Leadership Wired- Dr Maxwell

LEADER BREEDERS
Let go of a balloon outdoors and it will soar into the sky until it becomes no bigger than a speck. Free of obstacles, it will sail upon the wind and travel upon the air for miles.

Release a balloon indoors and it will rise quickly until it bumps into the ceiling and is forced to stop. Leave it long enough, and the balloon will lose its helium, deflate, and sink slowly to the ground.

Rising leaders are a lot like rising balloons. In the absence of a lid, there's no telling the heights they may achieve or where they may go. However, when confined, potential leaders lose heart and settle slowly into mediocrity

Hello From Brazil!

Hello from the Hammond Family

Our First Audio Clip

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"Some citizens are so good that nothing a leader can do will make them better. Others are so incorrigible that nothing can be done to improve them. But the great bulk of the people go with the moral tide of the moment. The leader must help create that tide."
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Prayer Target

macumba |məˈkoŏmbə| noun
a black religious cult practiced in Brazil, using sorcery, ritual dance, and fetishes.

Bowls such as this are being left on street corners facing the marriage housing across from the Bible school we are ministering at. Please pray for protection and authority to be released in the students. Inside this bowl we found a dead chicken, blood, an onion cut in half, seven small padlocks and the pictured note. The letter was of course written in Portuguese and contained curses directed toward the advancement of the Bible school students and future leaders of the Christian church. This is becoming a common occurance at the park that sits between the Bible school and the Family Housing.

First Fish!

Tommy and Nicky caught their first fish while we were in California. They were visiting Grandpa and Grandma at Caples Lake in the Sierras. After they reeled them in they had a blast cleaning them. We are still waiting for Patsy to cook them. Maybe when we return back to the states in '08.

Oh yeah, thanks for all your prayers for Bernice. She is doing great and recovering well from her hospitalization. We are very thankful the Lord worked it out that we were in the states when this happened. Thank you Lord!

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Let's quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.

Billy Sunday
1862-1935
American evangelist