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Core Value Spotlight – September 2015 Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve Tucked away in Three Rivers Load out is Gerardo Munoz, who has been silently living Walther Farms core values going on six years. Gerardo Munoz is an outstanding individual, but where he shines and excels is in the core value: Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve. …
WF Pride Positive attitude and passion for life and work Chad Cottingham There is an elderly lady at our church that is the most positive, upbeat, and encouraging person I’ve ever met. It doesn’t matter what the weather is outside, how her health is, or even if her family is going through a rough patch. She is always positive and uplifting. …
WF Pride Focus on Unity and Humility Chad Cottingham Have you ever heard of the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you.” This train of thought is commonly referred to as ‘Crab Mentality’. You may have heard before as ‘crabs in the bucket’. This metaphor refers to a pot of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the …
WF Pride Willingness and Desire to Sacrifice and Serve Chad Cottingham In the summer of 1991, a small group of people took a ‘mission’ trip to the former Soviet Union. Now if you know anything about the ‘Cold War’ and the Soviet Union, you would know that mission trips, churches, and bibles were strictly outlawed and prohibited. The Soviet policy, under …
WF Pride Excel in Communication Chad Cottingham We recently had an opportunity to go camping with a large group of friends – tent camping for most of the group. Now I’ve done my share of tent camping, and it’s not all that fun sleeping on the ground. So when I heard this campground had cabins, with real beds, I jumped all …
WF Pride Discipline and Accountability Chad Cottingham The older I get the worse I sleep. I wake up because my shoulder aches, I wake up to use the bathroom, and I wake up if I’m too hot. I’m also a light sleeper so I wake up if I hear noises or sounds. Once awake, I often have trouble going back to …
WF Pride Integrity Chad Cottingham I remember getting our first computer in the fall of 1997. Kristen and I were so excited to get that new ‘Gateway 200’ all set up. We didn’t care that we had just spent nearly $2000 dollars on it – almost our entire savings – it was worth it to us. Connecting to the internet for …
WF Pride Recognition and Respect of Others Chad Cottingham In July of 2010, LeBron James made what is now called, ‘The Announcement’. ESPN and the rest of the sports media were summoned together to hear where LeBron was going to play basketball that season. It was a media spectacle. When he told the world he was going to play for the …
WF Pride Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work Chad Cottingham For the last two years, my oldest daughter, Carley, has traveled to southern Illinois to work at a camp for boys and girls who are limb deficient. NubAbility, as it’s called, is a sports camp dedicated to helping kids with limb loss get off the bench and into the …
WF Pride Focus on Unity and Humility Chad Cottingham When my youngest daughter, Madi, was in second grade, she began having trouble reading. She also had some issues running into things and being a bit clumsy. This may be somewhat normal for a pre-teen growing into adolescence, but not for a 7 year old. My wife decided to take her to …
