Ready for the Race

It's friday afternoon before Sunday's marathon. I've completed my final run - 2 miles yesterday morning - and my final cross training class - Push-N-Pull at the Orange Shoe Gym this morning. Now I rest and carbo load. I'm ready and getting excited about the actual race.

It's been amazing to receive all of the encouragement and support that has come my way in the past week. So many people have wished me well, said they'll be thinking of me on Sunday, expressed their pride in this effort, shared promises to appear along the route or hold me in prayer on that day. I wonder if my feet will even touch the ground I feel so held up by the wonderful community of folks that surrounds me and has contributed to this effort in a wide variety of ways. Thank you all!

If you're planning to show up along the race route, which you can find at www.madisonfestivals.com you will know it's me by looking for the bright yellow hat. On the front the hat says "Runnin 4 Haiti" and on the back it says "runnin Rev." I have Cindy to thank for this wonderful surprise. She's such a sweetheart.

Thank you all for supporting me in this effort but thank you even more for supporting the people of Haiti through Haiti Partners MCC. The road to recovery for the people of Haiti is long and complicated and I will continue to find ways to promote the small but somehow significant efforts of the Madison Christian Community's Haiti Partners Ministry. Please remember on Sunday to not only pray for me and encourage me but also to pray for the people of Haiti and for all of the people from all over the world who are somehow involved in or connected to Haiti for better and for worse. Let us pray for the best possible good to be done in every situation.

Until after the race...

Tisha