Highway Won Update October 2009

October 2009 Highway Won Update

Hello and happy October, and the fall season along with it! September has been an interesting month for us here at Highway Won. We have enjoyed cooler weather here than most of California, which has made the coast the ideal place to get away to for many people, and many have. Labor Day weekend (and our Pinedorado festivities with it) was super busy here in town and there still was a pretty good stream of folks in the store for about a week afterward, but we’ve reached a bit of a slowdown which is typical for this time of year. Our book sale this month of September has been fairly successful despite the slowdown, and we are thankful for that. As important as it is for us to carry gifts, t-shirts, jewelry and other miscellaneous items, the primary reason we opened this store here was to get good quality Christian books, materials and Bibles into the hands of people in this community and its tourists and to be a light and witness of Christ here. Please continue to pray for our understanding of the direction that God has for this store and that we can continue to make an impact in the lives of our community members and visitors to our beautiful town.

There are days we all face in which we begin to wonder what’s going on in our lives, as well as challenges in understanding the “whys” and the other issues that bother us when we get frustrated. Kary and I have been seeking the possibility of one of us going back to work full time (outside the store that is), and I had a job interview last week that was right up my alley so to speak. It went fairly well, but then I got a call yesterday that I wasn’t one of the few selected to go on for a second interview. That was and remains quite frustrating. How do we respond in times like these? I wasn’t sure myself right then so I did what I often do in view of these things: I went out and took a good look at the ocean and what all was happening there. And guess what? The ocean was still there, pounding rhythmically onto the shore like it has for thousands of years; the birds are still there being fed by their heavenly Father’s gracious hand; the seals and otters were still out there frolicking; squirrels were still chomping away on shoreline plants; sea gulls were still “gulling” (or whatever it is they do); and God is still there, and is just and right and holy in all that He does, allows, and His plans, not mine, are still best! The best thing I remembered as I was out there and then came back on in here to the store is that Matthew 6:24-34 is still true no matter what my feelings or confusion may say! “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” –TK

What’s New for October?

While there is no one set sale or special planned for October, there are several miscellaneous things that are going on. We now have (yikes) most of our Christmas items including boxed Christmas cards available in the store for those of you who are early birds at this sort of thing. Individual Christmas cards are coming along in the near future. There is a very cute Christmas special item from Dayspring that you’ll want to see when you actually begin buying those Christmas cards. Although our official art sale is over we do have many pieces marked down as much as 40%. We of course still offer our local discount of 5% off purchases (except for greeting cards) plus our frequent customer card to add up to additional future savings. We also still are receiving new book and music releases and have other items still to come for you to peruse. While we have lost our bargain book bin to boxed Christmas cards currently, I still have a small bin of books available that are priced from about $2.00 to $6.97, most of which are $3.25 or $4.97.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2009, the holidays are coming in earnest. November will begin our Bible Sale as November brings National Bible Week as well as Thanksgiving, and there will be some great savings on Bibles then. Cambria’s annual Hospitality Night will be on December 3rd celebrated throughout the town which is always a fun event, and we’ll have some special things going on here as well, and probably a free giveaway of some type. There are a lot of great things ahead and we look forward to seeing many of you friends of Highway Won here over the next few months! God bless you and enjoy these fall days ahead, especially the extra hour of sleep November 1st and the moving back of our clocks one hour!