When I woke up this morning I never knew that our family would have such a FUN day with the Adair Family and some Baptist churches in Lusaka. Today was the "Baptist Olympics". The events included running, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and several games for the children. When we arrived we were excited to see Zambians race each other! We NEVER knew that we would be included in the festivities! The pictures below tell the story better than I ever could!
I must add this note: MaryMargaret and Joy were training for a half marathon before coming to Zambia and Kendall still loves to run! So, we weren't completely unprepared for a good race against AFRICANS! I mean crazy..as a runner (retired or current) you dream of running against them because they are the BEST in the world! ENJOY!!!
I must add this note: MaryMargaret and Joy were training for a half marathon before coming to Zambia and Kendall still loves to run! So, we weren't completely unprepared for a good race against AFRICANS! I mean crazy..as a runner (retired or current) you dream of running against them because they are the BEST in the world! ENJOY!!!
Lily won her race! She was so excited about her race that she just kept on running WAY past the finish line!
Oh the race of the century...the MAMA race! Look at those 2 missionary mamas with their skirts on and me in flip flops! Oh it was so funny to do this!
This was the most fun race I have ever run in! I didnt lose but came in near the end...I laughed the WHOLE way!
This was the second attempt at Easton's race. The first time the kids just ran in all directions! SO, we decided to have the kids run from one parent to the other and it worked MUCH better! 
"Come to Mama, Easton!!"
A proud Mama!!
And the race we have all been waiting for, the Daddy race! Look at Kendall, he was in his element on the start line with the Zambian men!
LOOK AT KENDALL! He was in first place for a few seconds!
He finished in 3rd a step behind the 1st place runner! 
What a FUN day! Lauren doesn't look comfortable here, but she really was! Once again today we were reminded of our love for the Zambian people!
6 comments:
what a great post...for some reason i kept getting chill bumps--knowing how much my dear friend joy has always loved running! what a dream come true for yall, i'm sure. thanks for shring. loved the kid racing pics, too!
thanks for great updates.
much love and miss you!
steffy
joy, i love this post! it is so sweet but so fun! i can't believe you were running in FLIP FLOPS!! You SO would have won if you'd been in running shoes! :-)
Thanks for sharing...very sweet.
you are so funny! I loved reading this! You are a family of athletes. Love you! em
I laughed out loud when I saw and read this blog. I can just picture it all! What a sweet time! Enjoy the journey! Love, Mama Gayle
that is so great! your daddy will be proud of this one! i couldn't stop smiling while reading about your running in your skirt & flip flops! my favorite pic is the one of you leaning over with arms wide for easton.... lauren looks like she might fall out of that baby wrap carrier!! too funny!
What wonderful pictures! It looks like a lot of fun. I'm sure it was a dream to be able to run with them!
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