We recently participated in the Senior Navigators Celebration with over 200 fellow Navigators aged 65 and older. Many were in their 80s and 90s. A great time.

I presented a workshop called “Lessons from Legos for you…and your grandchildren,” based on my building the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

I wanted to open the workshop with the participants starting the project so they could get a feel for the process. I had copied the instructions for the first 11 steps (of 393 steps!). Now all I needed were the Legos for those steps. No problem…there’s a Lego store in Denver. I’ll just buzz up there and pick them up from the bins. On April 11, two weeks before my presentation on April 29, I discovered that the store did not have a single piece that I needed. “No problem, sir. You can order them from Lego.com.”

So as soon as I got home, I went to Lego.com and ordered the “bricks” that I needed. They don’t offer expedited shipping. About half of my order was from the “best seller” list and “Your order will arrive in 5 days.” The rest come from DENMARK(!) and “…will arrive in 28 days.”

28 days!? I have only 15 days before I leave for the conference. So I wrote to customer service and said I really, really needed those bricks by April 26. They responded right away but said there was nothing they could do. I asked them to please tell the folks in Denmark to at least put me at the top of the queue and ship them quickly.

All I could do at that point was pray. The Lego people couldn’t help me; maybe God could!

The first batch arrived in 5 days as advertised. We were packing the car to leave for the conference on Saturday, April 26, when I went to the mailbox, and THERE IT WAS! An envelope with a customs declaration on it…my Lego bricks. I regret that I forgot to take a picture of the folks assembling the Legos, but they had fun and came up with the observations in the top right picture above.

You do not have because you do not ask. (James 4.2, NKJV)

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. (Matthew 6.6, NKJV)