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...
I don't have energy to blog this morning as I usually do. I am going for the ultrasound this morning, so thanks for your prayers, but I thought I would just post two "blast from the past" photos that my dear friend Janice Shehan just sent me this past week to uplift my spirits. Here they are...the kids back when we lived in Maryland...this is right after Savanna chopped her hair off and the stylist had to try to make something of it. Notice Dustin had just gone a little crazy with highlights and gotten himself a new 'do too! Jordan was just his same chillin' self. And... Here is Savanna in curlers before she had chopped all the hair off. This had to be a Saturday night because she always wore curlers on Sat night in prep for Sunday. Those were the days.