"out there is the shadow of the modern machine, walks St robinson and his cadillac dream"

In case you were wondering, I try to find song lyrics that go along with what I am writing about. This one is a stretch, so don't even try to figure it out.

So I got my hair cut yesterday, and had a fantastic experience. Rebekah at Great Clips did it, and she was an absolute delight. First off she was chatty (not like not cutting hair chatty but appropriate chatty), so that was a blast to talk with her. We talked about groceries, babies, tatoos, bars, beauty school, her sister, her history. It was pretty much fabulous, and to top it off, her sister came over, her sister is pregnant as well, and it was a blast getting to know her. She was telling me about these places where we can get discounted baby things, things like that. What a helpful resource. Something telling happened.

While her sister was telling me about a cheap/free clinic she said this.

"The clinic is run by a church (with an under her breath laugh). I mean, they're nice and all, but in order to go through the procedures you have to listen to them about your church and they will tell you to get married, but you don't have to do it, that's just their opinion"

Please excuse the brevity, but that's how it went down. I listened intently and studied both of them, and am just waiting for that God ordained time. We really hit it off and we have added into the strategy biweekly haircut with Rebekah and he sister Rachel.

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On another note, I wanted to encourage all of you missionaries (Matthew 28:19, it hits us all).

Take notes, when you are out and about, running errands, drinking coffee, shopping, going to the park, movies, restaurants, or just in general hanging out, take notes of the people around, how busy is it, what time of day is it, what the people are like, how many, etc etc. Start coming up with a running portfolio and use it in your own quest to impact the culture you are in for Christ.

For instance:

I am at Babbs coffee shop at the corner of Main and Broadway. I have been here since 2 and there have been about 20 people in and out so somewhat steady but nothing huge. About 40% have been 50+ about 10% have been 18- and 40% have been in the 20-30 range. People come either to chat or to work so it has proven a little more difficult to get to chat with them. The workers are kind but the counter is so high and bulky that it makes it difficult to chat.

This is just an instance to try it out, and what would be really cool is if you would share on here what you discovered..

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Finally, I am going to start putting up some Fargo-Moorhead specific web links for you guys to peruse. I would love for you to also get to know Fargo and the vast expanse of ministry oppurtunities that are here. Consider the Babbs one it for now.