For those that are interested....

I have created a new blog in which I will post while I am in Romania....here is the link...please add yourself as a follower if you feel led to follow us as we go out into the world to tell the good news of Jesus Christ!

http://beatleyfamilyjournal.blogspot.com/

Bobbie

WE ARE FINALLY FINISHED........

Well - we actually finished last Friday, but of course I am just now getting the chance to post. We ended up with a total of 5316.5 miles, just about 5 1/2 miles extra. We have officially walked to Romania as a group. It took a lot longer than we had anticipated and many of us were tired of recording it along the way....but we had a goal and that was to complete it! I just want to say thank you to everybody who has followed us on this journey and who has supported us both financially and prayerfully! God has provided and in a little more than a month, we will be on our way to ROMANIA!!

I am in the process of creating a new blog site in which I will chronicle our adventures. Please add yourself as a follower so you can follow us along our way. Keep in mind, I am still working on it and hope to have it up and functional before we leave.

WOW - its been 4 weeks since the last post

What can I say...May has been a very busy month. The last 2 weeks most of us were working at the race track selling pizzas for Papa Johns to get money for our trip. We made a good chunk of what is needed, but we still have a ways to go!

I haven't posted, but I have been getting the miles and keeping track over the last 4 weeks. Some of the weeks' numbers are a little lower than some, but we are still doing pretty well and should be finished within the next 2 or 3 weeks. We have come a long way. It's hard to believe it is June already and in just 2 months and a few days we will be on our way. We (the boys and I) got our passports yesterday so it is becoming more and more real every day!

For the past 4 weeks, we have clocked 674.32 miles and we now have a total of 4689.96 miles completed and 621.04 left to finish the entire 5311 miles. I think we are all ready to stop keeping track...we don't mind doing the work, but tracking has become a pain at times :-) I am going to print my spreadsheet out for the scrapbook I have already started making. We have a great story about a prayer and a faithful God who answers! God has taught me so much all ready on this journey, and I can't wait to see what else he has in store for us in Romania!

Thank you for your continued support - financially and prayerfully! I will continue to post our miles until we reach the 5311 miles that we promised to walk. Once that is done, I will continue to use this blog as a personal journal of our time in Romania.
~In Christ,
Bobbie

Week 18 Totals

This week we completed 176 miles and are now at 4015 miles which leaves 1296 left to go. We are getting there...slowly, but surely!

Thank you for your continued support financially and with prayers. The boys and I got our passports ordered on Monday, so we are almost set to go. It is hard to believe we will be in Romania in 3 months. Please pray for another team from our church that is heading out on Friday and continue to pray for our team and the people of Romania who we will meet soon.

We belong to a wonderful church and we know God is in full control.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

DEADLINE for Walk-a-thon has come and gone....

Well folks....yesterday was supposed to be the end of the Walk-A-Thon, however, that goal was set with 5 families in mind....since we are down one family, we did not quite make it. A couple of the families actually did meet their goal....so that is good. We will continue to walk to get the remaining 1,472 miles that are needed to reach the team goal of 5,311 miles.

As of Friday night, we have a total of 3839.64 miles. Please continue to pray for us as we continue to walk, try to get the necessary funds to order our plane tickets and the remainder of the money needed for the trip. Also, please continue to pray for the people and devastation caused by the tornados last week in the south.

Week 16 Totals Are In

This week as a team we had a total of 198.25 miles, to make a total of 3630.62, which leaves 1680.38 left out of the original 5311 miles. We are getting there slowly but shortly.

The Lowrys and the Beatleys had another yardsale yesterday. Thank you so very much for everybody who donated items for us to sell. I think it is phenominal that we made just under $1300 over two yard sales. We are still working hard to get the needed funds by May so we can order our plane tickets. I am out of town this week, but when I return we have some other ideas we are working on....

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter today. It is one I won't soon forget, my youngest son was baptized today...he was the last of our family to take this huge step, it is awesome. Our God is awesome, and we belong to an awesome family of Christ followers!

Have a blessed week!

Week 15 totals are in...only 2 weeks to go (officially)

Our totals this week are 196.76 miles which gives us a total of 3432.37 miles walked and 1878.63 miles left to go. With only 2 weeks left, we obviously aren't going to make the deadline, but we will continue to walk.

Today we celebrated our church's 20-year reunion and it was a wonderful day. I am so humble and grateful to belong to a family such as this.

I am going to keep this post short since it is late and I have to get up early for work tomorrow and get rolling on my work for the week since I am only working 3 days and then I will have 11 days off. I am very excited.

Please continue to pray for our team who is heading to Romania.