Progress, Guidance, and Birthday

Thankfully God continues to answer many prayers.

PROGRESS
There has been steady progress in moving my data into the online service named Wrike www.wrike.com

This is used by small and medium-sized businesses so I will not likely outgrow it like the service I had been using.

There are many features that I am learning how to apply to better organize my personal and professional life.

In the past, I had too many active projects. So I felt scattered and overwhelmed. I lacked focus. So I rarely completed projects.

This tool has been used by all kinds of companies to help organize the projects and prioritize the tasks.

I have been viewing the online tutorials and recorded webinars to guide me in better harnessing the potentials here.

Please pray for my learning and applying the lessons best suited to this season of my life.

My intention is to use this service an online hub to plan and act on what God is guiding me to do for His glory.


GUIDANCE
Just over a year ago my dad died. What followed was many months of grieving.

God answered many prayers. The Lord Jesus Christ led to work with Griefshare https://www.griefshare.org/ The weekday meetings at the local church and workbook helped me process a massive tangle of feelings, memories, thoughts, and more.

That season of grief has passed for me.

And when God brings across my path those that are grieving I am glad to highly recommend Griefshare https://www.griefshare.org/

Then as my grieving ended and the New Year began I felt that God was guiding me to shift from online ministry to online business. Those are similar but different.

My brother has been studying online business for years and passed to excellent resources and lessons. Plus I had been studying Internet marketing to apply to a ministry for years.

Honestly, I had hoped and expected that my business would be up and running long before now.

A huge part of the delay had been finding this online time management tool named Wrike.

When an online business is fully operational then there are lots of activities to coordinate. There needs to be ongoing marketing to attract new customers. there need to be ways to actively serve the growing customer base, and there needs to be time to keep making more digital products.

That needs to happen while also managing all the personal life issues.

So I request your best prayers that all that comes together gracefully and that I gain healthy habits related to managing these affairs.


BIRTHDAY
I will turn 66 years old on April 23, 2019.

I have a peculiar set of feelings this year.

When I was in my teens and 20s anyone over 50 seemed very old.

The majority of my neighbors are widows in their 70s and 80s. They kid about how young I am.

I attend a church where there are mostly young families. I am old enough to be the grandfather of the small children. There are some that are my age that attend to visit but none are steady members.

For weeks before I turned 60 years old I felt a deep internal crisis. I have not felt anything like that before or after 60.

My father lived to be 94 and only in the last year did his health decline.

Both of my grandfathers lived to 83 and they were fit until the end.

So I expect to live until at least 80 and probably past 90.

Thankfully I have had a few minor health challenges all my life.

Deep inside I feel like I did when I was in my 40s.

I put together an Amazon Wish List to share with you and others. Generally, I live a very simple lifestyle. God has been continually teaching me about the difference between my needs and my wants.

I guess I would be a hard person to buy a gift for, so I listed some clothes, one electronic item, one book, and some ergonomic aids here https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2KW8X9LCE6FFV

I think my shipping address is included in the Wish List. But if it is not then here it is 1600 W lake Bardwell DR  unit 137, Ennis TX 75119

And here is my Paypal link that God has used for many years to bring funds to me right on time https://www.freewebs.com/jsohub/give.htm

THANKS againfor all your prayers. I could not have made it this far without many answered prayers.

Shalom
John