Walk Day Rocked!

The walk today was a blast! We had 13 people walking with us and it was so fun. 3 of our team members this year are T1's - Nikki, Zoe and Mikayla - they are all at the same school now and have become close friends. They even call themselves "D 3" which I think is adorable. I decided to do a video for my walk day blog - and I wanted to thank everyone who donated to our team, walked with us and prayed for us. We are so very blessed.

A Very Special Walk Update

Okay people tomorrow is walk day! We are so pumped. I wanted to take this opportunity to let one of Nikki's best friends say a few words. She took it upon herself to organize a Max Life Bracelet sale at her school and worked so very hard to raise money on behalf of Nikki and all those affected by diabetes. Soooooo, Here is Brooke's blog:

Hello! My name is Brooke Willis and my very best friend (Nikki) has diabetes. I can never know what she goes through every day, but I do know that it hurts her so it hurts me. I pray every day and every night that someone will find a cure. I love walking with Nikki and selling pop at her pop stand to raise money to help JDRF find a cure, but this year I wanted to do more. I decided to sell bracelets at my school to raise money. I am a 5th grader at Piner Elementary. My principal thought it would be a great idea. So every morning for a week and a half I sold bracelets before school. They interviewed me on our school news and I told the whole school how I wanted to help find a cure for Nikki. I am very proud of how the students at my school supported me by buying bracelets. Every student who bought a bracelet got to hang a shoe on the wall. The wall looked really cool with all the shoes on it! Tomorrow at the JDRF walk I will get to turn in the $170 dollars I raised! I would do anything to help Nikki, she is a very special friend! Also, I know that there are children all over the world that have diabetes. I hope that this money really helps find a cure for Juvenile Diabetes, because it is a very mean disease!

2009 Walk Day in 3 Days!

We are getting pretty excited about walk day this coming Saturday. We've had some great momets fundraising this year. Nikki and her friends (who you have all heard me talk about on a regular basis) Samantha, Brooke, Emily and even Samantha's little brother Gus all came out last weekend for one last day of fundraising.

They were just too cute for words. But more than that, I was secretly watching them on and off and at one point I just thought I would bust with pride. Here are these 5 Tweens, spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon working their little behinds off and it was not for a trophy, a blue ribbon or to win a place in the 'in crowd' - it was to help other people - period. That was definitely a "My cup runneth over" moment.

I can't wait to see what our final fundraising figures will be - you can bet I'll be blogging the total immediately! Thanks to all of you who have donated so generously and to those of you who have lifted us up in prayer.

God is Good, all the time