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What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
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Home Sweet Home

Luxuries are never so comfortable as are the familiar, ordinary things of home.  Eucharista Ward, Match For Mary Bennet, 2009
I'm so glad to be home!  I love everyday life so much more than vacation.  (Again that's not to say that I don't like vacations, simply that I enjoy my life.)  I was filled with absolute glee when we got off at the exit to our home early last evening.  The closer we got the more excited I got to see Max and Maddie. 

Our dogs are HUGE (65 and almost 100 lbs) and we can't take them on vacations with us.  Each time I get out my suitcase they get in a sad mood.  They know what's coming.  They are used to it and know what it means because even when the rest of my family is still there and I go off to speak somewhere for the weekend the dogs get sad when I leave.  Maddie usually tries to jump in the suitcase while I'm packing it.  

So during vacation when we're all gone, we have to have a dog sitter for them, and for us that amounts to a live-in person to come and stay with them.  I want them to have as normal life without us home as possible and for them that amounts to being out and about in the house, not locked up all the time in their kennels.  If I thought they were caged all the time I quite honestly would not have any fun on vacation.  We're so grateful to Mike Kenney from church and his son Evan who came and stayed at the house and took care of the dogs, and our home while we were gone.  He did a fantastic job. 


I'm anticipating a great day today at Celebration!  Today begins a new series I'm teaching in my class called, "HONOROLOGY".  Can't wait to unleash this!!!!
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