Our Laps for Life swim-a-long was a splashing success!  Swimmers of all ages gathered at the Montgomery East YMCA on Saturday, May 9, 2009, from 3:00 to 4:45 p.m. to swim laps to raise community awareness and funds for the Ngenge Water Project.  Supporters cheered and prayed us on!  We enjoyed a festive atmosphere, with an ongoing slideshow of Ngenge, Ugandan praise music, and bottles of water served during the event.  Three swimmers swam 100 laps or more each!  We swam a total of 1,369 laps and have raised $9,172.25 so far from our swim-a-long.  (So far, because there are still $125 in pledges outstanding!)  Here’s a breakdown of the laps swum:

373 laps swum by children       452 swum by youth      544 swum by adults

Photos from the event are up!  To view, see them on our new Photo Gallery posting!

Special thanks to Ginny Haynes and Bonnie Waters for chairing this event, and to the Montgomery East YMCA for hosting us.  We praise God for His moving on hearts throughout the Montgomery community, and beyond, to support Laps for Life, to help bring much needed clean, safe water to our brothers and sisters in Uganda!