2005 WISDOM SPRING, INC. Newsletter

WISDOM SPRING, INC. 2005 Newsletter



Dear Friends and Family:

Welcome to this earth year of 2005. I pray that your year has started well and that you are taking care of yourself. Since the year 2000, I have been looking for a device to slow the years down long enough to do all I wish to do without rushing or going crazy. Well, I have not succeeded yet. Since this is a fire Millennium, everything seems to be going at light speed so caring for the self is crucial. Still I am grateful for all that each year brings – the challenges, growth as well as the good and fun times.
Last year Wisdom Spring, Inc. was blessed by an official recognition by the IRS as a Not For Profit Organization. We were fortunate enough in the past years to have Consortium for Young Women act as our shelter for donation. Our gratitude goes to Kalamu Chaché for this generosity.
Young people have always been an important part of my life and work. There is such an important need to help young people dream big and that is what we, at Wisdom Spring, worked on last year. We supported fifteen dedicated teenagers from the Loudoun County in Virginia spearheaded by Kristen Karinshak of Heritage High School take on a challenge to raise $50,000 to dig wells in Africa. A Walk for Water was born out this idea to meet the goal and $53.000 were raised. Thank you all for helping make this dream a reality. This year the teenagers’ goal is to raise $100.000 for more wells, to build schools and put health care systems in place in Africa. We hope you will join us again. In a few days, a few members of Wisdom Spring and several other people will join me to dig our first wells in Africa. Our intention is to dig a few wells with the money raised.
I will also be presenting various workshops around the US and in Europe. I hope to see you at one of the events.
For more information please go to: www.Sobonfu.com or www.walkingforwater.org.

May the blessings of the divine mother be with you and yours!


Sobonfu Somé







A LOOK AT 2005

In the indigenous Dagara people world-view, Earth is the element of home, unconditional love, abundance, self worth, identity (self and collective) and feeling that you are held and that you belong.
As always, the first part of the year tends to be about ironing out issues surrounding the elemental year. As you can see, the transition between the mineral year (communication, memory and so on) with the Earth year happened in rather chaotic way, leaving most of us to wonder, where is our place in the world? When in the environment things are not right, mixing earth with mineral can only lead to disaster, as is the case with the unfortunate Tsunami. We pray for healing. If you are feeling ungrounded, homeless and if self-esteem, mother and insecurity issues are coming up, then you are in the right year.
If these issues have been a theme in your life then this is the year to work on them and turn them around. See in your worst habits and wounds a new door way to freedom, health and prosperity. Make yourself a daily commitment note to iron out what you want to let go or see healed/change.Rekindle your relationship with the Earth.



Sobonfu’s 2005 Events



April 8-10 Grief Ritual DC/Virginia Contact: 703-505-5152 or Shoughlinks@aol.com
April 8-17 17 Contact: Ann O'Quinn 707-779-8236 mysteryschool@noetic.org Part1 & Part2
April 15-17 St Louis, 314-602-0994 Grief Ritual
April 22-24 Prosperity Ritual in Portland, OR Michelle michelle@ancientwellspring.com by PH: 503-224-6361 x1
May 7 Walking for Water Contact: 703-505-5152 or shoughlinks@aol.com or www.walkingforwater.org
May 13-15 Village in Colorado Call Carlyle 303-828-3039
May 27-29 Northern California. Grief Ritual Contact 916-446-5536 or Sobonfu@Sobonfu.com
June 10-12 England Village in London Contact: debora_collister@hotmail.com 0207-449-0286 See 6/24-26
June 17-19 Lindau, Germany Grief Ritual Contact Corinna Viet: info@begegnungs-reisen.de Tel: 0049-(0) 838-294803
June 24-26 Workshop in England. Sex intimacy and power. Contact: debora_collister@hotmail.com 0207-449-0286

For more information please go to www.Sobonfu.com




Walking for Water- a project of Wisdom Spring, Inc.

This is a one-day fundraiser for Wells in Africa. Come join us for a fun and exciting time while raising funds for wells in Africa. There will be drumming, food and other fun events.
If you cannot make it, you can still send your donation to: Wisdom Spring, Inc.
5960 South Land Park Drive #200 Sacramento, CA 95822.

Contact Susan 703-505-5152 or shoughlinks@aol.com for details.
OR TO SIGN UP GO TO: http://www.signmeup.com/50536
Here are other ways to help:
o Donate to Wisdom Spring
o Come and walk with us
o Get your friends and family members involve
o Volunteer to host a Walk for Water in your area
o Volunteer to sell Wisdom Spring Products
o Take the idea of Walking for water to your local Schools to fundraise
o Help us find donors
o Help us with grant research and writing
o Help us find matching grants through your organization or other organizations
o We welcome any suggestion or idea you may have
The board of Wisdom Spring thanks you in advance for your support!