With many advisers...

One of the best parts of organizing Tennis for Water has been receiving help and support from my friends. It touches my heart to see them willing to dedicate time and energy into planning it. Their support is an extremely talented army that has joined my side.  Before having this army, I was anxious about how the event would turn out; now that they are behind me, I have a jolt of adrenaline and a confidence boost. How could I not be more confident now that these eloquent, hard working, organized, ambitious, creative, talented, attentive, perceptive, compassionate, selfless and globally minded people have joined me? And what a joy to work with friends instead of strangers!

Proverbs 15:22 says that "Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed."  I am so thankful for the friends who have offered their support of Tennis for Water. Truly, it could not succeed without them.

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Do Hard Things - Tennis for Water

A friend asked me the other day, "why did you decide to do a tennis fundraiser?"  --> check it out at www.tennisforwater.com!

Good question.  I'm not sure when the idea came into my head, but I do remember some steps along the way.  I received a standard Compassion letter from a pastor of a church in Aquin, Haiti, where most adults are unemployed, but the average worker makes the equivalent of $47/month.  Two powerful sentences from his letter caught my attention and compelled me to highlight them: "We can say we met some of the needs of the sponsored children in the community, such as: malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and worms after a distribution of a filter made by Compassion...Sometimes the work is very hard, but we love to minister to them."  These sentences assured me that the water filters were indeed having an impact and that hard work for others is nothing to fear.  If this pastor can summon his strength for a mentally, physically, and spiritually grueling challenge, then certainly I can follow his example with Tennis For Water.

Later I read this quote posted by a friend of mine, and I knew that I had to do it. -MICHAEL

We are often too afraid of failure. We should be way more afraid of succeeding at something that is insignificant - Jeff Christopherson

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