Lobster in a Bucket

Thoughts on the Outback

Well today I guess is going to break my posting dry spell. Today I went in to say goodbye to my proprietor Kathy. She was a cool lady and Seth and I had a really good experience under her. Leaving this Outback has been much more poignant than I thought it would be. While I am still rather annoyed with things like the Bloomin Onion, unless I'm already in a funk I found my time at the Portland Outback really enjoyable.

But the fact that Outback kept Matt happy for two months really isn't that important, is it? I think that for maybe the first time in my life I was able to see work, like as in a paying grunt job as a service. That is to say, regardless of how dark a tea time my soul was taking, grace showed through in my actions. I really don't take credit for this. All I know is that people really responded to our way of life, the way we cared for people, the tenacity with which we worked, the obvious selflessness of our actions. And so leaving this place where our way of life affected people noticeably in a short period of time was not an easy thing to do. But there's no real way around it. In any event, seeing God use me in this way was extremely encouraging.