Monday, June 18, 2012

New Life Church

From what I can tell, New Life Church is a mega church founded by Ted Haggard. Someone in their Arkansas location had me - a Catholic from NJ - confused with one of their members. At first I tried to politely tell the lady that she had the wrong email address. It continued for over two years. She'd apologize, than send me more.

Sarah Profile #1:
Devout Christian Mother
Arkansas

Here's one from the early days, back in 2010:

Man Camp is THIS WEEKEND! If your son hasn't signed up yet there is still time - we have a few spots left. See the website (www.newlifechurch.tv) and look under Students for the registration link and the release form. See the note below about drop off/pick up and what to bring.
                                                            
                                                                   MAN CAMP INFORMATION
                                          IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAN CAMP, THIS IS FOR YOU!
WHEN:
EVERYONE NEEDS TO MEET AT THE FERN CLIFF CAMP GROUNDS ON FRIDAY April 30th BY 5:00 pm.  YOU WILL NEED TO BE PICKED UP AT 1PM ON SATURDAY May 1st.

PACKING LIST:
SLEEPING BAGS
PILLOWS
PJ’S
CLOTHES FOR THE NEXT DAY
TOILETRIES
BIBLE
NOTEBOOK
PEN

104

That's the number of emails I've received, meant for another Sarah. At first I thought it was a joke. Maybe perhaps an enemy (disgruntled coworker?) was behind it. But it's been going on for years, and I've actually corresponded with some of the senders... with mixed results.

Join me as I chronicle entries from the Wrong Sarah files... emails meant for other Sarahs with more exciting lives than mine.