for some reason in this world, there just aren't a lot of known real life heroes who are doing extraordinary things, outside of their daily routines. note: this is parents, police men, etc... aside.
however, one of my real life heroes has once again shown his extraordinary commitment to God and the world is so much better for it.
tim hoekstra was the chaplain at my college for the final 2 years i attended trinity. he provided an amazing example of commitment to the Kingdom of God - in the midst of resistant powers. Tim's heart was/is highly motivated towards racial reconciliation. At a mostly dutch college...well...you can understand why having a black or hispanic speaker would ruffle feathers. actually, no, you probably can't and i can't and tim certainly couldn't... but he made sure that the fallen subset of morale and rules around that campus was challenged constantly. he left that position in 2007.
onto today... tim has been hard at work, as a pastor (unpaid), as a missionary, and as an advocate. today, tim ran 50 miles, at 50 years old, and managed to raise about $50k to help with the water crisis in africa and to work with inner city youth in Chicago. let me repeat that. tim ran 50 miles. he started at 1:30am... he was escorted by police to the beginning of the chicago marathon (after 23.8 miles) and ran the marathon (26.2).
if that isn't a superhero, i don't know what is. tim is a hero to me and has been the best mentor a person could ever ask for.
http://www.firstgiving.com/timhoekstra50miler
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WOW... That is an amazing story! I heard LeAnne talking about it yesterday at church, and I was like, "Where have I heard of this man before...?" And it was from YOU! But seriously, that is incredible, I hope I'm still that passionate about life and making change when I'm 50+ years old. Thanks for sharing.
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