8 weeks from today, 8 runners will attempt the ‘unheard of’. We will teeter on the brink of insanity and jump in headfirst. We will go where no man/woman has dared to… Ok, just kidding… but maybe not about the insanity part!
On Halloween weekend (no correlation other than the dates), some buddies and I are embarking on Run For Their Lives: a relay to rescue African children in captivity. Starting on Thursday evening, we will leave Lake Ray Hubbard near Dallas and head towards Houston. (For all those concerned adults, the course will be on ‘back roads’ and minutely mapped out beforehand.) Continuously running 5-6 mile legs at a time, eight of us will each complete 30 miles of the 240 mile journey. Our plan is to run through the night on Thursday, all day Friday, through the night on Friday, and finish up mid-morning on Saturday. We will end up in the Lake Conroe area, intentionally symbolic of the children on Lake Volta in Ghana. Whew!
If you haven’t read my last few posts about Ghana, more background can be found there, but Run For Their Lives will support The Mercy Project. The goal of the Mercy Project is to raise $40,000 to build a new house at the orphanage where the freed children will live. When this house is completed, it will be able to host up to 25 rescued children. If you would like to support/help with this endeavor, we are seeking overall donors for the project as well as people who are willing to sponsor a relay runner per mile (30 total, not 240… unless you like the number 240 better, and that would be great!). Please let me know if you’d like to help out!
Below is the link to the latest video on The Mercy Project to “put some faces” to the entire thing. Blessings~
The Mercy Project
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