February Edition
The Month of Love
Well, February is traditionally the month of love. Valentine’s Day is February 14.
Recently, I told my wife about a game I came across over forty years ago. The original has a board on which the participants move their game piece by the rolling of dice. As I recall, there were two stacks of cards, and you drew according to the instructions on the place your game piece landed. The uniqueness of the game is that it is called, The Ungame. There are no losers, only winners. Why? Because the game was designed to facilitate conversation and thoughtful interaction, not competition. There are different versions for kids, all ages and couples.
I mentioned the The Ungame to my wife and she immediately looked it up and purchased a couple’s edition (available from several sources). The card box sits on our dining room table and regularly, we each draw a card and communicate to each other the question on our card. Sometimes we both answer, other times just the one who drew the card. It is a great way to know the inner part of your mate.
Through this exercise recently, one of the questions was, “What is the one thing you want from your spouse?” Her answer, “Patience.” I had recently felt directed to read and ponder on the love chapter of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13. Most of us can tell each other what love isn’t, but how valuable to hear the Holy Spirit speak through Paul about what Love is.
I find this passage particularly convicting. I encourage you to ponder 1 Corinthians 13 as we approach February 14 together.
Rolland
FAITH:
Chaplaincy Interview
Well, it is time to introduce First Place Ministry followers to my wife, Caliatra Esther Wright. She is a mother of six, grandmother of fourteen, and a great-grandmother of one. She is also three-time survivor of loss, by a son and two husbands. Caliatra has served as a Chaplain for Law Enforcement and First Responders (2015-2018), followed by Chaplaincy to the Woodland Senior Care Center (2018- present). Over the past 20 years, she has garnered seven pageant titles.
Caliatra (means Crown Protected) is currently serving simultaneously as Ms. Senior Washington USA and Ms. Senior Ireland Universe. Because of her past affiliation as a Law Enforcement Chaplain, the pageant officials have conferred her the titles of Ambassador of Law Enforcement Chaplain, Nationally and Internationally.
To accommodate our partnering together in Chaplain ministry, I was accepted into the Chaplaincy program last September. We also formed a business together to support the pageants Caliatra is engaged in, Crown Pageant Productions (www.crownpageantproductions.com). We invite you to visit and follow Caliatra on our website, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
By the time you read this edition, we will know specifics about Caliatra ’s next pageant engagements. Both the USA and Universe pageants scheduled for last November, were delayed due to hurricane activity in Florida and rescheduled for some time late March ’23. We promise to keep you updated and invite you to pray for all the details surrounding being a pageant contestant. If you know or have access to corporate ownership which would consider an affiliation with a pageant winner to represent and promote their product or service, we appreciate any consideration.
I encourage you to get acquainted with Caliatra through a recent conversation we recorded together. Click here to watch.
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