Dear Friends, On December 30th, 2018 I am lacing up my running shoes and running the SnowDrop Ultra 55 Hour race to raise money for the SnowDrop foundation.  The Snowdrop Foundation provides scholarships for college bound pediatric cancer patients and childhood cancer survivors while raising awareness and funding for continued research to cure childhood cancer.

I am taking on this challenge of my life in honor of Andrew Ross.  Andrew is a 10-year-old boy who was diagnosed with a rare form of Pancreatic Cancer in February of 2017 shortly after his 8th birthday.  Hearing of Andrew's diagnosis was heartbreaking to our family.  The Ross family is a family that is very dear to our hearts.  Laurie and their daughter Abby have played competitive soccer together for many years.  We have spent years watching Andrew and his siblings kick around the soccer ball during halftime and making the entire sideline smile with their laughter.  Andrew and the Ross family are one of the strongest, most faithful families I have had the pleasure of knowing.  They never question God's motives, they simply accept His gifts for what they are, gifts.  They are a true inspiration in life.