From Mom 6/15 (part II)
Hi Family,
Thought you might be interested in what happened in the meeting Dad and Gunter, the man the Elders are teaching, went to this morning. Before they left for the meeting, they had prayer together and Dad made Gunter promise to keep his voice under control. They were ushered in to the managers office and all was silent. Finally, the manager motioned to Dad and asked him if he would be the first to speak. Dad’s first comment was, “Well, since none of us are perfect----“. That seemed to break the ice and the man said lets start from the first and lay everything out and see where the problem is. So that is what they did and the glitch in the whole thing quickly showed up. On his paper work explaining what he wanted to do and where it asked for potential customers for his business he had written some businesses in that he was planning on contacting. They thought it meant that these were already customers and that he already had his business going and was receiving income so they had denied him the help they had promised for him to get started. Dad was the character witness testifying that he really didn’t have customers yet and had been waiting for the money to come so he could begin actively seeking customers. The manager accepted that then told him there was something else he had to do. That was going to the people he had offended when he had lost his temper the last time he was in there. That took eating some humble pie but he did it and he will soon start receiving the money that had been promised him. There were good feelings all around when Dad and Gunter left. The misunderstanding was cleared up and life goes on. What a stressful couple of days this has been for everyone! He is still planning to be baptized and Dad has talked to him about his temper and some of his language and he has promised to work on that. We’ve been helping him out a little bit with food and a few other things. Maybe he was afraid to “bite the hand that was feeding him.” I don’t know. I just know he is a nice guy who has a temper he needs to learn to control and we hope things go well for him in his business.
And so, as Paul Harvey would say, and now you’re heard the rest of the story.
Love you all,
Mom
Thought you might be interested in what happened in the meeting Dad and Gunter, the man the Elders are teaching, went to this morning. Before they left for the meeting, they had prayer together and Dad made Gunter promise to keep his voice under control. They were ushered in to the managers office and all was silent. Finally, the manager motioned to Dad and asked him if he would be the first to speak. Dad’s first comment was, “Well, since none of us are perfect----“. That seemed to break the ice and the man said lets start from the first and lay everything out and see where the problem is. So that is what they did and the glitch in the whole thing quickly showed up. On his paper work explaining what he wanted to do and where it asked for potential customers for his business he had written some businesses in that he was planning on contacting. They thought it meant that these were already customers and that he already had his business going and was receiving income so they had denied him the help they had promised for him to get started. Dad was the character witness testifying that he really didn’t have customers yet and had been waiting for the money to come so he could begin actively seeking customers. The manager accepted that then told him there was something else he had to do. That was going to the people he had offended when he had lost his temper the last time he was in there. That took eating some humble pie but he did it and he will soon start receiving the money that had been promised him. There were good feelings all around when Dad and Gunter left. The misunderstanding was cleared up and life goes on. What a stressful couple of days this has been for everyone! He is still planning to be baptized and Dad has talked to him about his temper and some of his language and he has promised to work on that. We’ve been helping him out a little bit with food and a few other things. Maybe he was afraid to “bite the hand that was feeding him.” I don’t know. I just know he is a nice guy who has a temper he needs to learn to control and we hope things go well for him in his business.
And so, as Paul Harvey would say, and now you’re heard the rest of the story.
Love you all,
Mom
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