Reply #51: The Beanie Brigade.

[Honeycombe8]

As I recall it, there were lots of young people wearing brightly colored beanies, descending on the local folks. They did some good work, but there were comments among some of the locals that they didn't like it. They weren't from the area, they were aggressive, and they were very young speaking arrogantly to people who had double or triple the years and experience they had. That was just some locals saying that, is what I remember reading.

Have to be careful when approaching older, local folks. Respect and humility go a long way.

Reminds me of what my father-in-law told me years ago, when a new pastor came to his church. Here he was, a middle aged man who studied the Bible his whole life and knew it very well. Had belonged to a couple of different religions. Then the new, very young pastor comes in with this attitude that indicated to my father-in-law that my father-in-law needed some "instruction" in the ways of the Lord. My father-in-law said to me something like, "Imagine that. This kid is standing there, talking to me like I'M the kid. Like I don't know the Bible like HE does, even though the first time he'd read it, I was an adult and had been reading it for years."