Race for the Least of These

May 18-25 we return to Los Angeles to work on Skid Row and in South Central. We will be tutoring homeless children, working with children in South Central (Gang Land), and serving and working with the homeless. There are 90,000 homeless in LA. 20,000 are women. 6,000 are children.

I am blessed to take 21 amazing students on this trip. The trip always transforms lives and develops leaders. God always shows up in the most amazing ways as we are all stretched profoundly. We get to see some of the most beautiful things in the darkest of places, hope in the midst of despair.

We are sponsoring a 5K Fun Run and a 10K Competitive Run on April 24, 2010 at McAllister Park in San Antonio (Race starts at 8:00 a.m.). All proceeds from the race will go toward sending our students to Los Angeles for a very intensive week of work.

We would like for you to participate in the sending of our students! You can do so in several ways:

1) You can pre-register online ($15.00). Here is the link to the race registration site (cost is $20.00 on race day):

http://www.active.com/running/san-antonio-tx/race-for-the-least-of-these-10k-race5k-fun-runwalk-2010

You don't have to be a runner to participate! While there will be trophies and medals for the winners of each age group, this race is all about sending students on mission. You can walk, enjoy a day in the park!

2) You can help sponsor the race. Sponsorship begins at $200.00. All sponsors will have their church or company logo on the back of the race T-Shirt.

3) You can send a gift to help send students to Los Angeles on mission trip. All gifts are charitable contributions and are thus tax deductible.

Checks are payable to San Antonio Baptist Association. In the memo section of the check, you can designate "BSM Mission Trip" or "BSM Race Sponsorship." If you want to sponsor, please send me your company or church logo so we can get it to the t-shirt designer. All sponsorships are due by April 13. You can contact me at: utsabsm@gmail.com

The address for San Antonio Baptist Association: 5807 I H 10 W; San Antonio, TX 78201.

Your investment in our students is an investment in the leaders of tomorrow, in the lives of many homeless in Los Angeles, and many children in South Central.

Your prayers are greatly needed as well. The week is taxing, challenging, and quite difficult. We need prayer covering. We are not always in the safest of places.

Thank you for your prayers and for your support of BSM.

Grace and Peace,
Kevin