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Pastor Allan's Blog

My Jobs As A Kid

9/29/2019

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Somewhere in my box of memorabilia is an old black and white picture of me when I was four years old.  I was holding a paint brush by a two step ladder I had pounded together.  Funny, how I notice now that the rungs are not particularly level.  At any rate, I reminisce about that picture and tell people, “This proves it.  I’ve been working since I was four years old!”
 
You’ve read about some of my exploits growing up on the farm.  From climbing fifty feet up the silo chute to pitch down silage as a nine year old, to stacking hay on the hayrack.  I have a whole lot of experience.  Of course, the older I get, the more experience I have.
 
Then one day, we moved to town.  My friend Mike had a little popcorn machine and on Saturday night, when it seemed like the whole county was in town, I helped him sell popcorn at ten cents a bag.  I don’t remember making any money at this endeavor, but I did eat a LOT of popcorn!
 
On another day, Elinor opened a Dairy Queen—it was kind of an ice cream shop.  Now it didn’t take long to figure out that if I wanted any ice cream, I needed money.  So I got a job.  Up at 3:00 AM to deliver milk seemed like a good way to make some serious ice cream money.  I can still hear the chink-chink of the milk jugs as I carried them to everyone’s milk box.  (Bet some of you have no idea what I’m even talking about---ask your grandparents!) J
 
Delivering milk was over at 6:00 AM so I started delivering the early morning newspaper.  By the time that was done, the grass was dry so I mowed 32 lawns at about fifty cents each.  However, there was one lawn that was a square block and that lady paid me $3.00.  Then she complained that I was the cause of all her dandelions.  I never turned my back on her. J  Rumor had it that she had chased her husband with a pitch fork.  By the time I knew her, the husband was dead.  As a young boy, I wasn’t certain but what that rumor might have actually been true!  So I always kept my eye on her.
 
My whole life has been doing a lot of different jobs.  Now I realize that the only thing that really matters in life is what matters a hundred years from now.  For me, it is and always will be Jesus, family, and the flock I serve.  So today, that’s my challenge to you…..what will matter in your life a hundred years from now?
 
Love ya all,
Pastor Allan
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    Allan Redenius is the Pastor of First Covenant Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa.  This blog reflects his love for Our Lord Jesus Christ, his whimsical sense of humor and his approach to life.

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