Have you ever been overpowered by circumstances? My last blog spoke about Elijah being overpowered by just the threat of circumstances caused by Jezebel. Moses sent a scout group to scope out the Promised Land before taking the people in. The scouts brought back reports of lushness and potential except Read more…
Granite Falls High School competed with two cars in the Houston Shell Oil EcoMarathon. The activity and excitement watching 7-800 wanna be engineers over a 100 cars tuning engines and tinkering with their machines as they readied for the track. These innovative machines motor around the 1 mile track in groups of 15. Read more…
In my March 22 blog I detailed the effort by Granite Falls High School in preparing two cars to compete in Houston, TX in the Shell Oil EcoMarathon. Mentioned was a documentary that Shell was preparing about 2 of the competing universities and our favorite, the Granite Falls Eco Auto Team. The Read more…
I am heading to Houston as a volunteer with the Granite Falls High School Eco Marathon Team competing April 3-7. This is year 4 for me serving as the “encouragement” coach, administrative manager and “gofer” (parts, food, Tylenol). What a blessing for me to work with these students, most are Read more…
How are you at 6:30 on a Sat. morning? My granddaughter (age 10) and I were recently making breakfast with church members for 30 homeless men staying in the Congregations for the Homeless (CFH) shelter in a local Lutheran Church. She was cooking pancakes, talking and laughing with the men and Read more…
Here is the picture of Peter, Taylor and her Mom at the finish line of the Las Vegas Marathon. What an inspiring story to those who observed Peter pushing Taylor through 25 mph winds, Taylor singing songs and Peter with a smile on his face. Taylor, afflicted with cerebral palsy, Read more…
The Granite Falls High School Tiger Teams have arrived in Houston. A group of 21 including 10 students, technical volunteers and chaperones had a great flight from Seattle. Today at 8 a.m. the two cars driven here by a father of one of the team will be unloaded with check Read more…
This past week I was privileged to mentor 10 homeless men, foster a micro finance project in Ethiopia and provide leadership and encouragement to a high school project in Granite Falls, WA and a Pony League baseball team (13 year olds) in Woodinville, WA. Years ago, when I discovered that Read more…
My coaching practice involves guiding people to see the possibilities ahead instead of the obstacles…to steer the ship by the stars not by the wake. The Israelites in the desert, on the way to the Promised Land, encountered poisonous snakes that killed. God told Moses to erect a tall pole, Read more…
Have you heard the term “banner” year. I think 2011 falls in that category for Living Perspectives’ work in Ethiopia, not for what we accomplished but for what God is doing. In Ethiopia, the school built for PK-K children is flourishing with 80 students. The parents are beginning to financially Read more…