Sojourn Chronicles

by D. Brent Miller

The best investment my wife and I made in our last house was to purchase about $100 worth of donuts for the carpenters and crews that built our house. Yes. Donuts!

As a result of those delectable treats delivered to the home construction site, we were able to build a few relationships with the framing crew, who were soon suggesting to us, ” If we moved this, or did that … we could improve ….” Our house was very well constructed and had a few features that were not in the actual floor plans. It was a wise investment, and we felt the return on investment was a very good one, although not really measurable.

There is something about the offering of food that brings people together, whether it is a sit down meal with friends, a helping hand at a disaster site, or appreciative workers on the job. Food, and in this case donuts, establishes a common ground and helps build relationships.

And so it goes, having just returned from our new home site, with the framing crew hard at work erecting the outer walls, but taking time for a dozen fresh donuts. They thanked me and waved as I drove off … with one of those donuts in my hand.–DBrent