Friday, July 11, 2008
July 10 - 11 - DAY 1&2 (2 entries)
Just got a call from Scott. Well, it turns out the course is a little longer than we thought, but perhaps a just a bit more.
As you can see, Lisa’s been running and trying to take care of her feet during the night.
Word on the street is that Sister Marybeth crews the way I nap — with a natural-born talent for it. Here she is
tending to Lisa. She’s been a cook, a driver, a pacer and an overall trooper.
The crew anticipates that they’ll be hitting Stovepipe Wells around midnight or 1:00 AM, and I’m sure they’ll have more updates at that time.
SO LET’S HAVE SOME WORDS WAITING FOR LISA WHEN SHE GETS THERE!
If you leave a comment on the blog, I’ll print them all out and fax them to Stovepipe Wells. I can’t tell you how much getting messages from family and friends does for the spirits.
So limber up your fingers folks, and let’s swamp this blog until the entire internet’s just one big smokin’ mess.
Updates as I get ‘em.
When I asked Terry how Lisa was doing, his answer was “I can’t believe it– she’s fresh as a daisy!”
Lisa got on the phone, and had another take on it. While she was feeling good and didn’t want to stop for too long she did have humongous blisters on her ankles; heat rash had set in, which it tends to do when the temperature hits pavement-melting levels.
We didn’t talk long as she was eager to keep moving. Terry and I determined that she’s nearly at the 60 mile mark, and just a few clicks shy of the Nevada/California border.
The donations are flying in fast and furious. Since the crew arrived in Las Vegas, over $4,000 have been raised, just online and in person– that doesn’t include the checks being mailed in to the Religious Teachers Filippini while Sister Marybeth is away!
So, not including those checks, we’re around $280,000.00 for the AIDS Orphans. Because it only takes 4 cents to feed a child a full meal (hard as that is to believe in America) that means Lisa’s raised enough money so far to feed 7,000,000 children. Amazing.
But it also means so much more than that. It’s money that can help AIDS Orphans Rising continue their wonderful programs, such as my personal favorite, the “Pizza - Gelato Initiative”. To find out all the amazing programs they run– programs that you personally are involved in helping– check out our About AIDS Orphans Rising page, and the AIDS Orphans Rising site.
More updates as I get ‘em…
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