Sunday, August 13, 2006

Red Thread Day!

Yesterday was our Red Thread Walk-a-Thon, and it was a success! We had a lot of fun. A family from our church came, out-of-state friends who were visiting for the weekend walked with us and some of my friends and Rebecca's friends were able to walk as well. Here we all are before setting out on the walk





We had a beautiful day for a walk- sunny and breezy and not too hot.



Our littlest walker with her Mommy :)


Friends of ours live at about the halfway point and we left a cooler of water and some snacks in their yard. It was nice to take a break. I was surprised because the big kids had nearly finished the fruit snacks before the little kids caught up to us.




Here we all are (minus Tim who went to find water for the dog).



While we waited for the men to cook the hamburgers when we got back, we counted the money everyone had gotten from sponsors. All together we raised $2,114! I was so excited- I'd been nervous about the whole thing since I was "planning" it while I was on a different continent, but God is faithful, and abundantly blessed us. I was very happy with the whole day. Not only was it exciting to raise so much money, it was also fun to walk with our friends and picnic afterwards.

3 comments:

MOM said...

We're now up to $2,254! Praise God!

Anonymous said...

That's so awesome! So, what did you finally decide on for the back of the shirts? I tried to enlarge the picture, but I can't make it out :0)

Laedelas Greenleaf said...

I still have a check to send in, too...it should come with the CD of pictures.