Jackie C. Hartley

Still the Assistant Principal at Stewart Middle School. Still running. Running in a 10k trail run this weekend in North Carolina. I helped direct/host a race in Waynesboro this fall and may have found my second career! :)
I still love adventure and got a chance to skydive this summer and scuba dive in St. Thomas- from one extreme to the other!
I read the Hunger Game series this summer and loved it! I am now reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series- it's a little dark...

I plan to run a Rock and Roll Half marathon or marathon until I finish them all! YAY!

Happy and loving life! JCH

Where are they now?

Soon, very soon there will be posts about each one of the China Crew letting you know what they are up to now! Come back often and feel free to put a little pressure on me to make this happen!
Amy

Strange Things

If you have been following the blog you will have noticed  that Lisa Shifflett started posting at the end of our week in China.  For some reason I was not able to open the blogspot page, download pictures to Flickr or even attach them to e-mail from China.  I know a lot of you want to see pictures from the race and we have every intention of putting them up.  Our friends who took them, headed off to Tibet on a long train ride soon after the race so we are waiting for them to send those.

An Amazing Story: Kerrie Larson-Kerkman

The China Crew was blessed to have met many amazing folks with incredible stories of courage and determination. From the firefighter in Dublin wanting to lose weight to the young woman from San Diego with Rhuematoid Arthritis, we were all touched by the amount of determination and spirit that each individual demonstrated. Check out this story about the woman in Wisconsin who quickly became someone we all looked to for encouragement and inspiration. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/45534787.html

10 Things to look forward to:

1. Hugs and kisses from our families, friends, and dogs
2. Soft beds
3. Hearing the English language
4. Toilet paper
5. Toilets
6. Diet Dr. Pepper
7. clear blue skies
8. ice in our drinks
9. forks
10. Seeing the SMS students and staff!

The Amazing Race

OMG! This race was tough! Everyone finished with a new story to tell, new friends and a better understanding of what real pain is! So look out PE classes, Metcalfe and Lilly will not take any whining about going up our puny little trail! We will be flying while you are sleeping and getting home sometime around 9 pm at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Weyers Cave.

Good luck from SMS!

Good luck in the marathon - SMS is cheering you on!