Preparing to Head South

Well no, not that far south, and not a holiday, but a round-trip through Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, back to Calgary, then Red Deer and back home. I should be gone from Tuesday to Saturday.

There was a bit of a monkey wrench thrown into this trip - last week, before it even began. It was all planned around being scheduled to address a Wednesday lunchtime meeting of the Lethbridge ministerial. This was planned a couple of months ago, and the date November 16 decided upon because that was the time I could have 15 or 20 minutes for my presentation, in addition to networking with pastors in the city.

So first of all, when I called my contact at the ministerial a couple of weeks ago to confirm, he told me they were having another speaker from Calgary and I would be able to have about 2 minutes after him. With a deep breath and a sigh, I mentioned I had put together a full presentation and it was hardly worth my time to make a 5-hour drive for a 2-minute talk. He agreed to work it out so I could have my full time.

Then, last Wednesday (the 9th) at about 12:30, my phone rang. It was him. "Hello John, where are you? Are you in town?"
"No," I said, "I'm in St Albert."
"Oh, didn't I tell you it was today?" No, in fact I was sure it was set for the 16th. Just to make sure I was not mistaken I checked our email string and he had indeed told me it was the 16th.

I had already set up a number of appointments in the other cities, so rather than cancel the trip I set about making individual appointments with the Pastors I had planned on meeting at the ministerial. My dance card is fairly full now, so Lord willing, some good will come out of all this.

And I'll be driving, not flying like the ones in the picture, so I'm praying God will keep the animals and the snow off the roads for me.

Blessings,

John

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