Home Show Chat

Well it's been a while since my last blog, have been busy though. This last weekend I have been at the Star Home Show. Our shop had a small stand there and I was manning it for three days; 10 am to 6 pm. There were over 20,000 people walking through that place and lot of them either noticed my stand or made some kind of contact with me. Very positive outcome as far as brand recognition went, although would have liked to sell more product.

My stand was about three quarters along and many people by this stage were getting a little tired so when they saw the chair I had on display they were happy to sit down and rest and chat. Also some of the other stall holders popped over and rested their weary backs.

The stand next to mine was an insurance stand. There was a nice young man on the stand, clean shaven, just an honest looking type of guy. You know almost from the beginning I thought he might be a Christian. Some people have that look, especially that conservative, Evangelical kind of look. During one of our chats he happened to mention that he had been a 'missionary'! Been overseas a number of times with YWAM. So we had a bit of talk about churches and families. Actually had a few chats with different stall holders but thinking back didn't take advantage of the situation to talk about 'deeper issues'! Do you feel guilty sometimes because you didn't use the opportunity to bring in Christ to the conversation? I hope that I no longer feel guilty about not always manipulating conversations to talking about Christian things. However I do feel guilty if I don't sometimes get past the surface pleasantries. So many people are just waiting for someone to be interested in them, to listen to their story. They are very willing to tell it too.

Had a good chat to another couple who used to attend Opawa, they attend another gathering of believers now. During our conversation I found out this guy was meeting a another friend that Bronwyn and I have been walking with through marriage problems. These two guys hadn't known each other before but had meet and the guy I was chatting with wants to encourage my friend as well through this rebuilding journey.

Last but not least, the shop had its highest turnover this last month. Praise God.