(written Friday Jan. 14 – posted Saturday 15th)

Just got scanned, patted, & quizzed at the Amsterdam flight gate. Now waiting to board the next leg of this journey. It has been an adventure beyond a quick description and I look forward to having some time to write some reflections. I wanted to thank you all for your prayers, good wishes, and following us on Kiliclimb.org.  Hope you have enjoyed watching our pursuit of Kilimanjaro and our time in this special country —Tanzania.  The prayers we believe were heard and we know we were granted much favor in the weather, safety, and the number of climbers who made their goal – I think 25 made it to the top summit 19450 feet & 5 made it to the first summit at 19000 feet!!!

We just said good bye to our fellow climbing team members from around the US. We have made memories together to last a life time & helped each other every step of the way in a bond of the heart and for the clean water cause.

We saw first hand the plight of the people who have no clean water and the dramatic difference having a fresh water well makes for a village. It is the beginning of a life that can include literally- life, better health, education & and an organized community.  World Serve is an organization doing great work partnering with the local village and regional leaders to be sure all resources are maximized and most important they are sustained in working order. One always wonders when you give monetary support for something far away IF it really does happen as you had hoped for your donation to be making a difference. I can assure you this group is the real deal!! Some of our fellow team members did not climb but did visit some of the other well project villages & their visits were unannounced and without fail they saw working wells with quality equipment  (they have a water system company in Phoenix so they know what they are looking at!)

I hope you may find a tug on your heart and your wallet to be persuaded to make a contribution to this cause. The Kili climb was an amazing personal journey of awareness and spiritual quest for me, but the catalyst for the climb was raising awareness and money to bring clean water to more villages. For me that means making sure you have the opportunity to join in and be apart of something BIG!  No donation is too small — just like me heading up to the summit one small step at a time each moving me closer to the goal/the top  — one dollar at a time will becomes a hundred, then a thousand, then enough to change another village.  Go to the Kiliclimb.org site and click on make a donation  – take yhe Leap TODAY, you won’t regret it.  Thanks!

More later—