Hospitality of the Nations: The work front

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. You may be wondering why this is titled "Keep the dream alive" and I hope you are. Just this month, for the first time since I began working with COTN, I realized that after my paychecks this month I will be in the red - meaning, I will have a negative balance in my account because I do not have enough financial support coming in to cover my part time salary. You can see on the left how much I have monthly and how much I need total. That means I need another $565 per month committed. That's a lot! I know it can be done though.

I am praying, and will continue to do so, that God's will is done. I love being a part of this ministry and wish to continue here. Especially since I sit in the Dominican Republic as I write this. Maybe God is calling me away from COTN, and if so then I trust Him. I don't feel that calling though. I feel called to push through and get the funds raised that are needed.

(please keep reading in post "Keep the dream alive")

***If you are new to my blog, or new to COTN, please look in the righthand side bar for JANUARY 2010 posts "A Tidbit on COTN" and "A Glimpse at the Hospitality Program" to gain some background knowledge.

September 11, 2012

The work front

Have you ever had a time in your job when you had so many big items on your task list, and they involved lots of thought and creativity, that you just can't get started? It's so easy for me to knock items off a task list that have very specific instructions. I can do them quickly and well. Right now I am in that other place. I just can't get started on my list because I can't figure out which item takes top priority. So instead of just starting, I stress about making sure I do things in the right order - then nothing gets done! Ridiculous, I know.

The big players in this scenario are 1) Creating a Hospitality manual to be used by the staff in our countries as they host teams. (An entire manual! I know, right?) 2) Developing an efficient system to track needed hospitality items in each country that can work smoothly in conjunction with our master resources list. 3) Create more fundraising tools to gain the additional $470 per month that I need. :/ That is just the beginning.

I am hopeful that I can write another post soon that tells you I have finished one of these things! I want to write more now so I can have an excuse not to get started, but that's not helping anything.

More later...

motivation :)