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Well, I made it till 7:30. The girls are having bath time, so I get a chance to sneak down to my desk. I opened the file and started counting. I suppose I should put the number in context. We estimated that 25 would be an acceptable amount of surveys because we are using an attractional method. That means we put up a sign, offer a giveaway, and people are attracted to come over. We don't solicit much. This is the posture that we want to take because it is less aggressive and the people that come over don't have their guard up against all their previous interaction with the Church. In fact today several people thought we were part of the Ranger service. One person asked if we were students at AACC (gotta admit I felt good being mistaken for a college student). By the time they heard we were a church, they were already on board with what we were doing, and responded much better. But I digress...

We thought 25 would be acceptable, 50 would be exceptional. We ended up at 47. Not a bad days work. I'm very proud of our volunteers. Thankful to the Park Rangers, and to all that participated in our surveys. In addition to the 47 that we have in hand their were an additional 10 or so that took a survey in hand and then admitted they didn't live in the area so they couldn't help.

Can't wait for the next one. If you've thought that you can't do this, I can attest that after today I'm sure you can. We can do this, and we can reach our goal of 1500 with a paper trail to prove it.

--Ben