I've just received an e-mail from the President of Riptide Sports, saying they would send some goods to help the ministry. I met Mr. Miller at the closed gate at a recent IGSA World Cup Longboard Down Hill race at Pala CA, not knowing who he was. And as destiny would have it, we ended up talking the following day, when I learned of his company then. Its not my style to ask for help, but more than a few times during the race weekend, people said i should seek assitance from the industry, as they would probably help support the youth skate outreach. So i just put it out there, if i could contact him in the future, which i then did through an e-mail. And today Riptide Sports said they would help the ministry. Keeping this blog real, I must admit that I've never been sure on how I was ever going to fulfill a 30 year vision i had of helping our younger generation, and getting older wasn't helping to accomplish this vision. However when God puts his hand on it, the pieces begin to fit. And my age has nothing to do with anything. I'm being led by the Lord to facilitate an outreach longboard ministry. And even though I'm seriously perplexed, that I'm not doing it through bmx as this is my history. God is taking me in a direction he chose, and i couldn't be happier. Just recently I began doing toe side brake checks with confidence, consistently. This might seem inconsequential to most, but I'm 56 years old with a long history of personal ground impacts from racing 2 wheel sports. Through his divine grace, I'm being re-programmed into a freeride DH long-boarder, to facilitate an outreach skate ministry. Praise God, as he says nothing is impossible with him, and I humbly state, that I'm living proof of this. Final words of this day, thank you Mr President of Riptide Sports, for your Support, and thank you God for your blessing's.
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Preacher/ Michel Landegent
This ministry is the culmination of a journey that started 30 years ago. At the age of 26, I had the crazy desire to start a youth ministry in Sacramento CA. Archives
June 2015
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