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Trek to Mount Everest and Help the Elisha Foundation Grow

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As some of you may know, I am on the board of The Elisha Foundation (TEF), a superb organization founded by Justin and Tamara Reimer in 2005, being spurred on by their eldest child Elisha, who has Down Syndrome.

TEF ministers to families of people with special needs, pursuing Christ-centered transformation in their lives. One of their key programs is providing retreats where the families of those with disabilities can come, have a break from their ongoing responsibilities, and find refreshment and encouragement in workshops and activities through the weekend in a fun and beautiful environment. They have several other programs as well, and TEF provides all of their services at no cost to those whom they serve.

I can’t say enough good about the ministry of TEF and am very excited about what they are doing. Justin leads TEF as executive director and is a fantastic guy with a great heart, a great head, and great plans for the future of TEF.

Today TEF has just announced that it is putting together a team to trek to the Mount Everest base camp next spring (arriving there exactly one year from today) to help generate awareness and funding to support and grow the ministry. All proceedes from the Trek go to TEF to help fund and expand their programs for families of those affected by disability.

Here’s a summary of the purpose of the trek from the Trek4TEF website:

Trekking to Everest Base Camp, promotes the work of The Elisha Foundation and the opportunity to display the glory and the sovereignty of God in the lives of the disabled. We believe that those with disabilities have been created in the image of God, just as those without. We desire to show God’s glory as our disabled participants climb these mountain trails, just as they navigate the sometimes treacherous paths of their disability. What a testament of the infinite value of those with disabilities to the cultures of the world who find little to no worth in the disabled!

There are three ways you can participate in the trek and helping to fund the ministry of TEF:

  1. Join the trekking team (the trek looks incredible!)
  2. Financially support a trekker
  3. Pray for the ways the trek can bless TEF and its beneficiaries

You can learn all about the trek on the website they’ve just launched and in the video at the beginning of this post.


20 Essential TED Talks for Future Leaders

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This is a helpful list from online universities.com. Here’s the intro:

If you want to get to the top in any field, whether it’s business, science, or even construction, you have to have some pretty solid leadership skills. Unfortunately, these kinds of skills often aren’t the sort of thing you’ll find being taught in your college courses, and may take some extra effort to learn and apply outside of your classes.

While there is little substitute for leadership experience through campus organizations, hearing from experts on psychology, leadership, and business can also be a big help in giving you a basic leadership education. TED is one of the best places to find all of these diverse subjects in one place, and here we’ve collected some of the best videos for anyone, young or old, hoping to hone their leadership abilities

So, You're Restructuring Again?

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There’s a great article over at WorldChristians called “So, Your Office is Restructuring Again?“.

Here are two good reasons for restructuring:

  • When you notice communication problems are creating mistakes. This often occurs in larger organizations when departments focus on their own projects resulting in conflict or competition with other departments. A restructuring may be necessary to better communicate, coordinate, and unite efforts.
  • When several new staff are added, it is necessary to create new structures for communication, connection, and accountability.

And, here are two bad reasons for restructuring:

Reasons that weak leaders use to restructure; if you are in an organization like this, watch out: weak leadership alert!

  • When you want to show that you can take charge and lead, but aren’t really sure what to do; restructuring gives the appearance of leadership and buys time until you figure out what in the world you are going to do. If this is your main motivation, don’t do it. Better focus on real, rather than cosmetic, accomplishments for the organization.
  • When you don’t have the courage to confront other leaders in the organization; restructuring can get them out of the way without having to confront them personally.