As you can see from my more recent blog posts I love for what Covenant Mercies is doing in Africa. I've taken 2 trips, one with a group of young adults (2015) and one with a group of High Schoolers (including my daughter Emilianne) and young adults (2016), in order to participate in supporting their orphans programs.
We, as a family, are so committed to these endeavors that the trips have almost entirely been self-funded. But to raise more money for and awareness of what Covenant Mercies is doing in Africa we (Sarah, Emilianne, Erik and I) are doing a RunFAR race to raise contributions for Covenant Mercies.
RunFAR stands for "Run For African Relief". It's a way for individuals, like myself, through participating in a local walk/run/race to raise money on behalf of Covenant Mercies. And right now Covenant Mercies is sponsoring a friendly competition between 6 local churches to see who can raise the most as a team with a race on 10/22. Any funds we raise will go to the Covenant Fellowship Church team.
Here's how it works. On October 8th (we can't make it to the race on 10/22 because we'll be away) Sarah, Emilianne, Erik and I will run a 5k race at Ridley Creek Park. The race, Orphan Day 5K, happens to be sponsored by another ministry, Compassion Corp, supporting orphans in Africa. We complete the race and submit our results to Covenant Mercies to prove we did actually run.
Where you come in is by donating generous funds to Covenant Mercies by going here (http://www.covenantmercies.org/participate/donate) to make a donation. Enter a large number in the amount field, select RunFar in the first drop down list and a second drop down list will appear. Select "Petit Family" from the list. If you want to contribute specifically to one of the 4 of us, write that name in the comments box. Then complete the donation by confirming your payment on-line.
On behalf of our family and Covenant Mercies we thank you for considering a donation.
Here's how it works. On October 8th (we can't make it to the race on 10/22 because we'll be away) Sarah, Emilianne, Erik and I will run a 5k race at Ridley Creek Park. The race, Orphan Day 5K, happens to be sponsored by another ministry, Compassion Corp, supporting orphans in Africa. We complete the race and submit our results to Covenant Mercies to prove we did actually run.
Where you come in is by donating generous funds to Covenant Mercies by going here (http://www.covenantmercies.org/participate/donate) to make a donation. Enter a large number in the amount field, select RunFar in the first drop down list and a second drop down list will appear. Select "Petit Family" from the list. If you want to contribute specifically to one of the 4 of us, write that name in the comments box. Then complete the donation by confirming your payment on-line.
On behalf of our family and Covenant Mercies we thank you for considering a donation.
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| Proof of my last RunFAR Race. |
