A bunch of my teammates have already arrived and reunited in Mexico. It’s kind of weird to still be at home for another two days. I would have been down there now with all of them, but I was going to be shooting a friends wedding yesterday and wanted a few days to photoshop stuff. But I didn’t end up shooting the wedding because she wanted someone who would actually have time to photoshop everything . . . which is totally understandable. It was the right thing to do. But that’s why I’m not down there now.
Anyway, a lot of them have posted this paragraph on their blog so I figured I ought to do the same.
“I wanted to let you know about an awesome website AIM has setup where you can follow prayer requests as the team travels around the world. It is http://prayerstheworldrace.org. You can even click “update me” to add your email addresses to a list and receive an email every time a new request or answer is posted. Thank you for your support as i journey around the world!”
I also wanted to list some more people who have given financially to my trip:
I also wanted to list some more people who have given financially to my trip:
-
George Bacalia (friend, brother of good friend joel bacalia from SAU) -
Ken & Beth Calvert (former church friends, I took a college class from Ken during high school) -
Dan Vagle (great friend that I’ve known since the end of elem school. grew up in sunday school together) -
Titi & Katie Woki (friends from SAU) -
Sue Iverson (my generous and loving aunt) -
Kim (Mosley) Vandlen (former neighbor from childhood) -
Mortgage Management LLC (Jeff Fazekas) (basketball buddy for a few years now, my boss from the last month or so) -
Bob & Nancy Livingston (lifelong family friends from church. He was also my band director in middle and high school) -
Diane Kurtz (SAU faculty. Cross-Cultural director that I worked for and worked with) -
Scott & Shelly Allen (family friends from church) -
Robert & Traci Stewart (uncle & aunt) -
Randy & Crystal Stewart (very generous uncle and aunt) -
John & Carrie Williams (aside from my bro, john’s probably my best friend. known him since elem school, roomed together for most of college) -
John & Karen Somerville (family friends and church friends) -
Erin Somerville (their daughter) -
The VanWormer Family (I’ve been good friends with matt since at least middle school. thru that I’ve gotten to know his family and became friends with them) -
Jared & Liz (Briggs) DeBacker (friends w/ liz from youth group and HS, ministered with her in mississippi. I was involved in Young Life with both of them) -
Kim Martin (great friend from SAU. We dated for most of 2005 and some of 2006.)
I feel like I’m missing someone, and if I am I’m really sorry! Let me know if I did miss you.
As far as my support raising goes, including pledges I now have
over $15,000
in my account!!
I needed 13,000!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE GIVEN YOUR MONEY AND YOUR PRAYERS!!!!! IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO RECEIVE!!!!!!
As far as future monetary contributions toward this trip go, please consider giving to “The World Race Ministry Fund” instead. There are still some people on my team that still need a lot more money to come in for them to reach their $13,000. Any donated money to this fund will also go toward hiring more translators or if we encounter someone who really needs some money to help out. Just write ‘WR Ministry Fund’ on any checks and send them to:
6000 Wellspring Trail, Gainesville GA, 30506
And also check out my previous post. It tells about a special opportunity concerning the WR Ministry Fund.
