Now I can only pray that everyone can see what God has done through all this. He has brought me into that hospital and out of it. He has held onto me through the deepest despair and breathed life into cherished dreams. And when I cross the finish line tomorrow morning, it's gonna be with Jesus holding onto me.
Along with that, I want to tell everyone how thankful I am for all your support, encouragement and donations. I'll post a final total this weekend, but I'm pretty sure we are over 1,000,000 won -- 133% of my goal. So many people have given so much to make this happen. I hope you all know that you have saved the day for some amazing kids. Their lives will be changed because of you. No matter what happens, I hope you can always come back to that memory. I promise that they will never forget what God has done through you!
I was just about giddy as I walked over to get my rental car that will take Susan and me to Daegu for the race in the morning. (It's even got a plug-in thingy for my iPhone, so I can text and call everybody after the race and still have juice for the trip home.) I stumbled through the necessary conversations with my apartment office and the parking attendant to get a stamp that will allow me to park the car there overnight without paying 20,000 won in fees. I've washed my running clothes. I've run my final training run (29:50). This is finally going to happen.
The race starts at 8 a.m., and there aren't any buses to get me there early enough, so I'm driving the rental car. We're leaving Changwon at 5:15 to arrive at the race area around 7. That should give me time to get acclimated (or get lost) before running at 8. I'm planning to run Cyclemaster on my iPhone, which will show my progress on Google Maps, even though I'm actually not riding a bike; if you guys get really bored you can check in there through the link on Facebook.
That's it for now. The next time you hear from me will be from the other side of the finish line.
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