Friends,
Last night I loaded nearly 500 pair of your running shoes onto a 40×8 foot container that will depart for the Peru earthquake victims on Sunday from Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood. The shoes will go to people who had little to nothing even before the disaster. The ladies who were working at the trailer, familiar with the part of Peru, said that these will be the first “nice” shoes most of these people have ever had. They were giddy just imagining the looks on the people’s faces. There’s a lot of rebuilding to be done and proper footwear will make the task a bit less uncomfortable.
Fellowship raised an impressive sum of money that was spent on tents and blankets for the people. The trailers arrival will be huge for these poor people whose meager possessions are now completely gone.
Congratulations everyone on making a difference in the world.
ps. Weird story: when I got in the truck to drive home after loading the shoes onto the container I turned on the radio. The song that was playing on Lightning 100 was “Hope in a Hopeless World” by Widespread Panic. Coincidence? Nah. I’m not too tough to admit shedding a tear while thanking God.
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Chad Nikazy
Founder / Director
Triathletes For Africa / Triathletes for Hope
