A Whirlwind

Since last Thursday things have been like a whirlwind for me. Crystal and I left for Memphis on Thursday night at about 8 pm and made our first stop in Knoxville. From there, we got up Friday morning and traveled 6 more hours to Memphis. We grabbed some grub downtown and took a nice carriage ride around the city. Saturday morning we got up and went to our pre-project meeting from 9:30-3:00, then hit the road to Nashville. We spent the night in Nashville and hung out with one of our friends there before heading through Atlanta and making a stop at IKEA. We were exhausted to say the least! Then Monday morning we had staff meeting and from there I went to hang out with students at Wren middle to try to offer support during this terrible tragedy. It was very solemn and I have never been in a middle school lunch room that was that quiet.
In more encouraging news, we had our commitment Sunday this weekend for the student building and our folks pledged 1.3 million dollars!! God is so AWESOME!! That should get us really close to paying the building off over the next 3 years. If you wanna know more about the progress of The Garage, go check out www.marathonamazingrace.com I am responsible for updating the blog with pictures, videos and commentary on the progress, so watch for more info soon!!

RUNning the Race,
Bholda