NBC 10 - Amazing!!!

Amazing.... Awesome.... I know, I use them a lot but there are no other words for yesterday. I met the women from NBC 10 yesterday at 1614 Fitness in Bear around 3:00pm and just really had a great time with the three ladies from the station. They were so great. They seemed impressed at what I was able to do at the gym. Much love goes out to the people at 1614 for allowing me to be taped there. Did some cardio, weights and then some road work as the crew chased me down route 40 which was pretty funny. We got to the park and did like a half hour taping there which I thought it wouldn't happen because of the weather report forecasted showers and thunderstorms. When we got done at the gym, there was not a cloud in the sky! It was pretty humid, too. That made it easier to grip the wheels to my wheelchair. Perfection for training...

We all got to the apartment and the camera person wanted to get shots of me arriving at home. She told me to sing because I had been all throughout my workout and I explained to them how important worship music was to what has happen in my life... I just started singing, "You give and take away, You give and take away, Blessed be Your Name."

They got Kathy, my sister who sent in the amazing email, to read the email while they taped her. She had to read it sooo many times. She did so great! Thank you so much Kathy!

Then, came time for me to be interviewed and my favorite time of the whole day... ha ha! Just because I had to look at Jade McCarthy for like 5 minutes. She is a beautiful woman from what I could tell both inside and out. I tried to share with her some of my struggles growing up as a teenager. She asked me if I thought of myself as a "Game Changer". That is what the segment is called. I said I didn't know about that but this I did know that a couple years ago I remember sitting with a friend and him asking me what I wanted in life. I replied with tears running down my face as I was crying out to the LORD, "I just want to be an athlete." Then, I said that the Bible says that He would give us the desires of our hearts. I feel so stupid now because it says if we delight ourselves in Him, which I truly believe that the Lord has allowed me to come to the point in which I have done that. I wish I could be there all the time...

Just as a side note, a couple of prayer requests. First, my brother in the Lord, Howard Hamm's mother passed away last night. Would you please lift him up if you pray. Then, pray that whatever is shared that Jesus would be glorified in my life through this tv interview. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this...

So much for all the many blogs

Well, this weekend is over and I was planning to do a lot of blogging but it didn’t work out like that. It was a whirlwind of a weekend. A great weekend though. So, all this post was supposed to be a couple spaced out over the weekend but here it goes.

First, looking back over the posts, I haven’t said anything about a lot that has happened in my life. In April, my friend Chris from the gym at Bank of America entered me into the ING New York City Marathon Lottery. AMAZING! What a humbling thing. I am amazed at the support and love that has been outpoured. Life is amazing because Jesus is so faithful even when I am so faithless. He is Faithful!!!!

In the last two weeks, the Lord has allowed me to take part in 2 different 5k’s… The first one was with a manager from work named Stephanie Elmer. She did great!!! I encourage her to do more

I encouraged runners in the Delaware Marathon. Great times!!! He has been showing me so much through this.

Today, not Memorial Day but the day after, is an opportunity like no other. Kathy, my sister, has contacted NBC10 and they are coming today. They are interested in what motivates me. God, I pray that I can communicate the love of You in such a way that is understandable…

Memorial Day Weekend

Just a quick blog entry to say I am back and will be posting a lot more in the coming days...