Spring is here!

Well, life is getting busier - I can tell Spring is here!  And only a month until the run/walkathon - I can't wait!  But I am also a little bit nervous!  I am starting to really buckle down and get everything organized and in place.  I am still working on getting some sponsors to donate bananas, apples, bagels, etc... and also some more sponsors to donate some prizes for the top participant:) 

This past Friday I had a Dr. appt and had a minor procedure done, but because of that I took Saturday off - BUMMER!! Saturday was beautiful and I SO wanted to get out there and run, but I knew that would probably not turn out well.  Sunday I attempted my 18 mile run to my parents house in Hudsonville, but only made it halfway, I think it was just a little too soon and a little too far after my procedure.  So that is fine, I still did 9 miles on Sunday and I will do the 18 this Saturday, so hopefully the weather is just as sunny as it was last Saturday:)

This week we received a few more donations, thank you to everyone who has donated!!  It is making a huge difference!  We received $175 in the mail, so I will add that to our total.  I also forgot to tell you that I visited Dr. Mann's office a week and a half ago to update him and also his RN that I have been keeping in touch with - Cathy.  They are both so excited about everything and they have both agreed to be at the Run/Walkathon!!!  That will be awesome:)  Cathy has already informed me that Dr. Mann is working hard at getting sponsors - he plans on running as long as he can:)

Also, they told me about what they have been working on lately - they are working on rolling Of One Heart into a bigger organization called Healing The Children.  This made me really excited, my family has supported this organization for a long time by being a host family.  Healing the Children helps international children who need surgeries by bringing them to America, finding a family for them to live with while they have surgeries, and then Doctors give their time and resources to help them.  Once they are done with their surgeries, they are sent back home to their families.  My parents were the host family for 2 different children.  The first one, Khadejah, was from St. Kitts - and island in the West Indies.  She was here for a few months while Dr. Mann closed her cleft palate.  The second child is now my little brother, he came here from Haiti for a short time when he was 4 for some surgeries.  His parents realized that he would have a better lifestyle if he were living in America - so they asked my parents to adopt him.  They said yes, AJ (my little brother) is also a twin, and in Haiti the law says that if you adopt one twin, you have to adopt them both.  So Amos is also my brother!  I think my parents would not have wanted to split the two of them up anyway - no matter what Haiti's laws say! 

So, Of One Heart will be the local division for this organization - so all of the money will stay here in West Michigan!  Also - Dr. Mann asked me if I would be interested in being on the board for Of One Heart when this happens!  Of course I said yes!  So keep this all in your prayers - this would be a very good thing!

Let me know if you have any questions about anything - my email is ofoneheart@hotmail.com
Thanks for reading!