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SURPRISE IN THE STUDIO

An old friend in the broadcast business told a sweet story about the time his longtime employee moved to a faraway city to set up his own recording studio. He had always wanted to run his own business. But he underestimated how much work it takes to set up a studio. He kind of went into panic mode.

The day he took possession of the building and surveyed all the boxes of technical equipment he had to piece through and put together, he made a beeline to the phone . . . to call his old boss ‘way back in Omaha and whine about it.

“I wish you were here!” he said into the answering machine. “There’s so much to do, and so little time to do it!”

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his girlfriend walk in . . . and then his jaw dropped, because she had his old boss at her side.

As if on cue!

The boss had arranged to fly in and surprise him, spending a week of his own vacation to help him set up his dream studio.

The boss said the whole thing was worth it for that exquisite moment of utter surprise, when, for once in his life, his ex-employee was speechless.

That, and listening to the panicky message on his answering machine when he got home. It still makes him chuckle.

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Prayer request: We join our hearts in prayer for a friend of a friend, Pat Stringfellow. Her back has hurt her for months and now, of all things, they think it may be broken. She may need surgery. She has been suffering and not herself for so long, Lord. We pray that this is the answer and that relief from pain and other symptoms will come swiftly. (Psalm 80:18)