"Formsma, 40, is the founder of Meadow Green
Landscapes, a company he sold five years ago to
devote more time to ventures like Generous Giving, a
Tennessee-based non-profit organization that coaches
people on how to share their treasures."
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/11/story_of_stolen_bikes_leads_la.html
2/14/15 Brad Formsma (from Ada, MI, Dutch CRC) now living in Irvine Area (speaking...*...surprised to see a fellow Dutch CRC from west Michigan here at Mariners
church in Irvine...; as usual I'm sitting in the back attentive to the
service and the pastor introduces a tall blondish guy to talk about
giving...starts with a video clip about how this guy has been all over the
news channels and new book about the joy of giving...; and he comes on
stage and starts talking..suddenly I hear the word Ada Michigan (a suburb
of Grand Rapids) ...he shows a slide of an old country road (looks like the
Thornapple river area....know it well)...; and he keeps talking..I hear him
mention "Dutch CRC'...ha ha..I'm probably one of the few in the
audience...who knows exactly what he's talking about...maybe he went to
CHristian High too ?! age 40...so he's a bit younger than me..but he's
ascending in the world of "evangelism" ; inspirational speech about
giving...; we will see if he can remain optimistic after he experiences the
despondent world of LA homelessness (if he ventures over to that side of
town where you can't go far for long without being hit up for money...; a
bit different than west Michigan) . Hear our prayer for Mike & family ...I
remember when we first came to southern Cal from west Michigan back in the
day (1984)...it was quite the change (but then we didn't move to Newport
beach/Irvine, we moved to a Dutch CRC area of southern Cal) *
