
From the Rising Star Outreach November 2009 Newsletter. Sponsors make a big difference in the lives of the children of Rising Star Outreach. One of the most obvious examples of this is Kanmani Devan and his sponsor Judith. Judith began to sponsor Kanmani a little over a year ago after becoming aware of Rising Star [...]

Just about every day of our lives we hear music without even noticing it much…background music. It’s in the supermarket aisles, under the whir of the dentist drill, in the elevator that takes us to our office, in the restaurant where we are having dinner. It is meant to lull, mask and motivate us to [...]

Everybody knows what the Oscars and the Grammy Awards look like, but I don’t think we know what David Archuleta’s ALMA statute looks like. Along with Teen Choice surfboards David has this lovely lady to add to his trophy room one day. Here’s a closer look at the award David won and has been photographed [...]

by the most wonderful Judith from Counting David’s Character: Although David Archuleta has won 4 Teen Choice Award Surfboards, this blog title “Wipe Out” is not a surfing reference. Instead it is about the eraser that David doesn’t need but we probably do. John W Gardiner wrote: “Life is the art of drawing without an [...]

All our lives we thought Santa Claus, or perhaps Father Christmas, was a chubby old man with a big white beard who dressed in red. Little did we know he looked like this. He’s been busy in his workshop (make that ‘recording studio’) creating and crafting something special for all us good girls and boys! [...]

by Judith In order to read the title of this blog, you may have to turn your computer screen or your head a little. If you turn a painting upside down or look at it in a mirror, you will see it in a totally different way. Sections that you may have not noticed now [...]

About 100 fans were clustered together in the Nokia Meet Greet room eagerly anticipating David’s arrival. Mixed in with the pre-recorded David music was the murmur of laughter and chatter. We tried to wrestle with purses, jackets, gifts for David and most of all the oversize plastic goodie bag that we guarded as if it [...]

Update #29 – David brought the house down! I think there are a few thousand new DAVID fans! AFD out. Update #28 – I am CRUSHED that it is over David come back!!! Update #27 – I’m out of breath! Update #26 – David Archulete + Nokia acoustics = nirvana ZG!! Update #25 – The [...]

Have you ever seen a person love music..not just enjoy it…or tap their toes to it…or appreciate it on some intellectual level…but LOVE it, the way David does? David Archuleta appears to have melodies and snippets of lyrics swirling in his head pretty much all the time. Sometimes these little musical nuggets pop out of [...]

“Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.” “Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.” “When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer. “Over prepare, then go with the flow.” “Believe in miracles.” “Read the Psalms. They cover every [...]

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness” – Maya Angelou Take a good look at this photo taken by Hanne when David performed in Oxford, England. What do you see? I see David Archuleta totally in that moment. I can hear that stunning [...]

Abraham Lincoln said, “Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree.” The true measure of our character is who we are when no one is watching. David Archuleta is in the public eye week after week. His every word is reported and scores of images are taken of him every day. Will this David behave [...]



























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