Week 12! || 100MileMonday

Y’all!!!!! 😱 We’ve just finished week 12 of the Spring100. We are just 13 days away from the FINISH of this challenge!!!!! I can hardly believe this. DON’T GIVE UP!!!! 🙌🏻 13 days is still time to get your miles in. PUSH IT OUT! Alrighty, before we get to a very special 100MileMonday post, we need to log week 12 miles! Now is the time to log miles walked from MAY 31st – June 6th, 2021. If you have any questions, leave a comment below or send an email to info@spring100challenge.com. I am working hard to answer as quickly as possible!! 🙋🏼‍♀️

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“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works” Hebrews‬ ‭10:22-24‬ ‭

Happy Birthday, Gita! 💝

For this 100MileMonday post, I’m doing something a little different!! ☺️Today, we are having a Spring100 birthday celebration!! Gita is our oldest Spring100 walker and celebrated her 100th birthday this past Saturday! Do you want to hear something amazing? Gita has already finished her 100 miles for Spring100!! I am so blessed to have Gita a part of this challenge.💕 Her testimony of God’s faithfulness throughout her entire life is such a blessing! Today’s post is dedicated to Gita, a fellow Spring100 walker, encourager, inspiration, and sister in Christ! Happy Birthday, Gita!! 🙋🏼‍♀️🎉 I am excited to share her amazing story shared with me by her dear friend Sheri:

When Gita was a young woman, Russian soldiers invaded her country of Estonia. After she endured and survived many weeks of constant bombing of Tallinn, Estonia’s capital where she lived, Gita and what was left of her family fled the country the evening before Russia invaded. They sailed away on a hospital ship called the Moero. But the next morning, out in the Baltic Sea, the Moero was torpedoed by Russian planes, and sank in about 6 minutes, taking nearly 4,000 people onboard down with it, including her first husband. They had been married only one year. Gita and her younger brother, Erich, managed to jump from the sinking ship into separate large life preservers. Gita’s was filled with other people, but her brother’s had only one other man in it. Erich had dreamed the night before that the ship would be sunk and he would die!
Gita life preserver floated away from the 3 boats that came to rescue survivors. After floating in the freezing water for 4 hours, they were picked up by a German U-boat (submarine) and taken to what was then called Gdansk, Poland. Her brother never showed up at the displaced person’s camp, and she learned from witnesses on another rescue ship that the “young man in a life ring with only two men” had fallen from the knotted rescue line they threw to him, and he had been sucked into the ship’s propeller. Gita was devastated. He was her final family member, except for her grandmother who was still in Estonia. She never saw her grandmother again, either.
Gita wandered from one country to the next with no home, no family, no nation; but God always sustained her with several miracles, pulling her from certain death time after time. Finally, she ended up behind the American lines and when WW2 ended, she met an officer that would become her husband and bring her to America! She had 6 children, got saved, and was part of a group of 5 people that started my church back in 1970. She loves the Lord with all her heart, and still serves Him, baking cookies and cakes as gifts for many people, old and young alike. AND she gardens with the flowers she loves!

“The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26

Week 12 Question:

Not a question today BUT a request!! Would each of you wish Gita a happy 100th birthday in the comment section below?? 🥳💝

This Week’s Spring100 Scripture Reading Plan-June 7th through June 13th:

• Monday: James 3
•Tuesday: James 4
•Wednesday: James 5
•Thursday: 1 Peter 1
•Friday: 1 Peter 2
•Saturday: 1 Peter 3
•Sunday: 2 Peter 1

💁🏼‍♀️As always, these posts are made possible and fabulous by YOU!! Your photo submissions and comments make these posts fun and my job of putting them together super easy. Thank you! So with that being said, don’t leave without commenting, and remember to send in your Spring100 walking/running photos + Videos to be featured! Send your photos to Info@spring100challenge.com to be shared in next week’s post!

Great seeing the Thenhaus crew grabbing Spring100 miles and enjoying a beautiful hike with friends for week 12!!🙋🏼‍♀️

Esther J. and Keirsten S. crossed the 100 mile finish line!! 👏🏼💯 Congratulations to you both. FABULOUS JOB!!!!🏅

The Flournoy Family enjoyed gorgeous views for week 12 of the Spring100! Grabbing miles and making memories in Colorado.😍🏔

Kelsey G. is jumping for joy as she crosses the 100-mile finish line 💯🙌🏻! Josiah S. is persistently pressing forward with 100 miles in sight. KEEP IT UP!! You are doing a fabulous job.🙌🏻

Leah H. finding time to get in some miles while visiting her friend Katrina for week 12 of the Spring100! 👍🏻 Great job!!

Anna M. soaking up God’s gorgeous creation and conquering miles for week 12 of the Spring100!👏🏼👍🏻

When friends do Spring100 together… it’s always a blast! Rosie A. and Kina L. looking lovely as they grab a Spring100 mile together.🙌🏻💝

Kathryn Del got some great walking time in with the Martin ladies for week 12 of the Spring100! Looks like so much fun🙋🏼‍♀️💕!

The Silvey crew enjoying a Spring100 walk with their aunt Lynn(fellow Spring100er) on her birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🎉💝

Marie from France enjoying week 12 of the Spring100!! She was blessed to be able to grab miles and enjoy the beautiful weather with a sister in Christ and her brother.🙌🏻💕

Gabe and Sara C. checking in for week 12 with a fabulous Spring100 walking selfie. So good to see you two conquering miles together! 🙋🏼‍♀️👌🏻

Tim & Charity B. tackling week 12 together with cute kiddos in tow and William getting those miles in with little bro Morgan during a hike on Blue Lake trail in the Colorado Rockies!! 🏔

Kina & Diara L and Sierra R practicing crossing the finish line at the Ark Encounter playground!! Almost there y’all… KEEP IT UP!!!🙌🏻👌🏻

The Mathews family checked in for week 12 and said, “Some beautiful and challenging mountain hikes this week!” Great job y’all!! 👏🏼👍🏻

 The Carpenter family grabbing Spring100 miles at Lake Wenatchee for week 12!! 👏🏼🙌🏻 Great having you all check in with this fabulous photo!!

Katelyn grabbing miles with sweet sister-in-law Beth and Sarah H. taking advantage the cooler moon-lit evenings to get her miles in for Spring100! 🙌🏻😃 Keep up the great work ladies!!!!🧡

Ruth and Kevin just 12 miles away from the 100 mile finish line for week 12!!!!! ALMOST THERE…. push it out!!!!!!🎉🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

So great to have the Reed family check in for week 12 of the Spring100!! They say, “We recently started Bible Bee, and some of us are using our walks as a time to memorize our scripture passages.:)” GREAT way to redeem that walking time!! 🙌🏻👏🏼🙌🏻

So love having Elizabeth and Lydia F. a part of this Spring100 Challenge!! They are working their way to the finish line for week 12.👏🏼💕🙋🏼‍♀️

Lynnaea K. writes, “My family and I hiked to the top of table mountain. Wonderful view with wonderful people 😊” SO happy y’all had great Spring100 walking time together this past week. 👌😃

The Farrell family checking in as they grab their Spring100 miles together! 👍🏻👍🏻

Nathanael + his fun walking group and Joel S. + Dad conquering the June heat to get their miles together for week 12 of the 2021 Spring100!!😃👍🏻Stay cool y’all. DON’T GIVE UP!

Noemi sends greetings and gorgeous views from Switzerland for week 12!! 😃 She says, “This week I walked with a friend and her horse and around the lake with her and her dog!” 🙋🏼‍♀️

Gorgeous week 12 walking view from Spring100er Grace Lu!! 😍

So fun to see Joel and Micah travel run a challenging 10K this past week!! Both set goals and did a fabulous job in the strength of the Lord!!🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

Rachael C. enjoying a fun Spring100 walk with friends on a beautiful evening! 🙌🏻 Keep it up Rachael!!

The Moss family getting their spring 100 at Perdido Beach, FL. They say “Do wind, water, and sand count double in the miles? ” 😅😉 And Mr. Cook logged his 100th mile with his grandkids for week 12. GREAT JOB!!!💯🙌🏻

The Reynolds checking in for week 12 and doing their miles together. 🙌🏻👌🏻 Great job y’all!!

Rebekah and Dimitris sending in gorgeous views from their Spring100 walks in Romania for week 12!! Love the shirts!!!!😁🙌🏻👍🏻

Hope derby with Hannah, Lydia, and Grace on a 4 mile walk this past week!! Great job ladies!!!!👏🏼🙌🏻👌🏻

Bethany enjoying a Spring100 walk with precious little sister, Hannah for week 12 of the Spring100!! 🌸🧡

Alyssa T. grabbing miles with friend and fellow Spring100er for week 12!!! So glad you two got to enjoy a Spring100 walk together.👌🏻😃💕

Jane and Smokey(the cat🐈‍⬛) enjoying spring weather as she tackles her Spring100 miles!! 🙌🏻 –Ruthie and Owen C. (and parents) combined their hobby of Geocaching with their walk this evening. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!👌🏻😃

It’s always so much fun grabbing miles with Bekah & Emmi!! We’ve been enjoying each other’s company for daily Spring100 walks this past week. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK everyone!! We are so so so close to the end of this Spring100. Press forward in the strength of the Lord!! I am praying for YOU.🙏🏼🙌🏻

HOW YOU CAN HELP! Since the beginning, Spring100 has been hosted free-of-charge to the participants.Donations are not required for participation but are truly appreciated and such a blessing! If you feel led to join us in covering the costs associated with Spring100, please view Spring100 Donation instructions!

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2