Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Funny thing happened today.
I was supposed to be traveling to Israel, leaving tomorrow. When this whole thing popped off and Israel, I knew the church, and the tour company would be canceling the trip. Whatever their decision, I had already decided I would not be going. Thank God they came to their senses, because I was able to at least get a refund for my flight.
I received the refund at least several weeks back, however; my flights were still showing up in the Delta app. Today I had to contact delta airlines, to ensure that they deleted the flights from my app. It was a real test of integrity, because I would’ve liked to just change the flight to another location like Hawaii 😂
Integrity is doing the right thing when it’s the right thing to do. Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. Anyway, I made the right choice. In my service to the Lord, I have to continue to challenge myself to do the right thing. I know many of us here are good people, but I still feel from time to time to do the right thing. I’m grateful that I’m standing before the Lord today without guilt. I’m grateful for his forgiveness for the times I do fail.
Just an anecdotal story.
Kinda funny, but this happened many many years ago. I used to travel a lot for work and suddenly tech companies started popping up in Israel and we even started talking to a few clients there. First thing my wife said at that point was "What ever you do, dont travel to Israel". There was no reason, just a gut feeling, but her instincts are always right (if not a bit head of time!).
There were only 3 hard conditions I had with him over the years we worked together - never accept venture funding, never gonna take the vaccine and never gonna travel to middle east. Luckily he has been very accomodating.
Sounds like you have a good one there! Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏