I JUMPED THROUGH MORE HOOPS YESTERDAY AND FINALLY GOT AN EXCELLENT CUSTOMER REP . SHE AND HER MANAGER WERE TO CALL ME AT 9:00-9:15 EST. IT'S (9:45 AND I MUST LEAVE FOR WORK- AND THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPERATIVE THEY CALL BEFORE 9:30! NO CALL. ALSO- RETURNS DEPARTMENT AT DELL WAS ABSOLUTELY NASTY- I WAS TRANSFERRED TO 4 PEOPLE AFTER MY SALES REP SAID SHE WAS TRANSFERRING ME TO SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP---NO RESOLUTION ON RETURNING TV CARD AS I STILL HAVE NO LAPTOP TO PUT IT IN!!!!
AT DELL ARE SAYING THEY WANT TAKE BACK A tv CARD OR PAY SHIPPING SINCE IT IS BEYOND THEIR 21 DAY GRACE PERIOD.
I'M NOT A VERY HAPPY CAMPER. EVEN THE OFFER THEY OFFERED ME IS NOT QUITE UP TO PAR, BUT I NEED A PRODUCT,
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS LOCK. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
I'M ANGRY AS DELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!
J
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
DELL< DELL< DELL
Poopsie: aka Snowman, or I eat!:
Now I know what you mean about all that trouble you had with Dell. I ordered my wife a nice Laptop that was on sale for Christmas for two days only. It was an 800.00 Inspiron for 444.00. Of course after I ordered it on 12-12-08 I have yet to receive it, and after 6-8 phone calls and countless e-mails, Dell states it cannot find my order (they are waiting on parts-initial delivery date- 12-12-08!!!! The last e-mail from Dell showed my Customer ID, Order Number and Item Number, yet they say they cannot find what I e-mailed them about!! I copied and pasted their own e-mail and sent it back asking if that helped any! At least it generated a phone call FROM them. I also have a TV card- 133.99, as well as a 55.00 Wireless router that are past the 21 day return policy because they kept pushing back the deliver date of the Laptop while waiting on parts.
Now they are saying that promotion is no longer valid and are pushing to sell the 1200.00 high end laptops. I was at work and they would not talk to the wife about "MY account" We have nothing separate from each other, so I'll have to call and give someone permission to talk with her.
Most of you know I'm going to Tampa (not the brightest idea I've ever had), on Superbowl weekend to see my Dad, who is not doing well health wise. I was going to download all info from desktop to laptop via direct connect- and take to Fla to stay up with a class. It's too much info not to download it straight from one computer to the next. This puts me in a bad situation. Go see my father maybe for the last time- WHICH I AM GOING TO DO!) I'm flying US Scare out of Charlotte- (not a bright idea either as this is the one that---you know.) I swear to my Lord if the seats are still damp I'm getting off that plane!!!! This could have possibly been the same Airbus A320 that took off from LaGuardia, going to where?....Charlotte, going to where?......Orlando!!!!!
I'm going from Charlotte to Orlando non-stop, but I seriously considered taking the flight from Charlotte to LaGuardia to Orlando, just so I could say I've been to NY! The Tickets were same price- how dumb!
Dell does not understand, nor do I really expect them too, how much their inability to supply said laptop has caused me. I will literally fail a 936.00 class that I have an A in, because I'll be missing a week. This is a 9 week class and there are NO exceptions for not doing the work, nor any refunds. That is signed in blood. This has really and truly upset me. Maybe I'm making too much out of it, but I've had the worst and most stressful 3 months that I've had in many a year. School, Sandi's surgery, My Heart, and now my Dad's heart with his Pacemaker going off and the end drawing near. I promise I'm not whining, I just don't need Dell to cause a simple business transaction- something they do for a living to cause this much stress and consternation.
So, How do I bypass all the lowlifes at Dell, get a service rep that can do something about this situation, like honor the price on the sales item, or give me some comp for the hassle/ say they are sorry and offer me an upgrade- they will build another like it but want 600.00 for it and will not budge on the price. Seems to me they must honor the 444.00 price as there were no exclusions that I can remember? They did not even call- they kept having a computer call and said say press 1 if you want to continue the "build": and would follow up in a couple of days with an E-mail you had to respond to as well.
And all this from a company who last week could find no record of my PO number or Order Number!!!!! Or just send me postage paid box for return and credit and no restocking fee for items I have. They want me to pay postage and restocking on TV card and Router while I'm still waiting on parts for the Laptop!!!! I also bought a 47' LCD HDTV from them, as well as my last two computers. You'd think there would be a teeny bit of loyalty there.
I want some testicles in my hand, and I want to squeeze them, until I get the respect and common decency that a valued customer should receive, from a service driven industry. I (we) have been nothing but civil and polite to this point- but it appears it's time to shift to another tactic. Or I want to go public and let others know. But they are so big- it won't even bother them or make a ripple in their pond of business!
Suggestions? Ways to get higher ups' attention? Am I within my rights?
I Ask you or your smartest fellow Bloggers' with experience in this how to get results! I want to be loaded for bear, and go for the jugular when I call Customer Service next. I tend to be way to nice when it comes to confrontation; up to a point. But I don't want to "Blow up" at the inappropriate person, someone who may not have a clue just by reading any notes that may miraculously been kept by customer service. This is the New and Improved John who is sick and tired of always being the polite doormat after he gets screwed. At least they can kiss me when their through!
For want of a Lap Top,
John
PS: I have stayed with Dell because I have decent credit options with them, and am not sure about other stores/companies. I owe no credit cards, outstanding credit bills etc. I just don't want a lot of credit activity to show up during the current economic situation. I can go elsewhere or pay cash, but it was interest free for 1 year with the TV order! So why tie up that chunk of cash?
Thanks everyone for listening to this RANT. I fell some better just writing it out. I know it's not a big problem compared to some, but it is a real one, and it's mine.
J
Now I know what you mean about all that trouble you had with Dell. I ordered my wife a nice Laptop that was on sale for Christmas for two days only. It was an 800.00 Inspiron for 444.00. Of course after I ordered it on 12-12-08 I have yet to receive it, and after 6-8 phone calls and countless e-mails, Dell states it cannot find my order (they are waiting on parts-initial delivery date- 12-12-08!!!! The last e-mail from Dell showed my Customer ID, Order Number and Item Number, yet they say they cannot find what I e-mailed them about!! I copied and pasted their own e-mail and sent it back asking if that helped any! At least it generated a phone call FROM them. I also have a TV card- 133.99, as well as a 55.00 Wireless router that are past the 21 day return policy because they kept pushing back the deliver date of the Laptop while waiting on parts.
Now they are saying that promotion is no longer valid and are pushing to sell the 1200.00 high end laptops. I was at work and they would not talk to the wife about "MY account" We have nothing separate from each other, so I'll have to call and give someone permission to talk with her.
Most of you know I'm going to Tampa (not the brightest idea I've ever had), on Superbowl weekend to see my Dad, who is not doing well health wise. I was going to download all info from desktop to laptop via direct connect- and take to Fla to stay up with a class. It's too much info not to download it straight from one computer to the next. This puts me in a bad situation. Go see my father maybe for the last time- WHICH I AM GOING TO DO!) I'm flying US Scare out of Charlotte- (not a bright idea either as this is the one that---you know.) I swear to my Lord if the seats are still damp I'm getting off that plane!!!! This could have possibly been the same Airbus A320 that took off from LaGuardia, going to where?....Charlotte, going to where?......Orlando!!!!!
I'm going from Charlotte to Orlando non-stop, but I seriously considered taking the flight from Charlotte to LaGuardia to Orlando, just so I could say I've been to NY! The Tickets were same price- how dumb!
Dell does not understand, nor do I really expect them too, how much their inability to supply said laptop has caused me. I will literally fail a 936.00 class that I have an A in, because I'll be missing a week. This is a 9 week class and there are NO exceptions for not doing the work, nor any refunds. That is signed in blood. This has really and truly upset me. Maybe I'm making too much out of it, but I've had the worst and most stressful 3 months that I've had in many a year. School, Sandi's surgery, My Heart, and now my Dad's heart with his Pacemaker going off and the end drawing near. I promise I'm not whining, I just don't need Dell to cause a simple business transaction- something they do for a living to cause this much stress and consternation.
So, How do I bypass all the lowlifes at Dell, get a service rep that can do something about this situation, like honor the price on the sales item, or give me some comp for the hassle/ say they are sorry and offer me an upgrade- they will build another like it but want 600.00 for it and will not budge on the price. Seems to me they must honor the 444.00 price as there were no exclusions that I can remember? They did not even call- they kept having a computer call and said say press 1 if you want to continue the "build": and would follow up in a couple of days with an E-mail you had to respond to as well.
And all this from a company who last week could find no record of my PO number or Order Number!!!!! Or just send me postage paid box for return and credit and no restocking fee for items I have. They want me to pay postage and restocking on TV card and Router while I'm still waiting on parts for the Laptop!!!! I also bought a 47' LCD HDTV from them, as well as my last two computers. You'd think there would be a teeny bit of loyalty there.
I want some testicles in my hand, and I want to squeeze them, until I get the respect and common decency that a valued customer should receive, from a service driven industry. I (we) have been nothing but civil and polite to this point- but it appears it's time to shift to another tactic. Or I want to go public and let others know. But they are so big- it won't even bother them or make a ripple in their pond of business!
Suggestions? Ways to get higher ups' attention? Am I within my rights?
I Ask you or your smartest fellow Bloggers' with experience in this how to get results! I want to be loaded for bear, and go for the jugular when I call Customer Service next. I tend to be way to nice when it comes to confrontation; up to a point. But I don't want to "Blow up" at the inappropriate person, someone who may not have a clue just by reading any notes that may miraculously been kept by customer service. This is the New and Improved John who is sick and tired of always being the polite doormat after he gets screwed. At least they can kiss me when their through!
For want of a Lap Top,
John
PS: I have stayed with Dell because I have decent credit options with them, and am not sure about other stores/companies. I owe no credit cards, outstanding credit bills etc. I just don't want a lot of credit activity to show up during the current economic situation. I can go elsewhere or pay cash, but it was interest free for 1 year with the TV order! So why tie up that chunk of cash?
Thanks everyone for listening to this RANT. I fell some better just writing it out. I know it's not a big problem compared to some, but it is a real one, and it's mine.
J
Sunday, January 18, 2009
PANIC TIME--THEY SAID THE "S" WORD ON TV
OMG....RUN TO THE STORE, FILL UP THE CAR, HIDE THE DOG, FIND THE WEASEL.......
These are the reactions of South Carolininans, when the word(s), in any order) are mention on TV....THAT START WITH THE LETTER "S"
Snow/Sleet, (my wife and I call it SNEET- because it's tiny ice pellets that bounce but never stick to anything and disappear as soon as they hit anything) : or Freezing Rain.....with possible light accumulation 100 miles away in the foothills and mountains (POSSIBLE). It sets off a stampeding herd of, I must leave early from work today to go buy the store. No, that was no Freudian slip- Literally- GO BUY the Store. Groceries large and small all over the state go into emergency mode. Price guns immediately reset to an additional 25% markup, and stock persons race through their departments tagging everything, including customers!
From the depths of what we assume is a loading dock, and possible produce section come plywood, generators, tubs of whale blubber (for the oil lamps you dummy), this is a crisis for crisses sake! Flashlights with snow shovels attached to the end (Last years have been regifted), and hidden panels swing open, exposing an extra 3,0000 square foot isle of Bottled water, Milk, Bread, and Bud Light!
Gas stations are crammed as people top off gas tanks. It's supposed to snow???? Where ya gonna go?????? Spend that extra cash on Bud and chips---Hello???? But it is after all SC!!!!
We will sit transfixed as we watch mesmerized at the crawl line slither across our HDTV, the all knowing god of information, and some with weather radios are already plugging them in and cussing because they forgot- (YOU ALWAYS FORGET) to pick up an extra 9 volt battery. The only one you buy goes in the smoke detector when it finally runs dead and beeps, which after 48 hours- FORCES you to dole out the $8.97 for the 9 V.
They are cost prohibitive, or so you think because we so seldom need them! Except for the odd fellow like me who loves to stick it to his tongue to see how much battery life is left. If it barely stings, you put it back in knowing you have mere months before the chirping smoke alarm drives you to Ace to pick up a replacement! God forbid we should buy one or two now! Why, that's cutting into the childrens education fund! Or it zaps you so damn hard your eyes slightly tear up, and you secretly enjoy the mild ammount of pain it caused you. You do it one more time-(One must be sure), enjoying the pain even more the second time and feelng slighly dirty because of it. Kinda like when you put your wife's underwear on your head and dance to We ar the Champions......sorry...
Anyway, you go to bed with visions of a white winter wonderland upon arising, or at least the weather report stating the bridges and overpasses (they freeze first ya know), are impassable. Praying you will see school cancellations, business closings etc. and the god box with the information line slithering across it giving you the news that God has ggiven SC a day off!!!!!! You say a silent prayer thanking God for electricity, steal a longing glance at the smoke detector, you cheecks flushing a little bit.)
DANG!!!!!!! Missed it again. It stopped right where it always stops. Right along that line of demarcation 23 miles North and West of Columbia called Newberry, where they will be on a 2 hour delay. Oh, so close, just like the Gamecocks--wait till next year! You shuffle past the 3 cases of bottled water, wondering what you are going to do with 4 gallons of Milk and 8 loaves of bread and why did you spend $32.28 on movie rentals that you can now take back on perfectly traveleable roads.
This is all because of the mention of the "S" word on TV. If you want it that badly- MOVE TO BUFFALO!!!
Secretly we all want it to snow just for the day so we can enjoy God's white silent dandruff gently drifting down, gradually covering everything; hiding the usually oh so familiar and ugly objects in our yards and fields, transforming them into a beautiful surreal landscape. Pristine; with maybe an occasional animal track, but absolutely beautiful, and quiet! The Quietness. It's so cool, I guess it's because of the usuall din of the background noise of life that it seems so quit and still..
Woops....gotta run................Weather's on!!!!!!!
J
These are the reactions of South Carolininans, when the word(s), in any order) are mention on TV....THAT START WITH THE LETTER "S"
Snow/Sleet, (my wife and I call it SNEET- because it's tiny ice pellets that bounce but never stick to anything and disappear as soon as they hit anything) : or Freezing Rain.....with possible light accumulation 100 miles away in the foothills and mountains (POSSIBLE). It sets off a stampeding herd of, I must leave early from work today to go buy the store. No, that was no Freudian slip- Literally- GO BUY the Store. Groceries large and small all over the state go into emergency mode. Price guns immediately reset to an additional 25% markup, and stock persons race through their departments tagging everything, including customers!
From the depths of what we assume is a loading dock, and possible produce section come plywood, generators, tubs of whale blubber (for the oil lamps you dummy), this is a crisis for crisses sake! Flashlights with snow shovels attached to the end (Last years have been regifted), and hidden panels swing open, exposing an extra 3,0000 square foot isle of Bottled water, Milk, Bread, and Bud Light!
Gas stations are crammed as people top off gas tanks. It's supposed to snow???? Where ya gonna go?????? Spend that extra cash on Bud and chips---Hello???? But it is after all SC!!!!
We will sit transfixed as we watch mesmerized at the crawl line slither across our HDTV, the all knowing god of information, and some with weather radios are already plugging them in and cussing because they forgot- (YOU ALWAYS FORGET) to pick up an extra 9 volt battery. The only one you buy goes in the smoke detector when it finally runs dead and beeps, which after 48 hours- FORCES you to dole out the $8.97 for the 9 V.
They are cost prohibitive, or so you think because we so seldom need them! Except for the odd fellow like me who loves to stick it to his tongue to see how much battery life is left. If it barely stings, you put it back in knowing you have mere months before the chirping smoke alarm drives you to Ace to pick up a replacement! God forbid we should buy one or two now! Why, that's cutting into the childrens education fund! Or it zaps you so damn hard your eyes slightly tear up, and you secretly enjoy the mild ammount of pain it caused you. You do it one more time-(One must be sure), enjoying the pain even more the second time and feelng slighly dirty because of it. Kinda like when you put your wife's underwear on your head and dance to We ar the Champions......sorry...
Anyway, you go to bed with visions of a white winter wonderland upon arising, or at least the weather report stating the bridges and overpasses (they freeze first ya know), are impassable. Praying you will see school cancellations, business closings etc. and the god box with the information line slithering across it giving you the news that God has ggiven SC a day off!!!!!! You say a silent prayer thanking God for electricity, steal a longing glance at the smoke detector, you cheecks flushing a little bit.)
DANG!!!!!!! Missed it again. It stopped right where it always stops. Right along that line of demarcation 23 miles North and West of Columbia called Newberry, where they will be on a 2 hour delay. Oh, so close, just like the Gamecocks--wait till next year! You shuffle past the 3 cases of bottled water, wondering what you are going to do with 4 gallons of Milk and 8 loaves of bread and why did you spend $32.28 on movie rentals that you can now take back on perfectly traveleable roads.
This is all because of the mention of the "S" word on TV. If you want it that badly- MOVE TO BUFFALO!!!
Secretly we all want it to snow just for the day so we can enjoy God's white silent dandruff gently drifting down, gradually covering everything; hiding the usually oh so familiar and ugly objects in our yards and fields, transforming them into a beautiful surreal landscape. Pristine; with maybe an occasional animal track, but absolutely beautiful, and quiet! The Quietness. It's so cool, I guess it's because of the usuall din of the background noise of life that it seems so quit and still..
Woops....gotta run................Weather's on!!!!!!!
J
Friday, January 16, 2009
8 DEGREES
NOW I KNOW THAT'S NOT COLD TO SOME OF YOU NORTHERN TYPE PEEPLES, BUT DOWN ROUND HE'YA, 8 DEGREES USUALLY HAS A 9 IN FRONT OF IT!
This will be the coldest since 1983 and if it hits 8 or 7 it will be the coldest on record since I think the early 1900's. I went out and got some Flowering plants to do a small flower bed as I heard they like cool weather! I have those 6 drop off cats with the Long hair----I'm gonna spray those bad boys down and have some frozen cat statues on Saturday morning. I'll try to get some pics before they thaw. I'll pose them really cool, Ice Cats, like they're skating or something. It should be purr fect.
Getting really excited about launching the Ministry and I will keep you posted. There are so many co-dependent and needy people who walk through our doors every day, so I don't have to go to far to fulfill God's burden for His children. He has placed on my heart the need to give them just a little self esteem, a little encouragement, a little love. Some of these kids have NO role models at home, and if I can just reach a few with kindness it will be worth it. Then the parents will see that someone actually cares and it will snowball from there. This will be a long slow process, but hey- I HAVE ETERNITY!!!! Well at least till Jeez comes back. He likes to be called Jeez! This is going to be sooooo awesome! See what I mean about getting in trouble with the real serious, strict Christians. I'm seroious, I'm going to get torn a new one (for statements like that) and possible for some ways I reach out to the lost: I praise God that I don't have to answer to to anyone but my Lord as long as I'm not taking from, adding to, or blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
I will have to reign it in a little and be more respectfull of our Lord, and I'll grow into that!
Love to all,
J
Hey- somebody fill me in on that Google reader I signed up for and had 144 or so unread posts! Now that I won't be in school for a semester or two, I can catch up on my blogging! I'm still trying to decide whether to do a Hosted web site, and do an online type of Ministry with teachings and devotions for those that may work weekends, or are just burned out on the hypocrisy of some of our churches. I don't have all the answers or even an 1/8th of them, but I have a fire in my heart, passion in my gut and Love of my King and by golly I'm going to talk the truth to people None of this canned sermon all will be OK crap. It may NOT be OK!! Tell that to someone who has lost a job and then tell them how much Jesus loves them! We have to shake the body up and start Ministering with some common sense!!! I am going to catch so much flack from the regular Denominational Churches, but I don't see where they are all that packed every Sunday. I respect them, we need and must have them for Community and Corporate Worship- but I've been ordered to go where my Lord went to find His converts. In the hedges, street corners, laundry mats etc. That is where Jesus is needed in a real and tangible way. It's time we shook things up and did them a little differently!! Amen? This site will still be for us family, and I'm really going to have to pray about the other one as far as logistics go insofar as etting it up, cost, what direction, the whole 9 yards. This is exciting and you are seeing it birthed in!
But John, Do you really think you can make a difference? NO, Actually "I" can't, and think it quite fruitless in some aspects. Except I KNOW God is behind this and has called me to do it, so all I have to do is be obedient. There is no pressure on me at all. He said go, I said "Yes Sir." And that was that. It is not about me at all, it is about me introducing people in whatever way I can to Jesus and letting the Holy Spirit do His thing!!! But to introduce them to Jesus you first have to show them you are for them, with them, understand and care for and about them. They can spot a phony a mile away. They have been lied to and kicked while their down so many times, they don't even know how to take praise or a compliment when you give it to them in Urgent Care. That's sad and that's gonna change!
The one true religion of spoken in the Bible is to take care of Widows and Orphans. Most of these are single mom's, with deadbeat dad's, or the children are being tended to by their 8 year old brother and sister while parents are scoring 8 to 10 Vicodins as the call them. Or whatever their drug de jour is. Until we give them a reality that they don't want to change and hide from, they are going to continue to alter it with booze and drugs. I did. For several years.
Keep me in your prayers and if you ever have any prayer requests, just let me know. If it's about you or family of course it will be kept in the strictest confidence, or you can post them just as "Unspoken" on the Blog. God will know what the need is. I'm going to keep a little journal as we go- for answered prayer and praise reports. God deserves the Glory. If you know anyone searching or hurting, send them by. I plan to start doing some Coaching (Counseling) as soon as I have more personal experience under my belt. I've done the class from Tony Stolfus- now I just need to practice it (for x number of hours to become certified) so I can do quality work for my Lord. I'm still pusuing my BS and then Masters in Counseling and considering Cemetar- Seminary. This blog will not be all Ministry- it will still be my outlet. The other one will be the official - I gotta come up with a name.....LOL. Anyway- thanks for dropping by, for you prayers and support and your Love!!
Love to you all,
John
This will be the coldest since 1983 and if it hits 8 or 7 it will be the coldest on record since I think the early 1900's. I went out and got some Flowering plants to do a small flower bed as I heard they like cool weather! I have those 6 drop off cats with the Long hair----I'm gonna spray those bad boys down and have some frozen cat statues on Saturday morning. I'll try to get some pics before they thaw. I'll pose them really cool, Ice Cats, like they're skating or something. It should be purr fect.
Getting really excited about launching the Ministry and I will keep you posted. There are so many co-dependent and needy people who walk through our doors every day, so I don't have to go to far to fulfill God's burden for His children. He has placed on my heart the need to give them just a little self esteem, a little encouragement, a little love. Some of these kids have NO role models at home, and if I can just reach a few with kindness it will be worth it. Then the parents will see that someone actually cares and it will snowball from there. This will be a long slow process, but hey- I HAVE ETERNITY!!!! Well at least till Jeez comes back. He likes to be called Jeez! This is going to be sooooo awesome! See what I mean about getting in trouble with the real serious, strict Christians. I'm seroious, I'm going to get torn a new one (for statements like that) and possible for some ways I reach out to the lost: I praise God that I don't have to answer to to anyone but my Lord as long as I'm not taking from, adding to, or blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
I will have to reign it in a little and be more respectfull of our Lord, and I'll grow into that!
Love to all,
J
Hey- somebody fill me in on that Google reader I signed up for and had 144 or so unread posts! Now that I won't be in school for a semester or two, I can catch up on my blogging! I'm still trying to decide whether to do a Hosted web site, and do an online type of Ministry with teachings and devotions for those that may work weekends, or are just burned out on the hypocrisy of some of our churches. I don't have all the answers or even an 1/8th of them, but I have a fire in my heart, passion in my gut and Love of my King and by golly I'm going to talk the truth to people None of this canned sermon all will be OK crap. It may NOT be OK!! Tell that to someone who has lost a job and then tell them how much Jesus loves them! We have to shake the body up and start Ministering with some common sense!!! I am going to catch so much flack from the regular Denominational Churches, but I don't see where they are all that packed every Sunday. I respect them, we need and must have them for Community and Corporate Worship- but I've been ordered to go where my Lord went to find His converts. In the hedges, street corners, laundry mats etc. That is where Jesus is needed in a real and tangible way. It's time we shook things up and did them a little differently!! Amen? This site will still be for us family, and I'm really going to have to pray about the other one as far as logistics go insofar as etting it up, cost, what direction, the whole 9 yards. This is exciting and you are seeing it birthed in!
But John, Do you really think you can make a difference? NO, Actually "I" can't, and think it quite fruitless in some aspects. Except I KNOW God is behind this and has called me to do it, so all I have to do is be obedient. There is no pressure on me at all. He said go, I said "Yes Sir." And that was that. It is not about me at all, it is about me introducing people in whatever way I can to Jesus and letting the Holy Spirit do His thing!!! But to introduce them to Jesus you first have to show them you are for them, with them, understand and care for and about them. They can spot a phony a mile away. They have been lied to and kicked while their down so many times, they don't even know how to take praise or a compliment when you give it to them in Urgent Care. That's sad and that's gonna change!
The one true religion of spoken in the Bible is to take care of Widows and Orphans. Most of these are single mom's, with deadbeat dad's, or the children are being tended to by their 8 year old brother and sister while parents are scoring 8 to 10 Vicodins as the call them. Or whatever their drug de jour is. Until we give them a reality that they don't want to change and hide from, they are going to continue to alter it with booze and drugs. I did. For several years.
Keep me in your prayers and if you ever have any prayer requests, just let me know. If it's about you or family of course it will be kept in the strictest confidence, or you can post them just as "Unspoken" on the Blog. God will know what the need is. I'm going to keep a little journal as we go- for answered prayer and praise reports. God deserves the Glory. If you know anyone searching or hurting, send them by. I plan to start doing some Coaching (Counseling) as soon as I have more personal experience under my belt. I've done the class from Tony Stolfus- now I just need to practice it (for x number of hours to become certified) so I can do quality work for my Lord. I'm still pusuing my BS and then Masters in Counseling and considering Cemetar- Seminary. This blog will not be all Ministry- it will still be my outlet. The other one will be the official - I gotta come up with a name.....LOL. Anyway- thanks for dropping by, for you prayers and support and your Love!!
Love to you all,
John
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
I MUST BE CRAZY!!!
I'M GOING INTO THE MINISTRY
I'VE FINALLY ACCEPTED THE CALL GOD HAS HAD ON ME FOR OH SO MANY YEARS. THE DECISION IS BRAND NEW SO I'LL SHARE MORE SOON. MY WIFE IS BEHIND ME 100% IN THIS NEW ENDEAVOR.
I'VE FINALLY ACCEPTED THE CALL GOD HAS HAD ON ME FOR OH SO MANY YEARS. THE DECISION IS BRAND NEW SO I'LL SHARE MORE SOON. MY WIFE IS BEHIND ME 100% IN THIS NEW ENDEAVOR.
AS I DIGEST WHAT I'M DOING, I'LL POST MORE AND LET YOU KNOW. MUCH OF WHAT I DO IS COUNSELING AT URGENT SCARE ANYWAY- (JUST ASK AD!), BUT THIS WILL BE AN ACTUAL MINISTRY OUTSIDE OF THE JOB ITSELF. I'M NOT TALKING STARTING A BUILDING ETC, LORD KNOWS WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE AS IT IS. I WILL ALSO KEEP MY CURRENT JOB AND CONTINUE WITH SCHOOL FOR NOW.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE FOR THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ON A SITE LIKE, WHAT IS NOW GODTUBE-....AND I'M GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF IT'S RESOURCES.
IF PEOPLE WON'T COME TO CHURCH LET'S TAKE THE CHURCH TO THEM AND AT THEIR OWN PACE AND IN A "REAL" AND "TANGIBLE" WAY. I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THE DETAILS YET, BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW----IT WON'T BE YOUR GRANNY'S CHURCH. GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT THAT'S NOT MY JESUS, AT LEAST NOT FOR TODAY.
MUCH MUCH MORE TO COME.....THOSE WHO PRAY PLEASE DO SO AS THE ENEMY IS ALREADY AT WORK. THAT'S WHY I KNOW THIS IS THE CORRECT PATH.
BLESSINGS TO ALL
JOHN
PS: This site will remain up and I will probably start either with a new Blog or a Hosted Web Site. It will be a gradual transition and as God leads I'll follow. I still plan to finish school be it Cemetery or regular for my degree in Counseling. This has always been my heart's desire and my passion.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
FLORIDA BOUND
2 things I definitely will not see in Florida
Heading to the Sunshine State to see my dad! Going down to watch the Super Bowl with Him!!!! This should be a very special time. BUT DUMB ME! I forgot the Super Bowl is in ............................TAMPA this year!!!
And Where am I going? To Plant City, 23 miles from TAMPA!!!!!!!!
But I Beat the system though- driving one hour to Charlotte instead of flight from Columbia, going non-stop to Orlando which is about 1 hour drive to my house. Tickets were from 480- to 800.00!!
Ticket From Columbia to Tampa- 600 to 800 dollars.
Ticket my way- 239.94 dollars.
Beating the System and watching the Super Bowl with my dad-----
PRICELESS !!!!!!!!
J
Monday, January 5, 2009
SO LONG FRIEND................
MY FATHER WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AGAIN TODAY. HE IS DYING. HIS INTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WENT OFF..HE SCREAMED. SUCH LIFE SAVING TECHNOLOGY, SUCH PAIN KNOWING IT'S GOING TO SHOCK THE CRAP OUTTA YOU.....WOW.
HE'S SAVED...HE'S GOING TO BE WITH THE KING, HIS MAKER, GOD. HE WILL BE AT PEACE, AND SO AM I. I'M JUST NOT SURE WHEN, AND THAT SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!! TIME; THE GREAT INTANGIBLE...IN DUE TIME, ALL IN GOOD TIME, TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, TIME WOUNDS ALL HEELS,
FIVEHUNDREDTWENTFIVETHOUSANDTHREEHUNDREDMINUTES, FIVEHUNDREDTWENTYFIVETHOUSAND MOMENTS SO DEAR
FIVEHUNDREDREDTWENTYFIVETHOUSANDSTHREEHUNDREDMINUTES
FIVEHUNDREDTWENTYFIVETHOUDAND
(HEART BEATS SO DEAR)...(PARAPHRASE MINE), FROM THE MUSICAL: RENT.
THIS IS NOT FOR SYMPATHY, ATTENTION, OR WHATEVER. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. WELL IT IS AND IT ISN'T. BECAUSE NOW I'M HIM. I'M MY DAD. I'M THE FAMILY NAME AND HOW I REPRESENT IT FOR BETTER OR WORSE. I'LL DO HIM PROUD. I NEVER COULD PLEASE HIM AS A KID...BUT NOW THAT WE'RE BOTH GROWN UP...WE BOTH REALIZE I DON'T HAVE TO AND HE DOESN'T NEED LIVE IT THROUGH ME!
I'VE NEVER FELT CLOSER TO HIM, NOR, FURTHER AWAY. I TAKE GREAT COMFORT IN KNOWING I WILL SEE HIM AGAIN. I KNOW THAT AS SURE AS I KNOW THE MOST CONCRETE TRUTHFUL FACT ON EARTH. BY FAITH. TENUOUS AT BEST SOME MAY SAY, BUT STRONGER THAN STEEL TO ME. AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. MY BELIEF. MY FAITH. MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIFE AS I KNOW IT. IT'S UNSHAKABLE, IMMOVABLE, IMMUTABLE, IRREFUTABLE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. JUST AS GOD SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF, "I AM"!!!!!!! "I AM THAT I AM". STRONGER THAN POPEYE!
I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOUR FLIGHT IS DAD. BUT I LOVE YOU. ALWAYS HAVE, EVEN WHEN I WAS REBELLING. I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU.
BYE BO!
LOVE,
YOUR SON
Thursday, January 1, 2009
WHAT A START!
BE POSITIVE HE SAYS, EVERYTHING'S' GREAT HE BEAMS, GREAT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN '09 HE EXHORTS! WHAT A WEENIE, A LOOSER, A.......WHOOOPS...NO NEGATIVES RIGHT?
THEN HE WATCHES SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUE TO GET BEAT LIKE A DRUM IN THE OUTBACK BOWL. BUT IT IS ONLY A GAME AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE!!!!!!!!
PEACE,
JOHN
THEN HE WATCHES SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUE TO GET BEAT LIKE A DRUM IN THE OUTBACK BOWL. BUT IT IS ONLY A GAME AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE!!!!!!!!
PEACE,
JOHN
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