Walk for Life

Awesome.
It's a word I typically don't use very often.
I like to save it for acts of God...things that can't be explained apart from His power and provision.
I've been using it a lot lately.

Today, I walked for LIFE.
12 days of fundraising...
14 sponsors...
104% of our goal...
$781 raised...
4 people answered the call to join us...
$1391 raised by our team...
AWESOME.
When we set a goal of $750, neither of us thought we had a chance of raising that kind of money in 12 days.
But our God is greater than our expectations.

He is the Author of Life

And He is FAITHFUL.
I am so . very . grateful . for those who came along side us both physically and financially.

And now, some memories from the day:
When we arrived it was pouring.  We were prepared to walk rain or shine, but thankfully they decided to delay the walk until 10am.

Here's our little team.  (There was another family from church who was also a part of our team, but we didn't get a picture of them, unfortunately)  We sent out an e-mail to folks from our Bible study requesting that they consider sponsoring us--or joining us--on the walk.  We were so pleased to have these folks come...
(And yes.  I'm hiding behind Hailley.  It was intentional.)


I didn't take a lot of pictures during the walk.  I was pretty focused on getting 'er done.  By this point we were on the home stretch:  

The race to the FINISH:

And again, THANK YOU to each and every person who supported us, and other members of our team, on this walk.  We don't often put out a call for support.  I don't like asking for peoples' money.  But this is a ministry that we truly believe in.  We knew our time was short...we had no idea what to expect.  Many of our donors were anonymous.  (And yes, we have greatly enjoyed speculating who you might be...)  We have no idea who you are, but God knows...and while we can't thank you personally, we have been thanking God for you often.

It was truly amazing to see God come through for us in such a big way with the fundraising.

Click here to see our fundraising page.

But I knew that He could if it pleased Him to do so.  I think it was just really special to me how He did it.  We had 14 sponsors...and several others we know who supported other members of our team.  There were walkers who had gifts of $500...$1000...even $5000.  And that is cool.  But, to be honest, most of the people in our life don't have a lot of money.  Many of our gifts were $25...and each one of those gifts represented someone who believed in life.  I know that there were small gifts given that were truly sacrificial...and it means the world to me that those people cared enough to give.  We received one gift of $1...given by our daughter...with as much love and concern as anyone who ever gave a thousand dollars... 

This day will go down in my heart as a very memorable day...  

Thank you, Lord, for the miracle of life, and the privilege of coming out to support it today.