Opportunity...

Sometimes opportunity seemingly comes from out of nowhere. That's what it is was like this week.

Bonnie and I decided to take a few days vacation and hang out in Rochester. It was a chance to unplug from the busy-ness of the venue expansion and relax a bit.

As part of the "relaxation" portion of the vacation, Bonnie booked the both of us for a one hour massage. One of the rules of the spa was that the massuse would not engage in conversation with the client. That it was to be an hour of quiet, theraputic massage in a peaceful environment. For me that would be very stressful as I tend to be a social person who likes to chat.

Well...the massuse I had was an older Ukrainian woman with quite the gift for conversation and for that I was glad. She really opened up about her life in the Ukraine, her family (her dad was a military pilot), the shift from communism to capitalism and her move to the United States in 1995. I just asked questions and she opened up more and more about her life.

As the conversation continued, I found out she has a daughter and grand-daughter in Burnsville and she visits them regularly. Well...that opened the door to tell her about Meadow. I was able to share with her the great things happening at our church. As the session concluded, I was able to give a business card with info about Meadow and invited her to visit us the next time she was in Burnsville. Not sure if she will...but the opportunity was there to make invitation. The results are in the hands of God.

Then today...made plans to spend the afternoon with my son. Its not often that a 23 year old wants to spend time with his dad...so you have to seize that opportunity when you can.

As we spent the afternoon together he shared about some friends of his who have put together a pretty decent band and are in need of a guy to run sound. He said that he was going to start mixing sound for them and he wants to learn more about it.

Well...this is a request that is right up my alley. Told him if he was willing to show up on Sundays , I would be willing to teach him everything I know about it (didn't think he would take the bait). He AGREED! You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Opportunities to invite people to Meadow are all around us. Sometimes they are blatently obvious, sometimes they are subtle...but the opportunities are there. We need to take advantage of them when they present themselves. We simply have to make the invitation. It really is that easy.