In case you're interested in how the fund raising is coming along, my wonderful friends and family have so far donated $160 towards the cause!
Thank you!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
To quote a friend, BOOYA!
We did it! Eight miles down. I am not even feeling bad. My calves are a tad tender and the bottom of my feet hurt a little, but I think that's just from a need of some padded socks. No problem.
It wasn't hard and spending time with a good friend just makes the time fly by! Really. Would have been nice had there been a sanican along the way. Nuf said. No laughing.
The reason for this endeavor as you might remember is to help provide living water for those who have none. The organization we are doing this donation through is Life Outreach. Have you ever had a thank you phone call before? I don't mean from a friend or family member. I made a donation to them recently and they actually called to say thank you. That is in additon to the thank you acknowledgement that came in the mail. Amazing to me. They even asked if "while they had me on the phone if I had any prayer requests". In this day of phone solicitation, that was quite nice indeed.
Kris and I are going to try and get an official fund raising web page up and running. It's actually possible to do through Life Outreach where they have one of those donation meters...you know, like a thermometer to track how much we've raised. As much as I love these people, the page isn't incredibly user friendly...or maybe we're not the sharpest crayons in the box. I don't know. The point is that its possible we won't be successful with that. If you'd like to help us in our cause, you can make a check out to Life Outreach and then get it to me. I'm going to hang on to them all for one big mailing to those fine folks right after the half-marathon.
Goal? $4800 equals one well. Living water? Priceless.
Thank you for your support. May you be blessed. Remember Jesus said in Matthew 10:42 "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward".
Onward fellow disciples.
It wasn't hard and spending time with a good friend just makes the time fly by! Really. Would have been nice had there been a sanican along the way. Nuf said. No laughing.
The reason for this endeavor as you might remember is to help provide living water for those who have none. The organization we are doing this donation through is Life Outreach. Have you ever had a thank you phone call before? I don't mean from a friend or family member. I made a donation to them recently and they actually called to say thank you. That is in additon to the thank you acknowledgement that came in the mail. Amazing to me. They even asked if "while they had me on the phone if I had any prayer requests". In this day of phone solicitation, that was quite nice indeed.
Kris and I are going to try and get an official fund raising web page up and running. It's actually possible to do through Life Outreach where they have one of those donation meters...you know, like a thermometer to track how much we've raised. As much as I love these people, the page isn't incredibly user friendly...or maybe we're not the sharpest crayons in the box. I don't know. The point is that its possible we won't be successful with that. If you'd like to help us in our cause, you can make a check out to Life Outreach and then get it to me. I'm going to hang on to them all for one big mailing to those fine folks right after the half-marathon.
Goal? $4800 equals one well. Living water? Priceless.
Thank you for your support. May you be blessed. Remember Jesus said in Matthew 10:42 "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward".
Onward fellow disciples.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Hello?
Wow! It's been over a month since I've updated! You might think I've given up the trail, but I have not! Not that there haven't been moments when I've wanted to because there surely have. And to be completely honest, nearly every single time I head out for a stroll (the strolls are getting faster, by the way!) I have to make myself do it. What is it about that? I actually do enjoy it for the most part once I'm out there. Stubborn. Old habits die hard. bleh.
February dealt some cards that had to be played. I got sick. No walking for about 5 days. Then just as I was recovering, I had to go to Cheney. Brittany had been really sick and I just couldn't resist. I had to go take care of her. Which was a blessing on so many levels. Having an adult daughter (or two!) tends to leave this mother feeling a little un-needed. Unnecessary. So, while I HATED seeing her so sick, we were forced back into a familiar mother/daughter setting. Love that. Twas a little boring though. She slept. I sat in a hotel room. And watched Animal Planet :) However, since I myself was recovering from the flu, the hotel treadmill was a great way to segue back into the walking routine. Amazing, how if you are willing to see, God really does use everything for our good. By the time I got back home, I was able to pick up the trail again. Albeit a week behind in the training schedule, but back nevertheless! That hotel treadmill really was a blessing because before I went to Cheney, I had attempted a walk one morning and it was just too hard on my chest with the cold air going in. Blessings, indeed.
Today is supposed to be a 3-mile walk according to my "revised" schedule, but since that means I'm actually a week behind, I think I'm going to step it up, skip that and do 5 miles. The sky is showing a bit of blue, so I'm hopeful that means the weather is going to cooperate! Thank you God! Kris and I plan on a long walk on Friday, so maybe we can make it 8, I can skip Saturday, 3 on Sunday and then back on schedule. Which, gulp, means 9-1/2 miles the following Saturday. Yikes! That sounds hard! Ok. Living Water. Keep the goal in mind. Which, remember, is providing a well for people who are dying because of no clean water! That goal just happens to include completing a 1/2 marathon on May 10th. We can do this thing!
Well, most of this probably falls into the boring, too much info category. I'll try and stay more current from here on out. Be blessed and if you're walking, walk on! I have been incredibly blessed by the support I have received from you all....thank you.
Onward, Christian soldier! It's a new month, therefore, a new day!
February dealt some cards that had to be played. I got sick. No walking for about 5 days. Then just as I was recovering, I had to go to Cheney. Brittany had been really sick and I just couldn't resist. I had to go take care of her. Which was a blessing on so many levels. Having an adult daughter (or two!) tends to leave this mother feeling a little un-needed. Unnecessary. So, while I HATED seeing her so sick, we were forced back into a familiar mother/daughter setting. Love that. Twas a little boring though. She slept. I sat in a hotel room. And watched Animal Planet :) However, since I myself was recovering from the flu, the hotel treadmill was a great way to segue back into the walking routine. Amazing, how if you are willing to see, God really does use everything for our good. By the time I got back home, I was able to pick up the trail again. Albeit a week behind in the training schedule, but back nevertheless! That hotel treadmill really was a blessing because before I went to Cheney, I had attempted a walk one morning and it was just too hard on my chest with the cold air going in. Blessings, indeed.
Today is supposed to be a 3-mile walk according to my "revised" schedule, but since that means I'm actually a week behind, I think I'm going to step it up, skip that and do 5 miles. The sky is showing a bit of blue, so I'm hopeful that means the weather is going to cooperate! Thank you God! Kris and I plan on a long walk on Friday, so maybe we can make it 8, I can skip Saturday, 3 on Sunday and then back on schedule. Which, gulp, means 9-1/2 miles the following Saturday. Yikes! That sounds hard! Ok. Living Water. Keep the goal in mind. Which, remember, is providing a well for people who are dying because of no clean water! That goal just happens to include completing a 1/2 marathon on May 10th. We can do this thing!
Well, most of this probably falls into the boring, too much info category. I'll try and stay more current from here on out. Be blessed and if you're walking, walk on! I have been incredibly blessed by the support I have received from you all....thank you.
Onward, Christian soldier! It's a new month, therefore, a new day!
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