Tag Archives: Spring Arbor University

The Wheels are turning

  By AT | March 25, 2014 - 12:18 pm |
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The wheels are turning in many ways and in many places. Below is an update on some of the exciting things happening around trikes at three different universities and in Niger, West Africa.

Last week Alice had lunch with faculty at Spring Arbor University (SAU)who are part of the University Consortium. We prayed and dreamed together about some of the entrepreneurial and innovative ideas we discussed with faculty from SAU and India. Continue to pray with us as it takes time to implement good ideas.

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A Look Back at 2013

  By AT | January 22, 2014 - 10:40 pm |
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Here is a copy of the most recent His Wheels International update. You can read of all the opportunities we had in 2013. January 2014 Letter

Thanksgiving Tool Delivery

  By AT | November 28, 2013 - 3:59 am |
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Tonight Alice was at Wheaton E. Free’s Thanksgiving Eve. Service. One of our ministry friends mentioned that her family was going to Spring Arbor, MI for Thanksgiving, leaving early in the AM. We at HWI are thankful that these friends will deliver  two sets of bike tools to Spring Arbor University (SAU). From there they will go to a ministry in Hyderabad, India that is partnering with SAU and HWI on a few project. The bicycle service arm of HWI has ended but the international bicycle impact of HWI continues and sending tools is one of those ways.

Three State Trike Tour!

  By AT | October 24, 2013 - 7:10 pm |
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Last week Kevin, our engineer and Alice went on a three College/University tour. On Monday, Oct. 14th we met with Spring Arbor University (SAU) Faculty in Michigan. We were joined by a business school professor from Immanuel University’s (Hyderabad, India) new master’s in business program.

Then on Oct. 15th we traveled on to Anderson University (AU) located in Anderson, Indiana. (more…)

Your Help is Hurting

  By AT | August 27, 2013 - 3:18 pm |
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Alice is listening to this honest and truth telling podcast on Forbes.com. In this podcast, Your Help is Hurting, Jerry Bowyer interviews Peter Greer, the President and CEO of Hope International, which is a microfinance organization, about how are giving hurts others and ourselves. HWI has grappled with working to implement this type of model with our trikes. There is always the question of how can the disabled give back. We have some business students in our University Consortium students who are grappling with this issue on HWI’s behalf in a program in India. Unfortunately it is much easier to be Santa Claus instead of a responsible steward.

God’s Ultimate Orchestration

  By AT | August 15, 2013 - 10:43 pm |
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For years we at HWI have been praying, planning, and plodding about how to get our trike seen by someone at Willow Creek. We’ve known that Willow Creek has directors in different parts of the world but even though some of our board goes there, we’ve never found our way to the right people.

 

Today Alice received an email. In it Alice learned that some people from the Dominican Republic were at the Willow Creek Leadership conference last week. (more…)

Spring Arbor University & HWI Brainstorm Session

  By AT | June 28, 2013 - 11:22 pm | , ,
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On Monday June 24th Kevin and Alice left home at 5AM and drove 4 hours to Spring Arbor University (SAU). There we met with old and new friends. One of the old friends was Carla, Alice coast-to-coast cycling leader from 1977. It only took us 2 hours for 5 of us to travel the world through our brainstorming efforts. Pray with us as we watch our university trike consortium grow. (more…)