The process of creating the support letter, the support cards, the envelopes, etc. has been yet another interesting experience. I've never done this, and I want to make sure I do this correctly.
While I was typing and printing letters and envelopes, I would check the names on the letters with the names on the envelopes, then check them again, then fold the letter and put it in the envelope.
I was so afraid that I had put the wrong name in the wrong envelope, so I checked them yet again.
Half way through doing this I realized I didn't sign them!
Now I'm nervous about the color of the pen; should it be black, to be professional, or should it be blue...to add some color to the letter...and seeing as blue is one of the colors of the UK...?
Should I take off the picture of the UK...or should I leave it to keep it interesting?
What about the placement of the stamp?
Am I going to put it on correctly, or am I going to screw it up somehow?
After I've stuffed and sealed each envelope, I'm going to pray two things:
1) that God's will be done with these letters, and
2) that if I screwed anything up that God would perform a miracle and fix it before they arrive in the hands of their owner(s).
::sigh::
I do this all of the time. I want to make sure that it really is 5:00 that I go into work, so I check my e-mail. Then I check the schedule that I printed out to make sure something funky didn't happen with the printer. Then I set about 8 different alarms to make sure I start getting ready at the right time.
I also worry about the dumbest things ever, like the weight of the paper. Are these people going to notice that the paper that I'm printing on isn't office-quality copy/multipurpose paper? Chances are yes, and chances are they aren't going to care. What about the envelopes? What kind of stamps am I going to use? What about the support cards? What about...and then...and what if...and....
Lord God make me chill out before my head explodes. It doesn't matter if I have the picture of a monkey on the stamp or if I use cardstock with a watermark. Just get the letters out there and let God do the rest!
So a few letters and envelopes later, with the addition of a soap opera on mute and 80's music playing in the background, I'm almost ready to send out my first support letters. We'll see what God does with them.
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