The Sunday Shout-Out: June 8th, Edition.

When giving thanks or expressing appreciation people will often add one of the following modifiers; "I don't say this often enough" or "I should have said this before." Sometimes people withhold their thanks until the person being thanked has finished with their task or completed their service. Worse still are the many, many times that people simply let their thanks go unsaid. We don't want to be like those people. So in an effort to reverse this trend we would like to give a shout-out to Donna Haines. As you may know, Donna has taken on the leadership responsibility for the "Child Survival Project '08" concert in August. This concert is a full two months away; which Donna would describe as "Oh My Gosh Only Two Months AWAY!!!!" The organizing of this event is no small task; herculean comes to mind. Still Donna has willingly and enthusiastically taken it on. I think that it is fair to say that without her efforts we would be nowhere (and I mean nowhere) near where we are right now in this project. Her energy, creativity and passion for this event have truly been a blessing. So today we give a hearty shout-out to Donna Haines. Not because the concert is over and it went well and not because it is mid September and we have just now realized that we forgot to say thanks five weeks ago. Rather we shout her out today while she is in the trenches waging war for this event. We shout her out today because her servant heart has been on display for a few months now and we want to draw attention to it before a single song has been sung. We shout her out today because we don't want our appreciation to come to late or not at all.

Blessings,
PB