Who the heck is Levar Burton?

So I wanted to do a little research about some of the climates
that we are traveling to. As we all learned from the very first day of training
camp, leave all expectations at the door, however I did not want to
be naive about some of the climates that we will be venturing into. I
would encourage any of you who, like me, find statistics such as these very
interesting, to do your own research as well. As Levar Burton of Reading Rainbow would
say, “You don’t have to take my word for it!” For those of you who were
deprived as children, this is Levar Burton, the
rainbow man himself.

 

Another thing that I
would encourage each of us to do is to not only investigate the climates we
will be venturing into, but also the cultures. Paul says in I Corinthians 9:20-23, “To the Jews, I became as a Jew in order to win the Jews. To
those under the law, I became as one under the law (though not myself under the
law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law, I became
as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God, but under the law of
Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak, I became weak,
that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all
means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I might
share with them in its blessings.” How encouraging! So as happy as I am to share with you a bit about
the climates we may potentially be venturing into, I hope that this passage
provides incentive to learn more about the people we will be encountering
as well! Let us pray intentionally for the stirrings of the Spirit, and let us
become all things to all people, that we may save some!

 

So without further ado,
here is our current Race Route with some average temperatures and precipitation
rates. Please do not take this data at face value, as ranges in elevation and
proximity to bodies of water will cause statistics to vary dramatically within
a single country, especially larger countries. This is simply to give you a GUESSTIMATE of what we could POSSIBLY be facing within our
current race route. In light of how much I had to preface this data, I am
beginning to doubt whether I should even post it, but oh well, here goes: