Why Meru?

Ever since David and I first talked about doing races together, including triathlons, it was a dream of ours, with some of our friends, to do so while raising money for missions. A friend of ours, Israel, had the idea of starting a race team, called Revolution, that would do just that.  Here is one of our recent projects:

In 2007 I spent four months in Meru, Kenya and became very involved in the local church.  While I was there, a church ministry named Adventist Social Ministries (ASM) was started, designed under a similar model of what is known as Adventist Community Services (ACS) in North America and Bermuda. ASM is a ministry 1) designed to meet the needs of local church members suffering from the affects of the AIDS epidemic, and 2) has a vision to expand to reaching the needs of the local community.  Beneficiaries consist primarily of widows whose husband's have died from AIDS, and their children.  Through donations, ASM has helped widows start and expand small businesses, providing training, and enabling them to provide for their children both physically and educationally.  As beneficiaries receive assistance and in time generate income, they are giving back what was originally given them, providing an opportunity for ASM to expand their services to even more families in need.  Most recently, also, ASM has reached into the community by starting a library in a local secondary school from materials that were donated.  


This has been a passion of mine since 2007 and witnessing the lives changed through the work of ASM is profoundly rewarding.  Although ASM continues to make an impact on many lives, there are still many more on waiting lists.  Won't you partner with us to help women like Mary Berthe, Catherine Coullabaly, and Ceclia Makena, widows who have been left to beg from well-wishers and whose children are suffering with no hope of a future without an education?  These are our sisters, sons and daughters.


You can partner with us in this mission project, and give us even more motivation towards finishing our first marathon, by considering one of these sponsorship opportunities:

1.  Record Sponsor: $250 for reaching personal record
      David:  Under 4 hours  

2.  Goal Sponsor:  $100 for reaching personal goal
      David:  Under 4.5 hours
      Tennille:  Under 6.5 hours

3.  Pledge per mile (26.2 miles)
     Platinum Sponsor: $3/mile ($78)
     Gold Sponsor: $2/mile ($52)
     Silver Sponsor:  $1/mile ($26)
     Bronze Sponsor: $.50/mile ($13)

4.  General – Just for finishing

5.  Other – Make your own

All donations are tax-deductible.  Please post a comment below with your pledge, then follow this blog to hear about the remainder of our training (Chicago is just 2 1/2 weeks away!), how we did at the race, and continue following to see the lives you've impacted through your donation.

Checks may be made payable to:
CAMPUS
Memo:  Meru Project

Please mail donations to:
13153 Hitching Post Rd
DeWitt, MI 48820