Hi Richard here.

I'm running the marathon and to be honest its been a real pain in the proverbial.

I've lost count of the times I have said, "Why did I nominate myself for this" and "crickey 42kms looks like a long way even in a car"......BUT, and here's the but, every time I feel my feet hurt, my legs ache, I think of the work that Mercyships does and the people they help: To avoid speaking in clichés, it's not so diificult to realise how fortunate we are......

If you have 5 minutes please watch the video at www.mercyships.org/get-to-know-us and just sit down and take a few moments to reflect afterwards.

Anything you can give would be really welcome!

thanks Richard

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