[Faith-talk] some good news on church connection, for a change

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Ericka,

The list is archived.  If someone wants to go up and get them 
all, they could be put on our website, which Sarah is supposed to 
be working on, I think! I did't say anything about it because I 
thought she would let you all know.  We made the decision when 
she, Tom Anderson and I were on a conference call together.

Blessings,

Linda

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From: Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and 
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Date sent: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 08:54:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] some good news on church connection, 
for a change

Are these stories getting compiled somewhere? This would be quite 
a strength and a handout of course audio, braille and large print 
for those who are struggling.

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave.  #508
Madison.  WI.  53704
608-665-3170

 from my iPhone 6s

 On Oct 5, 2016, at 9:52 PM, debby via Faith-Talk 
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 I was asked to teach third grade.  I can't believe it still that 
Father Tom just out of the blue asked me.  We are still 
scrambling to get all the materials and stuff, but I am enjoying 
it so much! You just never know when God will open a door.  Just 
be ready to walk through it.    Blessings,    Debby

 On Oct 5, 2016 9:36 AM, Sandra Streeter via Faith-Talk 
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 I am on a bit of a pink, fluffy cloud when I think about 
assisting with my church yard sale this past weekend.  I had my 
usual “bagging station”, where I was to hold open the flimsy 
shopping bags for customers while another worker put their stuff 
in, and that was fine, because I and everyone concerned have a 
track record for successfully serving customers.  What was really 
cool, though, was cleaning up after: I went into the room where 
most of the clothing was hanging on racks and asked the 
coordinator if there was anything I could do, and she was a 
little reluctant: “Oh, just taking stuff off hangers,” and I 
said, “Well, like I said before, when you’ve been blind most 
of your life, you develop strategies...” (more on the previous 
conversation later).  She gave in then, and I went immediately to 
task—at first, folding the items and putting them in large 
trash bags, and then she told the several of us that we could 
just toss them in without worrying about folding, and I grinned 
and went, “O-o-oh, NOW you tell us!” So, work went much 
quicker after that! But what really impressed me is, the 
coordinator had had a history of low confidence in recruiting me 
for stuff, and for general capability—like, when she had taken 
a chair away and said, “Don’t sit down, you won’t find 
anything there!”, and I already knew she had taken it away, so 
I made that comment about strategies, after saying, “Oh, I 
wasn’t going to sit, I knew the chair was gone.” So, I was 
pleasantly surprised that she eventually warmed up to the idea of 
my getting into more of the physical labor of dismantling the 
yard sale set-up.  It restores my faith in humanity to get that 
kind of breath of fresh air once in a while.  I’d love to hear 
about other incidents where you felt others really respected you 
in church and put you to task, even despite initial misgivings.

 Sandra
 "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is 
essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 The Little Prince

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