“Do the next thing”

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The Real Story

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Thanks_Dan, originally uploaded by Midcoast Mainah.

Dan works at LL Bean, and he knew that Fran likes autumn and misses being here in New England to see the fall color changes. So, he thought he’d send him a taste of fall to hang in his “room.” This is a large piece of fabric with LL Bean catalog covers printed on it!

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For about 2 months out of every year, Fran is older than me….That season starts now!

So, today is his day off, and his birthday!

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Fran_with_camel-1, originally uploaded by Midcoast Mainah.

Fran sent me this photo today. I asked him who the guy is and this is what he said:

“I don’t know his name. He is a hired herdsman and he did not speak English. He did know enough to accept my lunch MRE for three of us to take pics with one of his camels. He was there to make sure the camel stayed put. I did not think camels were that skiddish. “

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Mosque, originally uploaded by Midcoast Mainah.

I recently learned that it only cost 84 cents to send a letter to an overseas missionary. Just write a letter, put it into an envelope, address it, put a return address label on it, and then buy an 84 cent stamp. Or put two 39 cent and one 24 cent stamp on it, or put three 39 cent stamps on it. You pay a little more with the 2nd two methods, but at least you are getting it done!!

I was telling this to someone at church the other day, and they considered themselves educated. They then followed it up by asking what it took to send a letter to a deployed soldier. (more…)