Jeremy Butcher | Half Ironman for FCA!

what's up everyone uh I'm with my good buddy Jeremy here uh we met about 15 years ago uh we hit it off we've worked on a few projects uh since then we've coached our kids in Little League we've Run Sports Ministry together and now lately we've been working together on another project that's really cool called Fellowship of Christian athletes uh Jer I I I joined uh as the director for this area Jeremy you came on as a board member you and Melissa tell us a little bit about why you like fellowship with Christian athletes yeah when when Jeff came to me and said hey you know I started this ministry being the leader of the ministry uh in the neighborhood and he told me it's Fellowship Christian athletes you know our boys played Sports growing up and I was a coach and it's always been my heart uh as far as pouring into the young kids and when Jeff asked me to be on the board I was super honored so you know I've been training for this Iron Man and uh if you asked me two years ago when I had a back injury never would have guessed that that you know I'd be saying I'm doing 70.3 mil in one day um part of doing the board and part of being a part of this ministry is we raise funds so we can get into uh high schools for students and and talk about um Christ and introduce it into high schools and to me that's something special I hear a lot of other influences coming into high school so when Jeff told me we're doing this influence into High School it really sparked the interest for me so um we're we're obviously aboard and and we're looking to raise some funds and uh you know I'm looking look for people to sponsor me for my race you know first I started doing the Iron Man 70.3 uh to heal my back but um you know being part of the board and being part of the movement you know I'm hoping that my friends and family could support me in this and uh you know anything will help but if but I was thinking if you could do you know 25 cents a mile 50 cents a mile dollar a mile whatever you could do uh you know we greatly appreciate it it definitely going to the right cause that's awesome Jeremy those of you that know this guy you know he he goes all in with everything and I've just I can testify to his training the commitment um I know that uh you know like you said a couple years ago you were thinking maybe these kind of days were done but you've been persevering pushing through we're all proud of you bro apprciate but yeah we're we're Jeremy's doing this for a cause now man it's it's bigger than just the back it's it's to raise funds for FCA and get these programs up and running on these high school so if you can support there's going to be a little link uh that Jeremy will share with you uh where you can click and you donate thank you appreciate it guys pray for me