Family Run

At the beginning of 2013, I decided that I would like for our family to try to do a service project together once a month. It didn't have to be a big project each month, just something that would get us working together to serve someone outside our family. So far, we have cooked meals for church members in need, packed lunches for hungry kids with Kids Meals, and helped take down all the Christmas decorations at our church after the holidays. This month, we participated in a fundraising fun run together.

The race was for an organization called Every Village, which exists to glorify God through the transformation of every village in South Sudan. They carry this out through missions, provision of clean water wells, and distributing radios to villages so that the people who cannot read the word of God can listen to it and know the gospel of Jesus Christ.

There was a 5K run and a kids 1K. I signed up for the 5K and I signed Princess and Pumpkin up for the 1K. I was a little concerned about whether or not Pumpkin would be able to run the whole 1K. And I was also concerned about what kind of attitude the girls would have about getting up early on a Saturday morning to run a race. But, once I told them what we were running for, they were both really sweet about it. Especially Pumpkin, who prayed the night before that everyone in Africa would be able to have a radio after we ran the race. It was so sweet!

They both did great with the 1K. Pumpkin didn't run the whole time, but she ran most of it and finished with a smile on her face. Princess ran the whole time and loved it. And when it was time for me to start the 5K, Princess and her friend, who had just ran their little hearts out in the 1K, decided they wanted to run the 5K too! So they ran/walked the whole 5K! I was very proud of them! Here are some pictures of our day:

"And... GO!"

Princess running the Kids 1K

Pumpkin running the Kids 1K

Pumpkin crossing the finish line

Me finishing the 5K

Princess and her friend finishing the 5K