As part of my job in establishing Forge over here I have been negotiating with denominations to try and secure funds as a partnership/sponsorship arrangement.

Today I finally heard back from one denomination I have been chasing since June last year. I met with them and they agreed to discuss possibilities. They sounded very positive. I phoned them, emailed them and no one got back to me. I phoned and emailed again. Still no one…

I phoned over 10 times and emailed over 10 times also, but they just didn’t respond. I was wondering if they were trying to give me a message. If that was the case then I refused to hear it. I call it rude not to respond to a person’s calls.

Eventually in February someone agreed to see me, but it had been so long I had to do the whole spiel all over again. They said they would call me…

They didn’t.

I emailed… I called… 4 times each.

Eventually last week I sent a letter. And today I got two letters back – one from the CEO and one from the ‘mission’ guy.

Guess what?… They said ‘no’…

I actually don’t care about the ‘no’, but I do care about the crap treatment I received from them. Servant leadership. Yeah…

They shall remain nameless.