Pittsburgh Half Marathon

In May of this year, Shawna and I decided to participate in the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon as part of the LiveStrong team.  Our family has been so blessed by the community since Shane's diagnosis, that we decided it was time to give back.  Although we got lost and ended up in the full marathon : ) we had a blast.  Shane, Holly, and Natty even joined and met us at the finish line.  This was an enormous undertaking for us, especially since it was the first one we had ever participated in.  We are already anticipating doing another marathon.

 
This journey has not been an easy one for any of us, especially not for Shane, Holly and Natalie.  But we are blessed to have a large group of wonderful family and friends.  We serve an awesome God who has traveled with us on this road with us each and every step of the way.  We would not have made it through this with out the support and prayers coming from all of you.  Thinking about the past 3 years reminds me of a recent song that I heard on K-Love- Laura Story, Blessings.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with this song, here is a short piece.

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
~Laura Story, Blessings

I truly believe that God does not put things in our paths that we cannot handle.  We will be stronger because of this and we will make it through this journey.  As the dinner is entitled- Cancer Can't Conquer and we will NOT let it. 

Blessings until next time.

Shasta