Year Two and a Half Marathon

Friends and Family,

We are quickly approaching our one-year-anniversary of living and serving in Haiti with the Hands & Feet Project.  October 25th marks our first year.  What a year it has been!  We have walked through joys, trials and tragedies with our Hands and Feet family. It has emotionally been a gigantic roller coaster for us, but the Lord has remained the same, and is our rock. We couldn't be more confident that this is where He has placed our family.  I get choked up when I try to explain how much we love our kids and staff; they are truly our extended family.  We're also blessed beyond measure to work for an incredible, integrity-filled organization.  We're excited to head into year two, and all that lies ahead!

As we near the end of our first year, we are raising support to fill in the gap of our upcoming 2012-2013 year.  We are incredibly blessed by those of you who have thus far financially sacrificed to allow us to serve in Haiti with Hands & Feet. We are humbled by your generosity, but more importantly your donations have gone to help the orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti live in a loving, Christ-centered family such as this one.

This is 'Kay Yrmithe' (Yrmithe's house). She(in the lower right corner) is the head house mom, and Rosanie (to the left) is a nanny who lives with them.  The boys in this family include Marvensky, Richnaider, Wadley, Modlaire, Stephane, Cadet, Willcharson, Edmond, Nickenson and Jeziman. They are one of the 7 families on our compound in Jacmel.

There are a couple of ways you can support us for the coming year.  On December 2nd, Stephen is running in the Las Vegas Rock-n-Roll Marathon with team Hands & Feet (along with the new, recently re-launched Audio Adrenaline).  He is running the half marathon. If you would like to make a donation per mile, please click HERE, then scroll down and click on the icon for Stephen Mulligan to fill out the sponsorship.  He's been training each evening when the heat gets *slightly* less intense.  The boys and nannies are cheering him on….they think he's going to win this race, and Stephen is content with letting them think that!  We won't tell them he's just aiming to finish well :)

We are also in need of a few more more monthly donors.  If you feel led to join our monthly team, click HERE.

Please remember that financial contributions are not all that we need.  We covet your prayers!  We would not be in Haiti today if not for all the prayers and encouragement we have received this year.  We feel your prayers each and every day.  The Lord continues to remind us that we cannot do this on our own.  Serving here is so much bigger than us or an organization.  It's about the body of Christ coming together for His purposes and to make him known - to orphans, to Haitians, and the rest of the world.  We are so grateful for all who have joined 'team Mulligan' and those of you will will join us for year two!  None of this would be possible without your support, so on behalf of our family, ALL of our kids, and the Hands & Feet Project: Thank you!