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Sunday, February 20, 2005
 
Today I went to church alone. The message was okay. The pastor talked about our former pastor some and how it's hard to transition from one pastor to another. It seemed odd that she's bringing this up now, considering she came July 1st, but anyway...she is a little odd. She admitted to not having the same personality as our other pastor, to not always saying things the right way or with the right tone of voice, but she wanted to make it clear that she loves us and our church, that she as well as the old pastor love the same God. I don't doubt her love of God or her good intentions. However, she still seems to say the wrong things at the wrong times....

Last month she and I had a fairly honest conversation about what I had found distasteful in our interactions. One of them included her asking me about money reimbursements. I am the Treasurer, but I do not decided how the money gets spent and when. Therefore, I asked her to direct her finance questions to the finance committee chair instead of myself...not because I can't answer her questions, it's that I'm always stressed out when she asks me... Why am I so stressed? I asked this question of myself today, when her memory deceived her and she, yet again, asked me when she was going to be reimbursed...instead of asking me why the rest of my family wasn't with me or how I was doing today or any number of other questions she could have asked me cuz as she said she is sorry that all she ever seems to talk to me about is money... Truthfully, I want to be able to answer her confidently that we have all the money in the world and then some to be able to pay her back as well as her inflated salary. Somewhere inside me though I feel as though I'm being called to personally give more to our church!!! We give a decent amount... Yes, we could probably give more, but I imagine others could too probably. However, that is not the question she's asking me... I am taking our church's money numbers to heart and wish I could change our financial situation single-handedly....ha!

Does anyone else out there understand my feelings or have I just had too much coffee today??? I was soooo close to having a good day at church today and if I had exited the sanctuary by a different door I may not have been asked this provacative question.... But alas, I am left to delve once again into my discomfort with our pastor regarding money and etc.

On a lighter note...I'm excited to be starting a new business with the Shaklee company. I'm making it a goal of mine to donate 10% of my earnings to my church so here's to happy money earning...
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I was a French teacher for four years, a life-long dream achieved. Now, I'm taking a serious break to raise a family. I go to a United Methodist Church regularly with my husband, daughter and son. For my future ideal job, I'd love to travel the world eating in great restaurants and write food reviews!!! Someday I'd like to live on the Oregon Coast and be a translator for French tourists! However, in the meantime I'm earning a substantial income with Jewels by Park Lane, subbing & Shaklee!

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