Introduction/Integration

Hello Mark and Charlie,

I just completed my first meeting. I’m still reading package 3 but will return to my books to do some review for clarity (as suggested during the meeting).

I am almost 67 years old and retired from Corporate America. Still feel like 45. I am divorced 3 times and I have two sons (one lives close to me with his wife, and one lives in Heaven for about 4 years now). I have no living grandchildren, but twin granddaughters living in Heaven with their dad.

My dad passed in 2008 at the age of 90. I gave up my volunteer job to care for Mom in what turned out to be her final 6 weeks of life. She died this past February 2014 at the age of 91. I had the priviledge of living with and caring for them for the past 20 years. They no longer need me.

Both my sisters have passed away and I miss those friendships. I do have two living brothers, sadly they are very busy with their own lives and have little time for me. It’s awkward to suddently be the eldest of my family. I found such comfort and safety being the middle child of two older sisters and 2 younger brothers.

In 1998 I worked with community leaders (government and pastoral) to create a food pantry in my community designed to serve our city residents only. The pastoral community was overburdened with requests for assistance and banded together as a steering committee to get this job done. The pantry now provides government food, resident donations, clothing, and nutrition supplements. The pantry is financially self-sustaining through grants, business fundraisers, and public donations. This project has brought me great joy. I have always enjoyed helping other people and believe this is my Friday-Night-Essence.

I am currently writing (in detail) an ebook to help beginners learn the basics of network marketing on the Internet.

I also plan to edit my writing of the operation and procedural manuals (for the food pantry) to create a “How To” ebook guide and put it up on the Internet for others who desire to create such a community service in their own city/town.

What I have learned thus far brings great clarity to my work style and ethics.

Thank you for inviting me to this Secret Society. I am inspired already.