mar·a·thon [mar-uh-thon, n] any contest, event, or the like, of great, or greater than normal, length or duration or requiring exceptional endurance
"It's a marathon, not a sprint."
We heard that phrase about a billion times when we set out to take on Autism many years ago. As our oldest son was diagnosed, God set us on a course.
We began to put "one foot in front of the other" towards his recovery.
We've yet to make it to the finish line, but we've made huge strides.
While we've never actually run more than a 5K, we know about marathons...
Many, many things in this life require "exceptional endurance".
There are marathons of all kinds.
Adoption is simply another one of ours.
And we're thankful for those who are helping us to 'run' it!
We'd like to share an opportunity...
a $26.20 opportunity to help us maintain our pace!
From our dear friend Heather:
"There's only one thing I've discovered that's harder than running a marathon: adoption {but oh my the rewards in each}. This March I will be putting one foot in front of the other for 26.2 miles in honor of my dear friends in an effort to help them raise funds to bring their son home from Uganda.
Please consider giving $26.20 to the Furnell Family Adoption. I will pin the name of each person to my shirt and then my medal and present it to the Furnell family at the end of the race. Now, who would want to miss out on this sweaty, sweaty opportunity to glorify God??"
Donate here!
That's it!
For the price of a fast food meal or two, a couple of stops at Starbucks, or a new scarf, you can push us one mile further down this road!
We are edging toward the time where we must raise the thousands of dollars it will cost us to travel to Uganda and to stay there for the 6 weeks (give or take) in order to bring our son home.
Thank you for your encouragement and support throughout a process that is certainly "greater than normal, length or duration" !!!
We heard that phrase about a billion times when we set out to take on Autism many years ago. As our oldest son was diagnosed, God set us on a course.
We began to put "one foot in front of the other" towards his recovery.
We've yet to make it to the finish line, but we've made huge strides.
While we've never actually run more than a 5K, we know about marathons...
Many, many things in this life require "exceptional endurance".
There are marathons of all kinds.
Adoption is simply another one of ours.
And we're thankful for those who are helping us to 'run' it!
We'd like to share an opportunity...
a $26.20 opportunity to help us maintain our pace!
From our dear friend Heather:
"There's only one thing I've discovered that's harder than running a marathon: adoption {but oh my the rewards in each}. This March I will be putting one foot in front of the other for 26.2 miles in honor of my dear friends in an effort to help them raise funds to bring their son home from Uganda.
Please consider giving $26.20 to the Furnell Family Adoption. I will pin the name of each person to my shirt and then my medal and present it to the Furnell family at the end of the race. Now, who would want to miss out on this sweaty, sweaty opportunity to glorify God??"
Donate here!
That's it!
For the price of a fast food meal or two, a couple of stops at Starbucks, or a new scarf, you can push us one mile further down this road!
We are edging toward the time where we must raise the thousands of dollars it will cost us to travel to Uganda and to stay there for the 6 weeks (give or take) in order to bring our son home.
Thank you for your encouragement and support throughout a process that is certainly "greater than normal, length or duration" !!!