5K Run for Orphans

Virtual
Pana, IL 62557

Running > 5k

Event Description

     Have you ever felt that you had more inside of you to do, or to give?  I know I have. I was young, and I remember watching commercials where there were pictures of children starving in foreign countries.  It got to me.  Somewhere deep inside I began thinking, "Why?"  "Why, do I have so much and they have so little?"  I would cry for a long time afterwards.  I also remember some time after that  I was just about 14 years old, but I heard a missionary share about his experiences in Africa.  It didn't take me long to figure out that was the answer to the other burning question I had, "How?"  "How can I do anything to help?"  At that time, I knew it was a matter of just saying something like, "When I grow up, I will be a missionary!"  So that is what I did.  I declared it to God, to myself, and to anyone who would listen.  But then life happened.  I had my own children and I had some unplanned dissapointments... yet that inner voice seemed to continue to cry out, "There are children who need help in this world... God help me, help them!"  And again the nagging question, "How?"  Well the days have been redeemed, God has given me the chance to help those children!  I am now a missionary!  And though this challenge is much bigger than me, I know that it is not too big for God!  I trust that He has put this desire in my heart and He will make a way to open doors that will bring floodgates of help for orphans all around the world.  Through prayer, through teamwork and through helping one orphan at a time, we will see a lasting change.  I just know it!

     Isn't that just like all of our desire to push ourselves through tough challenges of every kind.  We have this unction inside of us that says we will overcome... and we do!  I am a firm believer that it is God who does things in and through us.  And we can defeat every obsticle that comes our way through His power within us.  

     My husband, Les & I are working for a ministry organization called, "In His Hands Orphans Outreach."  And we have learned so much about how many orphans there are around the world... over 153 million.  And though our organization helps over 99 of those, we know that we are taking a step in the right direction. 

     We are looking for like-minded people / athletes who would like to partner with us and run or walk in your own towns or locations near you, to make a difference in the lives of these and many others as we conquer the hunger and poverty of so many children all around the world.  There are even many orphans here in the U.S.  who we reach out to that we are able to help, when the funding is available.  Won't you join us?  Help us to be the hands and feet of God.  Though it is in His hands, he gives us our feet to take us places where He wants us to go...

"Defend the weak and fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the opressed."  Psalm 82:3

     Thank you for considering running for our cause.   

Blessings,

Deborah Fesler

Community Outreach Coordinator for IHH

 

 


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