Well I went to the Affiliate Summit and have a pocket full of new business cards to sort through. As I said before, it wasn’t all about making money for me. It was more important that I met the people whom God wanted me to meet and show them His love.

I found the person God wanted me to meet the first day of the Summit. We had both arrived early for the session and I started talking to him. I found out this was the first Affiliate Summit for both of us and invited him to sit next to me.

We shared our experience with websites and blogging and he told me that he would share his story with me later if I wanted him to.

I am always interested in stories but after that session I was starving so I scurried out to get something to eat. As I was sitting at the table nibbling on some snacks I realized that I had left my purse sitting next to my new friend. (An ADHD trait) So I scurried right back into that room and found my friend still there, right next to my purse. I invited him to go along with me to get some snacks.

During our snack break, he shared his story with me which included a time of severe depression and family rejection. I told him I could relate to both issues. I also shared some wisdom with him as to how to fight both of those issues.

We kept running into each other throughout the summit and by the end of it we had become very good friends. He was like a little brother who needed some big sister love.

This sweet kid was not only my friend during the summit, but he also walked me back to my hotel on numerous occasions to make sure I was safe.

Then this morning we were supposed to meet for breakfast but I overslept because I had been out with some other friends last night and got back late. He was such a gentleman and met me at my hotel, going to breakfast with me and talking with me some more, then walking me back to my hotel so I could catch a cab.

In our talk this morning he said when he had first come to the summit he had been so nervous that he was shaking. I hadn’t noticed that at all. (big sisters rarely do) After hanging out with me he said he felt much more confident. I don’t think I was the one who gave him any confidence. I think that God just really loves this young man and he was feeling God’s love through me.

If more people were open to showing God’s love to others they may happen to meet wonderful people like this young man. They may even score someone walking them back to their hotel to make sure they are safe.