Friday, June 15, 2007
Back to Camp
Yesterday evening I went back to Son-Life Camp, where I worked 5 summers as both Counselor and Waterfront Director. It is really cool that one of the young adults in our church youth group chose to work at the same camp I worked at. The camp is Christian based and is a place that I grew spiritually, grew my own self confidence, helped campers grow, and had a ton of fun. I was invited because my friend Paul(the young person I mentioned) asked me to be his prayer partner for the summer and they invited all the prayer partners to camp. We had a nice dinner, had a short praise/singing time, and then we could find a spot around camp to pray together. I guess we rebelled a little bit, because we walked the whole time and talked about camp, the counselors, what to expect this year, and so on. I learned that lots of prayer will be needed this summer for the counselors to get along. There are a few counselors who seem to irritate others and/or disrupt others. From my experience, I greatly encouraged to keep the focus on the kids who come rather than the issues between staff. When I think back to when I was at camp, there was at least one counselor each year who provided enough annoyance to start gossip which led to dissention. Every time this happened, the campers suffered slightly. So if you are reading this, please pray for Paul. Please pray for him to have wisdom from God. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will come upon all the counselors and campers this summer.
Labels: Church
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Ford does it again
Ford has overtaken Toyota as the leader of the pack in initial quality rankings.
The nation's number-two auto maker won the top spot in 5 of 19 segments in the JD Power and Associates 2007 survey. (Ford is now down a spot to the number 4 automaker in the world)
Once again, Porsche dominated the overall ranking of brands, averaging 91 problems per 100 vehicles -- the same as last year.
The 2007 industry average is 125 problems per 100 vehicles.
Last year it was 124.
Ford earned segment awards for the Mustang, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan and Mazda MX-5 Miata. **We own a Mazda6, which Ford based the above Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, and also Ford Fusion cars. That makes me feel good about our car choice.
Toyota only four top spots this year after taking eleven segments last year. And this after Toyota has to recall many of their "wonderful, new" Full-size Trucks. The TUndra's quality is not good for 2007, and that will hurt Toyo's foray into the large truck market that Ford dominates and Chevy/GMC is a close second.
It is nice -for me- to see our own nation's auto industry doing well for once. They still might be struggling financially, but quality is huge and should help the financial turn-around.
The nation's number-two auto maker won the top spot in 5 of 19 segments in the JD Power and Associates 2007 survey. (Ford is now down a spot to the number 4 automaker in the world)
Once again, Porsche dominated the overall ranking of brands, averaging 91 problems per 100 vehicles -- the same as last year.
The 2007 industry average is 125 problems per 100 vehicles.
Last year it was 124.
Ford earned segment awards for the Mustang, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan and Mazda MX-5 Miata. **We own a Mazda6, which Ford based the above Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, and also Ford Fusion cars. That makes me feel good about our car choice.
Toyota only four top spots this year after taking eleven segments last year. And this after Toyota has to recall many of their "wonderful, new" Full-size Trucks. The TUndra's quality is not good for 2007, and that will hurt Toyo's foray into the large truck market that Ford dominates and Chevy/GMC is a close second.
It is nice -for me- to see our own nation's auto industry doing well for once. They still might be struggling financially, but quality is huge and should help the financial turn-around.
Labels: cars
