Flowers to show for it

I and three other girls were pleasantly surprised to receive flowers as a token of appreciation for what we have done in organizing a seminar. It was really a sweet gesture. The company representative didn't need to do this but I guess they realized that we did our best to make this event a success.

I subscribe to God the miracle of reaching our target participants. Two weeks ago, we had less than 50% of the target. Those people we expected to register disappeared one by one. And so we had to look for other possible sectors that could benefit from this useful technology being offered. Fax and email messages were sent here and there. Though it is an exaggeration, it felt like we made a million phone calls! I had to send numerous reminders about early registration, discount for two or more participants, and the imminent arrival of the day of the seminar. No wonder the volume of my mailbox doubled and thus, our IT guy had to tell me to start cleaning up my files!

And all I could do was pray for God to make a miracle. He was my only hope.

Then last week, there was a surge of new interests. From unlikely companies and government agencies.

Our concern now was to get in as many registration fees as possible. There is always that possibility for a registered participant not to come at the last minute. They do not consider that we prepare kits, cds, and, the most expensive, food and beverages for the whole day. The latter requires reservation that cannot be cancelled and must be paid. But many of those who registered late informed us that they will just pay on the day of the seminar.

Again, all I could do was hope and pray. I was right, though. There were some who did not come. But I think there won't be any losses for us.

There were times that I felt like this project would fail. But my merciful God blessed this event. We even got beautiful flowers to show for it!

Thank you so much, my loving God!