I’m running for something and I’d love to have you with me! Here’s the story…
On Saturday, March 14th I returned from an extended trip to Asia visiting your FAME ministry partners. While the places I visited had very low case numbers of the coronavirus, fear was growing. By the time I arrived home, I had decided on a voluntary 14-day self-quarantine. On Monday, March 16, the shutdown began and my 14 days at home became three months.
With my calendar clear and some extra time available, I decided to exercise. I began walking three miles each day. Eventually, I increased the distance and began some running. As I write this, I have logged over 800 miles since March.
During the hours on my walks / runs, I wondered: “How can I help our FAME partners who are working in under-resourced parts of the world?” The answer became INDY-THON. Indy-thon is the combination of the Half Marathon at Fort Benjamin Harrison on October 3 and the Monumental Half Marathon on November 7. My goal is to raise $1,000 per mile (that’s 26.2 miles) for the FAME Reeves Memorial Project Fund.
The Reeves fund will complete 11 Sustainable Healthcare Projects through FAME partners in India, Haiti, Mexico, Ghana, Spain, Ivory Coast and the Philippines. It will purchase surgical equipment, a hospital generator, two ambulances and construction materials for a cardiac hospital and 6 primary care clinics. For example, $26,200 could complete a primary care clinic in Mahabalipuram, India.
Every project of every partner will result in medical evangelism. The gospel will be proclaimed as individuals are given otherwise unavailable healthcare in the name of Jesus!
Will you join me? I am asking you to pledge a dollar amount for every mile I complete. A $10.00 / mile pledge would be $262.00. Or, you could sponsor a mile for $1,000 or a half mile for $500. Really your gift of any amount will help. Click HERE to join me!
Whatever you decide, thanks for joining me – and know that your gift will help meet desperate medical needs – but more importantly, meet them in Jesus’ name! You will be changing lives now and into eternity.
Thanks & God Bless!
Bill Warren
Executive Director