And one of the absolute best things about the weekend was Team World Vision. On Friday night we went to their spaghetti dinner and got to hear Michael Chitwood, the organizer of it all, speak and got to see videos of the people in Tanzania and Kenya who were getting water pumps in their villages and how truly life changing it was--kids were now healthy because the water they were drinking was not making them sick. They could go to school because they did not have to spend hours each day searching for and carrying water back to their village. They could wash off and bathe in clean water. It was very touching and eye opening.
And, we got to meet some awesome, awesome people, some of who we spent some of the marathon running with.
Team World Vision is the largest charity organization at the Chicago Marathon and as of race day, we have raised just over 6,000,000. The goal at this point is 1,000,000,000. Very reachable.
And, Landon and I have thus far raised $780--only $220 away from our goal of $1000, which is the cost to get one clean water pump into a village! You guys are awesome!!
The website to donate will be open for another month or so, and if you feel led to donate to this AWESOME cause, or if you want more information, you can either click the link on the right side of my blog or you can visit http://www.firstgiving.com/landonspeights1.
Thanks again, more than I have words to say, to those of you who have already donated. Your generosity is inspiring and faith-building and has made this such a neat experience to be a part of. How cool that in this little way we are all connected to some people in a village in Tanzania or Kenya, whom we will probably never meet this side of heaven.
Here's a quick little video that they showed up at the spaghetti dinner Friday night that really touched me, so I thought it would be worthwhile to share. it's just one way that your money changes lives...
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