Recently we discovered that one of the workshops we had calendared was simply not going to have enough participants. The group with whom we'd been working decided to find another date and cancel the August workshop in Florida.
Though we were disappointed on several fronts, we knew that God always has His timing for things...even a changed date for a workshop.
Well, He did it again!
For us -
The opening of that weekend allowed us to finalize our plans to move after the sale of our home. A Moving Sale that was profitable, an extra week that allowed us to finish getting the house ready for the new owners, and a time of great fellowship and "Joint Accomplishment" as our wonderful community group members came to our rescue as they helped us clean and pack. Carol and I cannot imagine what the last few weeks would have been had this freeing of our schedules not happened.
For me -
The night before I was to have led the workshop in Florida I spiked a 102.6 fever and spent most of the next 24 hours in bed not knowing if I was coming or going. How did God know that I was not going to be well enough to lead a workshop that day....???? Oh, yeah, He IS God after all.
For a Florida couple -
Since I had to cancel the reservation so near to the event, the hotel would not allow a refund of the money. (Long story...but not for here) We remembered a sweet couple among many sweet couples from our NextGen Tampa Bay Training campaigns. We contacted them, since they did not live far from the city where the workshop had been postponed, and they were excited to have a time away together gifted to them. This is part of the note she wrote to us after their weekend away:
"We really needed to step back for that moment and enjoy each other. Things may have escalated had this not been presented to us. So again, thank you for blessing us."
Don't you love it when God's plans come together!
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