The Nelsons are running a marathon. Me, my 17-year-old, my 10-year old, and Richard, a young man from our church. I have “gone on a run” less than once a year since my track season ended 25 years ago. But I’m in decent shape and able to run a quarter of a marathon. (We’re running the relay as a team of four).
Why are we running? To raise funds for One Hope Malawi.
I am blessed to know Moses and Janien Banda, who returned to Moses’ home country of Malawi one year ago to do Christian community development. They are drilling wells, providing education, supporting churches, building roads, and sharing the good news of God’s love in our Savior Jesus. They want to do even more for one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest countries. That’s why we’re raising funds. Aren’t you glad there are people like this in the world?
My assistant pastor and I have our own marathon relay teams, so there’s a little friendly competition to see whose team can run faster and whose team can raise more funds. One of One Hope Malawi’s board members is also running with her husband. If you’re in the Antwerp area, you can run too. Just look up the Antwerp Night Marathon and send me a note if you want to run on behalf of One Hope Malawi. If you don’t want to run, give!
Here is the link to our gofundme page https://gofund.me/413b9a7f. You’ll find more information and links there. If giving through gofundme isn’t appealing to you, you can also give through the One Hope Malawi website https://onehopemalawi.com/en/. (Just let me know if you also want your donation to be counted as a sponsorship of our marathon team).
Hey, can you do me a favor? I’m locked out of facebook because I got hacked. I’ve been waiting more than 2 months for it to be restored. So I can’t post about this fundraiser there, which makes it harder to get the word out. Could you share this post or the gofundme link in your own circle?
Thanks!
