Having grown up with a father that is a traveling salesman and the fact that I had been a salesman for nearly 3 years myself, the idea that we must talk with people face to face has been drilled into my head. The job my dad has, pays him a salary to go out and make calls on his customers face to face…because people want that interaction…it may sound like we are a culture moving at the speed of light towards a phone, email, or even website driven society but the fact remains that to see a results the best possible interaction is face to face. And as I have found out so many times…it is much harder for someone to say “No” when you are standing there talking to them.

You see, we (Mike, Dennis and I) have made several attempts to converse with people about a venue for the new Warren Campus. We tried to set up appointments either over the phone or via email and not really having much success, soooooo I went back to my roots. Not that I am have a shred of intelligence at all…I really am just an idiot trying to make my way with the help of God. But I went back to my roots…things that I had been taught…things that I remember from working not only in the sheriff’s dept or as a salesman or even as a pastor. And here is the genius of what we did…now hold on this is incredible insight…and we just went…we went…we went and just showed up and talked face to face. We talked with a secretary at one place and a manager at another and even stopped by to talk with a new friend (Susanne Simpson the Warren Township Supervisor) and what a good day that turned out to be as were even able to make an appointment with the University Center of Lake County.

So here’s to going back to the roots of personal contact…if you are a fan of “The Office”…then I guess Michael was right…personal contact still means something.

Continue to pray as we move forward.