Day 60

My time: 40:58

Well at least my time is a little better...

I'm SO CLOSE to being done. 15 days away. And yes, I messed up again and had two separate times. Also! I was going through pictures last night and decided to make a scrapbook of my summer. I'm going to do a page about the project. I'll post a picture on here when I'm done!

So..anybody notice the new total today?! $715.00. That means we've realized enough to build a new well and provide water for a whole village. That's huge. Through your funds you are helping make people's lives easier by making water more accessible.

We can still do better! Please donate today!

~Haley

Day 59

Before and After

My time: 42:31

Look at how awful that time is Let's meet Bella. Bella is my pesky, overly-energetic, cute little Jack Russell Terrier. She got so excited when I put my shoes on today and I couldn't bear to crush her little puppy soul by not taking her with me. As obnoxious of a runner as she can be. 

For some reason, this animal is a perfect runner when my dad takes her on his, like, 6 mile daily runs. But with me? No. She has to pull at the leash and sniff at Every Single Object in a 10 Foot Radius. Of course, maybe I was just running slow and she thought she had plenty of time. 

Who am I kidding, OBVIOUSLY that's not what she was thinking. She was doing on purpose to slow me down, of course. 

:)

I'm only about 2 weeks from being done with this project! I want to see a big number when I get that total update in a few days! Go on, scroll up and click the little Donate tab. It only takes a minute.

~Haley

P.s. By the way! I know I have two separate time things on there. It is because Haley can be very klutzy and accidentally stopped the workout after a lap and a half while trying to check her time. So yeah, I had to quickly start a new one in the middle of the run...

Day 58

My (our) time: 43:17

My good friend Taylor ran with me today! I've known her for quite a long time. Our parents are coworkers and we went to elementary school together! So a big shout out to her for running the whole 3.5 miles with me! (She may or may not have come in a few seconds before me..)

Unfortunately, as you may be able to tell, my iPod has been misplaced. I hope to have found it by tomorrow. Somewhere between my bed and the living room I set it somewhere I can't remember, so I had to make do with my phone stopwatch for today. 

Read yesterday's post for information on the total! Like I said, probably Monday or Tuesday it will be updated! In the meantime, please donate! It doesn't take long!

~Haley

Day 57

Before and After

 

My time: 39:46

Today I am feeling much better! I'm still sick, but I took some medicine and I can actually breathe like a normal person now. Haha. 

Today I decided to clean out my bathroom cabinets. And like any good blogger, I figured out how I could make that interesting enough to write about. See, as I go through my cabinets I realize just how cluttered I am. All the useless junk is brought to my attention and thrown out. (For example, all the hair accessories from when I went through that phase at age 5). The good stuff I use and need, I organize. Jesus kind of does the same thing in our lives. When we invite him into our hearts, he brings all the bad stuff to our attention and he encourages us to get it out. Otherwise our lifestyles get cluttered with all the junk keeping us from a true relationship with Him. 

I've been told some of you are wondering why your donations are not showing on the total (I know, it hasn't been changed in a month) I emailed the organization today and am expecting an updated total Monday or Tuesday-ish. Don't worry, if you got an email in the form of a receipt, your donation has been counted, I just haven't been notified yet! :) Want to make it even higher for when I get it?

~Haley

Day 56

Before and After

My time: 43:24

It seems my cold has moved to my chest and was getting worse but it's night now and I'm feeling a little better. Really I'm fine, just really congested. It made running somewhat miserable, but hey, if it raises the money for these people that's fine with me. You'll notice my times are worsening, I'm sticking to a slower run/jog until I start to get better. 

For today, I thought I'd just share a link! It's just a resource for in-depth studying of the bible. My Sunday school teacher found it and our assignment was to go through 1 Timothy chapter 1 this week. I'm on verse 3...oops. It really is pretty good, just very time-consuming. I can't even use that as an excuse because I have quite an abundance of time. Here's the link.

Can you take some time and donate to help someone out today?

~Haley

Day 55

Before and After

My time: 43:51

Well, today I felt a little better, but not by much. To top it all off, it was super muggy outside.

Today we had some serious rain, and the power actually went out for about 20 minutes. It was still probably the most relaxing day I've had in awhile. I was actually home on a weekday! (Monday and Tuesday I was working volleyball camp) 

I'm fortunate to have days at home with clean water at my disposal. Others are not. The women have to go and collect it daily. They can be so much better off if you donate! We are so close to our first well!

~Haley

Day 54

My time: 42:12

Well, I have come down with a cold, so running today was quite miserable and slow. It's alright though, hopefully it will go away soon!

We had some great music last week. I decided to do a post listing some of the songs we did (that I could find) and, additionally, some of my favorite Christian songs at the moment.

These songs were all performed last week by the Matt Roberson band-they were amazing-but I have them listed with the original artist:

One Thing Remains-Passion

Cornerstone-Hillsong

Our God is Love-Hillsong

Not Ashamed-Passion

Beautiful Things-Gungor

Great I Am-Phillips, Craig and Dean

Beautiful Things has to be my favorite song out of all of those, but Cornerstone is a close second. Although both Gungor and Matt do an amazing job, I have to say, our youth band played it best. The xylophone they used and the softness of it is just so pretty.

Our youth band led worship for our in-cabin devotions and they did some songs too:

Come to the River-Rhett Walker Band

Take it All-Hillsong

(There were others but those were my favorites-and the ones I can remember)

My personal favorites:

Every Good Thing-The Afters

American Noise-Skillet

Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)-Citizen Way

Please donate today! I can't stress how large the need is!

~Haley