We walked 6 miles to raise money so that children in Swaziland can go to school.
All 6 of my kids participated. Isaiah and Laila rode in the wagon and the rest walked the WHOLE WAY(okay, Sam did get pushed in a stroller with a friend for parts of it, but he did a lot of the walk.)
Cody was actually the 3rd person to finish out of 67 people. I was pretty impressed with that.
Lauren was 6th and Abby was 8th.
Sam and I were very content to be near the end placing in the 60's.
I will share pictures and also let you know how much we raised. It will be at least a week before we have money totals.
The really cool thing is that lots of families walked. They also got to experience some of the things that Swazi kids deal with every day.
They stood in line to way for a cup of rice.
They got food and water at "carepoints" along the way.
They carried backpacks with rocks in them.
They walked barefoot for 5 minutes of the walk.
They made "soccer balls" out of plastic grocery sacks.
It impacted them in so many ways, and what a sense of accomplishment my kids had when they were done.
On the way home, they were all asking, even Isaiah, "How soon before we do that again, Mom?"
That just warms my Swazi lovin' mama's heart!!
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