of someone mentioned elsewhere. At least I guess Jesus is using the name of his friend who he raised from the dead.
We probably know this parable. The rich man is doing the opposite of when Paul tells Timothy. He is not generous. He is like the people of Amos' time. He is enjoying his riches while ignoring all those in need around him.
Jesus is warning that it will all be reversed in heaven. And he tells them we have sufficient warning now. We have Moses and the prophets. We have Jesus and Paul. If we do not repent now we can expect judgment.
Having all we need and a lot more gives us an opportunity to help others. Let us not think we deserve to rest but take time, go out of our way, to help others in need.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
being bold
I think I missed out as a younger man on some adventures because I was terrified of failure. The one that I remember right now is my attempt to play baseball. I was so scared to play Pony League that I did not try out until the last year I was eligible. I worked out to try out for high school baseball but never could get myself to actually go out. I probably would not have played but I think in retrospect I could have practiced with the team and sat on the bench. They never had a large team even though the team did pretty well.
I have regrets about roads I did not travel.
I speak of this because I see some of my children doing the same thing, sometimes. They have to make their own decisions, they are grown now. But i hope they will not be sorry they did not attempt things simply because there was some risk of failure.
I do not want to overstate this. Fear can be a good thing. It can keep us out of dangerous situations. We do not need to try everything. Some are really dangerous. you have to weight the risk/reward.
But some things, like education or hobbies, will teach you some great things and involve you with interesting people. Even if you ultimately fail to completely succeed you will still have gained. If nothing else you learn you cannot do it. You never know until you try. You only have your fears.
If you aim for the stars you may not make it but you may hit the moon. You may succeed in an important way that you could never have envisioned if you did not try.
My dad went to law school with the idea of having a career in politics. That did not work out but he found that he really loved practicing law. He had a successful law practice and he helped many people along the way.
I have regrets about roads I did not travel.
I speak of this because I see some of my children doing the same thing, sometimes. They have to make their own decisions, they are grown now. But i hope they will not be sorry they did not attempt things simply because there was some risk of failure.
I do not want to overstate this. Fear can be a good thing. It can keep us out of dangerous situations. We do not need to try everything. Some are really dangerous. you have to weight the risk/reward.
But some things, like education or hobbies, will teach you some great things and involve you with interesting people. Even if you ultimately fail to completely succeed you will still have gained. If nothing else you learn you cannot do it. You never know until you try. You only have your fears.
If you aim for the stars you may not make it but you may hit the moon. You may succeed in an important way that you could never have envisioned if you did not try.
My dad went to law school with the idea of having a career in politics. That did not work out but he found that he really loved practicing law. He had a successful law practice and he helped many people along the way.
God loves a cheerful giver
Two things make me think of this again. First I am reading 2 Corinthians 9 where this quote originally comes from. Secondly I am following a young starlet (so shoot me, my wife thinks I need my head examined) who is constantly pushing her followers to give to her favorite charities.
Give to charities that you think are worthy. In giving cheerfully we learn dependency on God. We find God is generous. Paul promises God's blessings but he never mentions financial blessings.
But in giving we break our bondage to a love of money and the security we feel in having it. Our security should be on God, not on money. Giving to good causes helps us to break that dependency.
All of us should practice charity. It should hurt a little. It will bring a new sense of freedom. Practice cheerful giving. If we give begrudgingly we have not allowed God to free us from our bondage.
I contrast this to my starlet who promotes giving by auctioning off signed posters of herself or even a persona phone call. How much does that hurt her? It may help some of her younger followers to actually develop a habit of giving. I imagine some of these kids have never actually given to anything. I hope and pray that they learn to give to less politically correct issues, but that is for later I guess.
I am not saying to give instead of paying your bills or even instead of saving. All of us who have excess should practice saving too. No this is for those of us who have the luxury of eating out or buying the latest gadgets. If you are having trouble actually covering essentials you should be responsible.
Paul was raising a sum of money to carry to Jerusalem to help the Christians there who were having trouble eating. Perhaps their decision to follow Christ was causing them to lose their jobs and livelihoods. He is switching between encouraging and shaming. He is doing a pretty hard sell here. While telling them to give cheerfully he also is not against it "hurting" a bit. He wants them to give generously. But I don't think Paul is taking food out of anyone's mouth. But he does not want them to take money already set aside and spend it on themselves before he comes to get it.
Be sure to practice cheerful giving to favorite charities. I tend to give to charities that include work to directly forward the gospel though I do give to some local homeless shelters. I limit myself to charities run by people I have actually met. I find it helps to plan my giving. It does not have to be any less cheerful for all that.
Give to charities that you think are worthy. In giving cheerfully we learn dependency on God. We find God is generous. Paul promises God's blessings but he never mentions financial blessings.
But in giving we break our bondage to a love of money and the security we feel in having it. Our security should be on God, not on money. Giving to good causes helps us to break that dependency.
All of us should practice charity. It should hurt a little. It will bring a new sense of freedom. Practice cheerful giving. If we give begrudgingly we have not allowed God to free us from our bondage.
I contrast this to my starlet who promotes giving by auctioning off signed posters of herself or even a persona phone call. How much does that hurt her? It may help some of her younger followers to actually develop a habit of giving. I imagine some of these kids have never actually given to anything. I hope and pray that they learn to give to less politically correct issues, but that is for later I guess.
I am not saying to give instead of paying your bills or even instead of saving. All of us who have excess should practice saving too. No this is for those of us who have the luxury of eating out or buying the latest gadgets. If you are having trouble actually covering essentials you should be responsible.
Paul was raising a sum of money to carry to Jerusalem to help the Christians there who were having trouble eating. Perhaps their decision to follow Christ was causing them to lose their jobs and livelihoods. He is switching between encouraging and shaming. He is doing a pretty hard sell here. While telling them to give cheerfully he also is not against it "hurting" a bit. He wants them to give generously. But I don't think Paul is taking food out of anyone's mouth. But he does not want them to take money already set aside and spend it on themselves before he comes to get it.
Be sure to practice cheerful giving to favorite charities. I tend to give to charities that include work to directly forward the gospel though I do give to some local homeless shelters. I limit myself to charities run by people I have actually met. I find it helps to plan my giving. It does not have to be any less cheerful for all that.
Monday, September 20, 2010
no pain no gain
We would not hesitate to apply this phrase to the benefits of physical discipline. They also apply to the spiritual disciplines: "No pain, no gain."
We would think nothing of going to the gym and working out hard. We do it to see improvements, loss of weight, greater muscle and bone mass. And we keep it up in order to not lose the gains we have made.
Spiritual disciplines are no different. And they return eternal gains plus the blessings of the Holy Spirit.
MP spoke yesterday of our church being a missional church. This take intentional spiritual discipline. That's what he expects. He expects that we will determine to be intentional. We will have to put ourselves out there, doing things like Turbo Tuesdays at Hogg. (We meet and eat lunch with junior high student every other week during lunch for the school year.) Also we could be a presence in Heights activities. We will be involved in a Futbol Festival at Hogg one Saturday and cheering Houston Marathoners by our church in January.
All these things involve being present in body and spirit, working hard, and praying to God for the fruit. There is spiritual discipline involved in these activities. We do not do them for personal growth but there will be growth.
DW works with Living Waters, a year long Sunday afternoon commitment. She does it to help but she certainly experiences spiritual growth in the process. This God's discipline and it is for our spiritual gain.
We would think nothing of going to the gym and working out hard. We do it to see improvements, loss of weight, greater muscle and bone mass. And we keep it up in order to not lose the gains we have made.
Spiritual disciplines are no different. And they return eternal gains plus the blessings of the Holy Spirit.
MP spoke yesterday of our church being a missional church. This take intentional spiritual discipline. That's what he expects. He expects that we will determine to be intentional. We will have to put ourselves out there, doing things like Turbo Tuesdays at Hogg. (We meet and eat lunch with junior high student every other week during lunch for the school year.) Also we could be a presence in Heights activities. We will be involved in a Futbol Festival at Hogg one Saturday and cheering Houston Marathoners by our church in January.
All these things involve being present in body and spirit, working hard, and praying to God for the fruit. There is spiritual discipline involved in these activities. We do not do them for personal growth but there will be growth.
DW works with Living Waters, a year long Sunday afternoon commitment. She does it to help but she certainly experiences spiritual growth in the process. This God's discipline and it is for our spiritual gain.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Block walking
Saturday I volunteered to block walk for a candidate running for the state representative job from a district that includes much of the Heights.
We spent the last hour of our walk encouraging a very down and out and depressed man.
I know I am pretty bad at speaking to people. I was hoping to fan out from the central location and pass out circulars, put them on doors, etc. But they have already done that on previous weeks.
This week they wanted us to drive to various places and ask local business owners to place signs for the candidate in their windows or on fences that would be seen prominently from the street. That I know I would be bad at. But we were paired together.
We got Long Point from 290 to Bingle. We maybe got one third of the way in two hours. We spent from 9 to 10 getting oriented and encouraged. For the few of us who had no been before or were not veterans of block walking this was time well spent.
Fortunately for me two other newbies needed a partner and so I drove the three of us out to 290 and Long Point. The lady who was with us was new to this campaign but a veteran block walker and actually an elected official somewhere else. I did not get from where. The third man was a tall good looking man, hispanic looking, who could easily be Pancho Claus. He seemed new to this but was a great friendly speaker who had a good testimony.
Later when we knocked on the doors of a couple of houses that fronted on Long Point, people would peek out the window and promptly lay low waiting for us to leave. Our lady worker immediately recognized that we two scary looking men were the reason they would not open. But she would not openly demand that we hang back and let her knock alone. However we respected their feelings and moved on.
The local businesses we found were receptive when we spoke of how tough things are for the small business owner who is going to be inundated with new rules and penalties. We got four businesses to agree to place signs up on their premises. So I believe our mission was very successful.
I tried to give the opening speech twice. The lady was critical that I opened with "Republican". When she gave it, smooth and word for word by the way, she said Mr. Hernandez was an Independent running on the Republican ticket and quickly noted we had a lot of Republicans who needed to be replaced. So these people were Tea Party or at least influenced by the Tea Party. But the word "Tea Party" was never used.
I was sent because I got word of this block walk by the Republican leadership in Harris County. Despite the rhetoric from the Tea Party people the powers that be have decided to receive these new activists with open arms. That was certainly clear the last executive meeting where all the new candidates were introduced enthusiastically along with everyone else.
We ended up spending an hour talking to this man who was depressed and down and out. He blamed his plight on the lack of incentive in the construction industry right now because of Obama's promises. He would be glad for the biggest sign we had to be put in his front yard. The lady with us led us in prayer for his financial situation and later offered to give him money. He firmly refused money and even had to walk off for a second to fight off tears.
The other man spoke of getting a job driving an HISD bus, they prefer men, as a stop gap job while he looked the rest of the day. This man is a expert tile installer. He has worked in big commercial buildings. But no one is doing the buildings right now, at least that he knows.
He is hispanic, his dad was American. He was conceived in the USA but born in Mexico. When he came back from Mexico he was homeless for a while. But he got on his feet and for a while made $4,000 a week as a sub-contractor installing tile. Now he is making $600 a month and has this house almost paid for. But he is afraid of what will happen if he is five days late on a payment.
We finally had to pull ourselves away and get back to the finishing place. This was at a little pocket park, well kept up, at 800 W. Temple, just north of the Vineyard Church. They cooked us hot dogs and had cokes.
It was wonderful to meet and be joined with two such excellent block walkers. It was best that I acted in a supporting roles. They were so kind and considerate. But the lady, once she got going, was great at closing the sale and asking for more, in a friendly way of course. Those people that we met were all left with a better feeling about the Republican party.
We spent the last hour of our walk encouraging a very down and out and depressed man.
I know I am pretty bad at speaking to people. I was hoping to fan out from the central location and pass out circulars, put them on doors, etc. But they have already done that on previous weeks.
This week they wanted us to drive to various places and ask local business owners to place signs for the candidate in their windows or on fences that would be seen prominently from the street. That I know I would be bad at. But we were paired together.
We got Long Point from 290 to Bingle. We maybe got one third of the way in two hours. We spent from 9 to 10 getting oriented and encouraged. For the few of us who had no been before or were not veterans of block walking this was time well spent.
Fortunately for me two other newbies needed a partner and so I drove the three of us out to 290 and Long Point. The lady who was with us was new to this campaign but a veteran block walker and actually an elected official somewhere else. I did not get from where. The third man was a tall good looking man, hispanic looking, who could easily be Pancho Claus. He seemed new to this but was a great friendly speaker who had a good testimony.
Later when we knocked on the doors of a couple of houses that fronted on Long Point, people would peek out the window and promptly lay low waiting for us to leave. Our lady worker immediately recognized that we two scary looking men were the reason they would not open. But she would not openly demand that we hang back and let her knock alone. However we respected their feelings and moved on.
The local businesses we found were receptive when we spoke of how tough things are for the small business owner who is going to be inundated with new rules and penalties. We got four businesses to agree to place signs up on their premises. So I believe our mission was very successful.
I tried to give the opening speech twice. The lady was critical that I opened with "Republican". When she gave it, smooth and word for word by the way, she said Mr. Hernandez was an Independent running on the Republican ticket and quickly noted we had a lot of Republicans who needed to be replaced. So these people were Tea Party or at least influenced by the Tea Party. But the word "Tea Party" was never used.
I was sent because I got word of this block walk by the Republican leadership in Harris County. Despite the rhetoric from the Tea Party people the powers that be have decided to receive these new activists with open arms. That was certainly clear the last executive meeting where all the new candidates were introduced enthusiastically along with everyone else.
We ended up spending an hour talking to this man who was depressed and down and out. He blamed his plight on the lack of incentive in the construction industry right now because of Obama's promises. He would be glad for the biggest sign we had to be put in his front yard. The lady with us led us in prayer for his financial situation and later offered to give him money. He firmly refused money and even had to walk off for a second to fight off tears.
The other man spoke of getting a job driving an HISD bus, they prefer men, as a stop gap job while he looked the rest of the day. This man is a expert tile installer. He has worked in big commercial buildings. But no one is doing the buildings right now, at least that he knows.
He is hispanic, his dad was American. He was conceived in the USA but born in Mexico. When he came back from Mexico he was homeless for a while. But he got on his feet and for a while made $4,000 a week as a sub-contractor installing tile. Now he is making $600 a month and has this house almost paid for. But he is afraid of what will happen if he is five days late on a payment.
We finally had to pull ourselves away and get back to the finishing place. This was at a little pocket park, well kept up, at 800 W. Temple, just north of the Vineyard Church. They cooked us hot dogs and had cokes.
It was wonderful to meet and be joined with two such excellent block walkers. It was best that I acted in a supporting roles. They were so kind and considerate. But the lady, once she got going, was great at closing the sale and asking for more, in a friendly way of course. Those people that we met were all left with a better feeling about the Republican party.
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