Visiting and Observing
Today I visited the bookstore of the mysterious church here that has the healing ministry that I mentioned in a couple of earlier diary entries. The church is located in a former elementary school in rural Upson County. The building is a one story brick building with an adjacent gymnasium that is now being used as a sanctuary. The former classrooms of the former school are now set up as shipping and receiving, CD / DVD manufacturing, classrooms for training in the healing ministry, video production, cafeteria and finally the bookstore. There were about twenty employees scurrying up and down the hallway with big smiles on their faces, looking quite inspired about the work that they do. They knew instantly that I was an outsider, so, I acted more humble and respectful than I usually do, so as not to arouse any suspicion about myself. Fortunately, I ran into the soundman / dj from the wedding reception who helped me to find the bookstore. Even he had to swipe a card-key in order to walk down the hallway for some reason. I don’t know if this was a security precaution or if he was clocking into work after his lunch break. The experience of entering and leaving this facility could be compared to visiting the Claymont Barn, but with a lot more people quickly walking in and out of the different rooms. The people were dressed a lot more upscale than I would have expected in a rural Georgia church. Some of the women had perfect hair, which is a rarity around here. The bookstore lady told me that not many people from Thomaston attend this church, but that a few people from Europe and Africa moved here to attend it. Quite curious wouldn’t you say ?
The stock market was up a little bit a few minutes ago. This morning the media had an analyst on, saying that although the Asian markets may sell off, the Asian economies are strong and will keep the U.S. economy strong. I have just thought of another possibility that might initiate Stage Two of my predicted market correction. Tomorrow the Federal Reserve Board will announce their interest rate decision and will make a statement after the decision. My prediction is that the statement will be mostly good but with a comment about how the Sub Prime Mortgage Problem might possibly have a slight effect on the U.S. economy. Perhaps a few day traders will start selling when that comment is made, giving the institutional investors an excuse to pull a few billion dollars out of the market. If this capitalistic abomination goes down, it will begin at about 2:20 pm tomorrow.
Let the games begin,
I.C.