As some of you may know already, I am planning to run in the Chevron Houston Marathon on January 30, 2011…just over a month from now. I have been training for this specific event since September and it has been a personal goal of mine to run a marathon for several years. When I found out that I would be able to run in the Houston Marathon back in August, I wanted to make it count for something more than a personal goal, so I joined Team Living Water.
Living Water International (http://www.water.cc/) is a non-profit organization striving to provide clean water throughout the world. Unclean drinking water claims more lives every year than any war, and more people die each year from drinking dirty water than from the world's hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes combined. LWI provides clean water through training, equipping, and consulting local communities in a way that provides clean water now and for generations to come.
LWI is a Christian organization which works to fulfill the great commission by "providing a cup of water in Jesus' name" to those who otherwise would not have clean water.
I urge you to go to their website and explore – you will be shocked…both at the magnitude of the global water crisis, and at the fact that just a small gift can go so far toward improving peoples' quality of life.
I am asking you to join with me in supporting this cause 1) by praying for encouragement and success in completing the run and 2) by way of a small gift. I have set a fundraising goal of $524. This is based on just 20 of my friends and family giving $1 for every mile I will run on Jan 30th (26.2 miles). I get NOTHING from this fundraising effort. I have already paid my own marathon registration fee, and I am covering all expenses associated with my participation in the Marathon. 100% of every donation made will go directly to Living Water International.
Visit my fundraising page at
http://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/Donate/PersonalPage.cfm?MID=6199&CRID=29&CID=245
to learn more and to make your contribution…thanks, Merry Christmas, and God Bless.
Josh
