[Oe List ...] FW: Story of Denver Religious House

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Gail West <icataiw at gmail.com> wrote:
>What fun, Lynda.  Thank you for the story!
>
>Gail
>
>
>On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
>> ** ************
>>
>> *Subject:* Story of ****Denver**** Religious House****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> We learned to live simply in Religious Houses.  We needed people out
>on
>> the road recruiting courses, raising money, setting up programs, and
>> working with communities, so as few people as possible were assigned
>to get
>> real jobs to pay the bills.  Sometimes that meant that our food
>budget
>> provided only rather basic foods.  We worked hard, but there was also
>a
>> dynamic of celebration that seemed to magically appear from time to
>time.
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Dear Guardian Lee Sugg was helping watch over us when he won a $1000
>> grocery buying spree in a local store contest and presented it to the
>> Denver House.  Some of us old skinflints thought of a whole year's
>worth of
>> oatmeal or grits, but our always-hungry-youth saw this as a special
>gift
>> that should be honored by also getting special treats.  With a little
>help,
>> they cased the grocery store to find out some key luxury items that
>would
>> add a little zip to the daily fare.  Special requests were for good
>cuts of
>> meat and seafood that we could freeze.    ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I can't recall the exact details, but I think we could have four
>persons
>> with a cart or carts going in different directions in a maybe 20
>minute
>> time span.  Whatever we could get in those carts up to $1000 was our
>> take-home prize.  I recall that it was after the store had closed so
>the
>> aisles were all ours to race in without interference.  Our fastest
>runners (Larry
>> Hamje was one) were the designated shoppers with the rest of us
>cheering
>> from the sidelines and pointing the way to things we thought should
>be in
>> the carts.  The store manager was the announcer over the speaker
>system
>> giving us the On Your Mark, Get Set, and GO signals, as well as
>calling out
>> the remaining time.  I don't recall how we came out money wise, but I
>> recall it was close and we were breathing deeply as the cash register
>rang
>> up sub-totals.  What a grand time we had loading up Lee's pick-up and
>> heading back to the house to sort through those bags and bags of
>> groceries.   What a great party we had with some of the special
>cheeses and
>> meats and fruits that we picked up.  I think Martha Lee Sugg also
>bought
>> some good wine soda to go with our goodies.  What wonderful food we
>enjoyed
>> from the pantry and freezer for many months. ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thank you to all the magicians in our corporate lives who knew the
>needed
>> dynamics of a winning team.  ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> This memory was sparked by finding a photo of Lee Sugg being
>presented the
>> winning ticket for the shopping spree which I am passing on to Martha
>Lee.  Someone
>> probably has a photo of the truck load of groceries and may have
>> corrections or additions to this story.      ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Lynda Cock****
>>
>>  ****
>>
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