One of the things that I love most about LIFE is all the different groups of people that we get to meet; people from all over the country and even the WORLD! As exciting as that is, there are still people who can’t come to LIFE that we won’t get to meet.

I want to tell you about one of the coolest opportunities to help out a church in need that I’ve heard about this year. It’s called the “Watts for LIFE Project“.

To set it up a little bit, LALife.com rates Watts “0.5 out of 10″ in safety and schools. Simply put, it’s a place that’s filled with darkness. Todd Grant experiences this daily as part of a church planting team in Watts. His desire is to present Jesus to be “the light that shines in this darkness” like John 1:5 talk about.

Jesse Taylor, a youth pastor from a small town in New Mexico, and his church have connected with this church plant and have a passion to see that Todd’s church plant in Watts gets the same chance to go to LIFE as their students do. So they’ve been setting aside a portion off all the money they raise for the Watt’s church. they only problem is they can’t seem to raise enough.

So Jesse got in contact with Kent Julian and had an idea to help raise money. They found a common interest and “ran” with it. They are going to be running a combined 58 miles on a dirt path starting at about 7,000ft and elevating to over 10,000ft!!!! Kent and Todd will be running a 1/2 marathon on this route, and Jesse will be running 50K (33.8 miles) on this route. We’re talking major training and commitment for these three guys.

I’ll be honest, i want to run to help raise money too. But reality sets in, and there is no way & no how that I, in my out of shape body, would EVER be able to run on these paths and not kill myself. Thankfully, i can still support them by sponsoring the team for the miles they run (about 58 total).

Can you imagine if 250 groups or individuals could sponsor the $1 a mile? We would help them raise 2X what they need!!!! Then they’ll take the excess and put it right into the church plant! Will you consider sharing this story with your group like I’m planning on? I’m looking forward to being a part of this with all of you~

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