Fun at the Jog-A-Thon

So this last Saturday, Liana's school had a Jog-A-Thon. Way back when I signed us up to help, James was going to be the one to run with her. Well, once I knew that he was not going to be there, I should have started training. I am the first one to point out how out of shape I am. Well, it was a fun day and Liana ran 12 laps totalling 3 miles. Crazy, I know. Needless to say, I could not keep up with this little girl most of the time and she ran most of it by herself. By lap 10 she had slowed down enough for me to walk with her. I am fully aware of how bad this is making me sound, but it is the truth.
As soon as she finished, she sat down and told us that her legs really hurt.

Here we are at the starting line. The Jog-A-Thon lasted an hour.

We are gearing up to go. It was still really early so she was not really in the mood to be out of bed and then needing to run on top of it.

My mom was kind enough to step in for James to help out punching the cards. Here Liana is checking in.

They actually have two different times you can run. I signed up to help at the 7:30 and got stuck at the water table. The sun had not come out yet, so it was quite cold. Liana loved helping out too.

So here is my little track star. She was so stinkin cute. James will be so proud of her when he hears about this when he gets home.

Team Liberia

So my dear husband, my Aunt Judi, Uncle Doug, Grandpa, my cousins husband Caleb, and a man I don't really know except his name is Brad, are off to Liberia. My Grandma, Lois Lindley past away this last July. After her death, my grandpa took on the task of finding a way to honor my grandma's life. My grandma's greatest passion in life was to bring God's word to anyone she could. My grandpa decided with a Library for the African Bible College in Yekepa, Liberia. This school had been abandoned after years of civil war and over the past 20 years the jungle has taken it over. As a vision grew for the college to reopen, many have contributed to the rebuilding. After much fundraising and sending a container full of supplies and equipment, the work was on its way.

It was decided that a team would go to help in the completion of the Lois Lindley Memorial Library. My grandpa approached James in February and told him that he thought it would be great if he could join the team. He went to an initial meeting about the trip and came home very excited. I have been learning about how much I put God in a box and when I heard how much we had to raise in such a short amount of time, I told James this was never going to work out. Luckily, his faith is much bigger and he told me, let's just wait and see. God set out to show me just how big He was and in only 3 days James had raised over half his amount already.

After 21 hours of flying, 12 hours of layovers, and a 7 hour jeep ride, the team should have made it to the college. James will be do a wide range of jobs I am sure and lucky for them the man can truly do anything. He can even sew some curtains if they need them. James and the team will be there a little less then 2 weeks and will be home, by March 21. I will give some updates once I get them. Please pray for their team. Along with the work at the Bible College they are going to visit a nearby orphanage as well. I am so proud of my husband and for the amazing blessing he will be to all those that he comes into contact with.

Gotta Love the Classics

So one of the great things about Liana attending Preschool is that she comes home with all of these great songs. They are the classics. All the songs we learned as kids. I thought you might like to take a listen because she is so stinkin cute. At least we think so.

" Down by the Station"

"Rise and Shine"

" I'm a littel Tea Pot."