Chosen

Adoption has always been very near and dear to my heart. My father adopted my sister and I as his own February 23, 1990. My parents adopted my little brother two years ago this month. Adam & I have always said that we would love to adopt when the Lord will's it in our lives. It never fails to amaze me how many children who don't have a home or a forever family.

Back in 2010, I had high hopes to run my first race in Santa Barbara. I started training and sadly gave up. I decided in May that I wanted to get back into running. I started looking online at upcoming races in the fall. I came across the Chosen Half Marathon. This is a race specificallytargeted to help orphans and adoptions. I immediately knew that I wanted to run this race. I prayed about it and gave it a lot of thought before mentioning it to anyone.

I posted on facebook to see if anyone has run the race in previous years or if anyone would be interested in running it with me. A friend of mine, Ashley, immediately commented that she had been looking at this race for awhile and we decided to run it together.

Funny site note: I have never met Ashley face to face. Our husbands worked together in the past, so I have only met her husband. We became facebook friends about two years ago. This race will be the first time we meet face to face.

After corresponding with Ashley about the race, I learned that she and Craig are in the process of adopting a child in Cambodia. So, I am running in the Chosen Half Marathon in New Braunfels, TX on Oct. 27th in order to raise money for my friends adoption. There are already a few on our team, however, the team with the most runners signed up by 6/30 will receive an extra $1000 in their adoption fund. Now who wants to run for Team Alexander?!?!?!?! If you're not a runner, not to worry...you can walk the course! They would greatly appreciate anyone interested in helping us bring their baby home!

www.chosenmarathon.com