This weekend Nancy and I are riding in a bike ride in Orange Beach, AL. The ride is a fund raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For many years I have watched and read how the Make-A-Wish Foundation has put smiles on the faces of hundreds of thousands of people. To have this opportunity to be part of that is really something special. In preparation for this ride I went to their website - http://www.wish.org/ - because I wanted to see what some of the wishes were that we were going to make happen. The wishes that I saw were to ride on a train, a night at the zoo, a trip to the Grammies, a pink playhouse, meeting Michael Jordan and princess bedroom. All of these wishes came from children with life-threatening illnesses. Wow!According to the organizers of the Ride For Wishes the average cost of granting wish is $500. I don't have $500, and there is a good chance that you don't have it either. At least not to the point that you could just pop it out and say, "Here, go make a wish come true." That is why Nancy and I are asking our friends to make a donation towards our goal of 2 wishes ($1000). Every little $10, $25, $100 will get us one step closer to granting those wishes.
To make your donation please use this link -- http://bit.ly/oy8JBB
Although Nancy and I ride regularly, we do not normally ride 50 miles a day, especially not 2 days in a row. Please pray for us as we ride on Saturday and Sunday as well as our travels to and from Orange Beach. Also, there is a group of riders that are cycling from Birmingham to participate in the Ride For Wishes.
