There was an old commercial, I believe for United Airlines, that showed the power of face to face conversation. A business firm had lost some customers including a long time friend of the CEO. In the effort to mend the fences the CEO hands out airplane tickets to his employees with instructions to go see their clients face to face. The commercial ends with one employee asking the CEO what he was going to do. He said, holding up a ticket, “I’m going to see an old friend.”
I’ve already explained, in detail, my fondness for technology and advancements in technology. We use VOIP for our home phone. We’ve used SKYPE to talk to Switzerland and El Salvador. I’ve used MSN messenger and GMAIL to have regular contact with our mission point in Mexico.
There’s nothing that compares to sitting around a certain kitchen table in a certain house in a certain place. Looking at my brothers in the eye, drawing out plans, praying and making plans to bless the local church and one individual in particular who in just a short time will receive the gift of a house.
I’ve sat at that same table for over 10 years, worked side by side with the same brothers for that same amount of time yet each time we’ve prayed for these projects the enthusiasm and energy begins to flow.
