A LITTLE CART!

Long ago, and so far away, I was a wee lad of 10 and there was this guy who pushed his little cart down the street, selling out of it, hot dogs and polish sausages. I followed this guy every day, thinking that all I wanted to do in life was just that! And I hope to be able to do that this year! Well, not walking block to block, and not with a small cart alone, but with a little help from my buyer's rebate for the purchase of my house, I will have enough to have my trailer built to specifications I need to meet the health codes of the county! Not only that, but I will have a place to put it and a market to put it to work for me! I intend on parking it on the green, right in front of the high school, so that at lunch time, the kids can come out, get their dogs and chips and sodas, put some money in my pocket, and good food in their stomachs before they hustle off back to class!

You see, we are less than a mile from the high school, but until now, we had no way of gaining our market share to those 900 kids who attend! They trek across the street to Domino's or to McDonald's or to Subway. But the journey to TOAO NIKOS' is too far to make there and back within the half hour they have for lunch. So we have a great downtown location, just not close enough to make it for that extra lunch boost.

Now, with the wonder of the Park District, and their allowing us to park our trailer in the park adjacent to the school, we can now share in that market! So this coming fall, I hope to have my trailer built! Equipped with a double steam table, a cooler, a chip rack and the Dixon Purple and White decals I plan on loading onto the sides of the trailer, I hope we can make the next winter season a lot easier to deal with, financially speaking. All we need is for it to be just a little easier. I am not asking for a lot! But this little padding through the winter months will really help us grow.

Next fall, we can do the high school, and pick back up in the spring months. Then we can have the summer months in the parks for Junior Tackle or Soccer. Beyond this year, we can begin by getting another food trailer for the new river front property. Perhaps an enclosed trailer with more amenities. Then the building next door, and the remodel! Either that or one of the many buildings on the major street Galena! That would be sweet. A parking lot. A great possibility of even looking into the future prospect of a pool hall with the restaurant attached. All a part of the growing business I want to have! All a part of the beginning dream of the 10 year old kid following the push cart vendor, long ago.

How does this start? The money it is going to take to get the trailer built, will come from my rebate for the first time home buyer program! If I get my mortgage on my house, I will get 10% back from the government for the starting capital for this venture. My prayer is only this, that I get my mortgage approved. Beyond that, I know that Jehovah Jireh! THE LORD PROVIDES! I believe that this is going to work! I believe that God has continually blessed me with each and every day that we have made it through this past 8 months! And now, I know that all this stuff is just going to work!

The Apostle Paul said that, "We know that all things work together for good, to those that love God; to those that are called according to His purposes." Another translation is even better, "Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good."

So I believe! And I know that despite my best efforts, all my blessings come from God! Because if I start relying on myself, I know I will screw it up somehow. I will be discouraged and fail. But by faith, I believe I can do all things from God's strength! And that alone will make this work! Even if it isn't in my time frame, it is going to be in God's!

For all that writing, I hope you all get a sense of where my faith is. It isn't in easy believeism, but rather in work with faith! I know I can't let myself free to let God do something if I am not working to do it myself. But I am doing all I need to do to let God work through me.

I hope everyone out there gets something from that. And now I will go finish the movie I am about to watch, and rest up for tomorrow! It is going to be another busy day! And I need to be ready for it!

Good night all!