I was home all of Mon. and half of Tues. since Kathryn is sick. When I was home, the lawn guy (Mike) called. DEFINITELY not who I would think to invite to church. But when I hung up -- and there was chaos on all fronts (it was the suicide 'after school hour' and we had one more child than our 4 in the house) -- I thought: "Hey what about Mike?"
It's kind of the chicken way, but I'm going to send him a family Christmas card with the invoice that I have to send this week, and a short note saying "If you need a place for church on Dec. 21, we'd love to have you come". Longest of long shots he'd come - but again, it's about the invite.
I've also thought of two other people I can make an ask to....the first is a woman who took the discussions in our home about 3 years ago, and came to church, but it didn't go beyond that. But we're still friends with her kids....everyone needs a place for Christmas.
The other is a tad scary. I had a dream last night about inviting one of my clients from Hasbro. He and I are good friends, but he's 2nd in command for PR....AND he's a Mets fan, so he's not exactly one of us. He's Jewish, but he says his family calls him an honorary Mormon. I sent him Mormons for Dummies a long time ago, and we talk church (esp. Mitt Romney) all the time.
How bold would it be to invite a client to church, esp. when he lives in Rhode Island. But does a dream count as a prompting?
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