{"id":5522,"date":"2014-06-22T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T02:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2014-06-22T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T02:59:46","slug":"starfish-drinking-water-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/starfish-drinking-water-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Starfish, Drinking Water, & You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are often confronted with overwhelming circumstances. \u00a0We got lost in the facts or data points about a story. \u00a0We struggle to not only feel connected to the problem but have no idea how to help. \u00a0Or maybe we do know how to help, but think our little bit of help won’t have an impact.\u00a0Have you ever heard\u00a0the story about the young man\u00a0throwing starfish back into the water?<\/p>\n

Trust me it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the billions of people who are suffering around the world. What can I sitting in Minneapolis, Frankfort, etc do about a problem in Congo, Somalia, Iraq? \u00a0Let me make it a little easier for you. \u00a0You can support me and my endurance efforts and change someone’s life. \u00a0Every dollar raised through my efforts for Team World Vision will directly impact a person in Congo.<\/p>\n

Did you know that people are dying from waterborne diseases? Illnesses that might not you and me off our feet for 24-48 hours are literally killing people. \u00a0A person dehydrated from diarrhea – drink water that only makes them \u00a0sicker. \u00a0That’s shameful. \u00a0$50 can provide that person access to clean water for life. \u00a0See it is simple<\/strong>. \u00a0You give any amount and someone’s life gets better. \u00a0$50 is a nice round number – but any amount, $5, $10, $100, $1,000 they all change people’s lives. \u00a0Even a dollar would have an impact.<\/p>\n

Today you can be the man\u00a0in the Starfish story, ” it made a difference for that one.” \u00a0Click here to donate<\/a>, then come back and read the story.<\/p>\n

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While walking along a beach, an elderly gentleman saw someone in the distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the ocean.<\/p>\n

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, picking up starfish one by one and tossing each one gently back into the water.<\/p>\n

He came closer still and called out, \u201cGood morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

The young man paused, looked up, and replied \u201cThrowing starfish into the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n

The old man smiled, and said, \u201cI must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?\u201d<\/p>\n

To this, the young man replied, \u201cThe sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don\u2019t throw them in, they\u2019ll die.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon hearing this, the elderly observer commented, \u201cBut, young man, do you not realise that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can\u2019t possibly make a difference!\u201d<\/p>\n

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up another starfish, threw it into the back into the ocean past the breaking waves and said,\u00a0\u201cIt made a difference for that one.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you donate today<\/a> and write Starfish in the message box I’ll send you a special starfish story card and pin! Please take 5 minutes to provide clean water and make a difference for “that one”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are often confronted with overwhelming circumstances. \u00a0We got lost in the facts or data points about a story. \u00a0We struggle to not only feel connected to the problem but have no idea how to help. \u00a0Or maybe we do know how to help, but think our little bit of help won’t have an impact.\u00a0Have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-vision"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1r4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5451,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/photo-journey-through-almanzo-100\/","url_meta":{"origin":5522,"position":0},"title":"Photo Journey Through Almanzo 100","author":"crossn81","date":"May 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently published my thoughts about the Almanzo 100 experience. 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