Entitlements or Privilege

This past Saturday, Hunter had another Summer race at NTK. We were hoping to have some more drivers in his class show up, but something must have happened - life - to prevent them from showing up. But that's okay...we had fun anyway! We're still trying to figure out some mechanical things with Hunter's kart, but he was still able to overcome our shortcomings and win anyway. The kid knows how to drive that kart!!

I read a blog from a Pastor friend of mine the other day regarding the spirit of entitlements that has seem to become such a cultural thing for us. In explaining this to Hunter, I asked him, "am I entitled to sleep in my nice, cushy bed each night?" And the answer is no, I am privileged to sleep in a bed, own a car, own my home, etc., but not entitled to it. Perhaps we should get back to that thinking.

In regards to our racing lives, we are not entitled to have a class full of drivers to race against, but view it as a privilege to be able to race at all. And there was a lot of great races going on Saturday night.

We'll be gearing up the rest of this month getting ready for the next round of regional racing for Hunter in August - all the while reminding ourselves of the privilege and blessing it is to have these opportunities!

Sometimes, You Serve

Hunter was supposed to race yesterday, but due to family vacations, Summer heat, and broken parts, Hunter's class wasn't in force yesterday. One of his class mates was there, but was having some really bad breaking issues, and considering that brakes may be something you'd actually need in racing (read the sarcasm), we all made the decision to roll our entries over to next week's race instead of running last night.

So, instead, we served. Everything at our track is volunteer run. If we don't have volunteers, we don't run. I usually volunteer to work in registration before the race, but since Hunter ended up not running, instead of leaving and having an early evening home, Scott volunteered to work a corner for the race...so the other karters would be able to race.

Then during our break, we both helped out with all the guests (and we had a lot of new people) trying out the club Kid Kart, Cadet, and Adult demo karts. They all had a great time and LOVED the track and the karts.

Sometimes, you race, sometimes, you serve.