Ok, so with my Pampered Chef business, we always have deadlines on the last day of the month. Well for November it happened to fall on a Sunday. I don't like those months so much. I had worked hard to get a show closed on Saturday to meet a goal that I had. Well I ran out of time. I was bummed and thought that one phone call on Sunday surely wouldn't hurt. I even figured out the person to call to finish it all up. I thought about it at church and for the afternoon and figured that the $12 difference it was going to make wasn't worth breaking the sabath. I said a prayer saying to the Lord that since I was not working on Sunday that I needed help to close this show even though it wasn't going to make it on the deadline.
So Monday morning I checked my e-mail and got a great surprise. There was a letter from corporate saying that there were computer gliches on Sunday and that we had one more day to submit shows for it to count on November. I was extatic. I got on my e-mail and on the phone to let everyone know that I could think of. Then that afternoon we went car looking and met a sales man that said he wanted to order. I knew it was because I had stuck to my guns and asked for help. It is not worth $12 to break a commandment. The gospel is so easy, you just have to commit to doing it.
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In my 10 years with PC that has only happened twice where they have extended the month end deadline. And it has helped me both times. I felt the same way when I got a catalog show closed on Monday.
what a cool example of choosing the right. I think that's awesome that you decided it wasn't worth it.
Great job M! Sometimes it seems easy to justify breaking a commandment, but I'm proud of you.
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