Crazy Run For Us = Great Opportunity For You

Hello all,

As many of you know, two friends of mine (Todd Wigley and Weston Cheatham) and I will be running in the Rock Creek Stump Jump 50K Ultra marathon on October 6, 2012.  We’ve been told we’re crazy by our wives and co-workers, and maybe we are.  But, we want to use the opportunity that this crazy run provides to make you aware of a need halfway around the world.  Just across Lake Victoria from Kampala, Uganda is a place where tremendous opportunities for service await.  Some of our friends in ministry, Steve and Stephanie Bredesen are in the process of building a clinic and aid facility in a village called Nakalanda on a remote and isolated peninsula, far from all conveniences.  The people of Nakalanda have no running water or electricity and they survive essentially on what they are able to raise and produce around their homes.  At this time, they are raising money to equip the clinic with water and to finish some critical projects in order to sustain their work among the people of Nakalanda.  The heart of this message is this:

If our crazy-long run inspires you to do something outside your normal routine in order to help the Bredesen family in their service to some of the poorest in Uganda, we would be honored.  Please check out their work online by going to their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/BredesensInUganda or by going to their website, http://www.bredesensinuganda.com.  You can also check out the race we’re running by going to http://www.rockcreek.com/stumpjump.rco.  Any amount given would be appreciated, as there is so much work to be done, so if you’d like to partner with us to assist them financially, please send your donations to the following address with the words, “Bredesen Account” in the memo line:

Mission Ministries

PO box 6546

Santa Ana, Ca. 92706

All we’re doing is running for a day.  They’re doing the real work of serving those in need every single day.  Thank you for your prayerful consideration and for your support of the Bredesen’s and the Nakalanda Project. 

Sean Riley