Our Dear Friends and Family, We have been sailing across the Kansas prairie for the last several weeks: we are thrilled and grateful to announce that we have reached the Colorado border! The Kansas route was just short of 500 miles; we are so proud of Annie for her commitment and diligence! Annie has blown…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are getting close to being half done with our second state, Colorado! Annie is a cold weather athlete so it is pretty exciting to watch her get pumped for runs! We can hardly believe how the miles have flown. It has pretty much felt like Kansas until Denver— with…
Another lovely week. SO many natural wonders. We are so grateful to be in such a beautiful and fun part of the world! Saturday, we got coffee and then hiked with Nathan and Elisha Wisener in Colorado Springs: we connected with them through their parents who hosted us in Limon, Co. It was a really…
The warm weather in Colorado continues to hold as Anna and Nick run across the state. This past month’s running has been increasingly difficult as the elevation continues to rise. After passing Canon City, the elevation began to take a toll on the mileage that Anna and Nick have been running. Though the mileage has…
Hosts upon hosts greeted the team in the heights of Colorado. One host home in Montrose, Colorado was the Welches. The team felt as if they had found home amongst the steep slopes surrounding them. While the team was staying with the Welches, they enjoyed drinking coffee while seeing the depths of the black canyon.…
Finishing Kansas and Colorado was a huge feat for our team. After conquering these two states, anything seemed possible, and with God as our strength, anything is possible. Utah has undoubtedly been the toughest state we have encountered so far, but the Lord is our strength no matter the situation or the difficulty. We are…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are finished with the first half of the run across the United States! We are SO proud of Anna and Nicholas for their endurance and commitment to the unborn. A race run: they covered every step of the Western half of the United States. After a 28-mile run, Anna…
Our Dear Friends and Family, The Eastern half of the run has begun! It is GOOD to be back in Kansas City: connecting with friends and fantastic pro-life champions across the city, while also finding rest. Here are some of the exciting things we have been up to: This week we saw the future: Abortion…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are on our way! After a short sabbatical, we have left Kansas City. Our parents, Mark and Jeanne Hoduski were wonderful hosts and are so grateful to have such kind, wise, and fun parents. The time here was full of meaningful experiences and fun times: Worship time, brunches, and…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We Made it to Jefferson City! This portion of the run is something we have eagerly anticipated since we began planning the route for Project If. An exciting thing happened this last week: I was on a journey to find wifi– I went to 6 places and none of them…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We’re ecstatic to be headed out for a baby three day road trip to Washington DC for a CareNet Pregnancy Center Conference! We are so excited because we are passionate about pregnancy centers! They are the frontline of the abortion war in many ways. 1,500 pregnancy centers will be represented…
Our Dear Friends and Family, What a great weekend! We’re heading back on this rainy afternoon to where Anna left off biking. It took us about ten hours to get to DC from Cincinnati, but we loved getting the opportunity to do the Care Net conference! Last night we attended the Washington DC Care Net…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Skyline Chili, Labor Day Fireworks over the Cincinnati skyline, & Graeter’s Ice Cream: we feel like we’ve really seen the city with our hosts the Halls! Anna spoke at Hope Baptist Church, yesterday. She did a bang up job! She shared an eloquent letter by Courtney Baker to her doctor:…
Our Dear Friends and Family, For the last several weeks we have been hearing the rumors that Kentucky may be the first state in the Union to be completely abortion clinic free! They have one left… and that one is in court. AND this is the week that decision is being made. AND we are…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Yesterday, we met with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton! What an awesome example for women to look up to! She grew up in a poor district of Detroit and is now an outspoken and active politician advocating for pro-life. We also got to meet Lorrie Parker with Right to Life; they…
Our Dear Friends and Family, ANNA WITH STATE’S COUNSEL AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD! We attended the Ohio court case, this morning! It’s amazing! It is being called the biggest piece of pro-life legislation ever for their state! It is our third pro-life legislation where we’ve been able to sit in on the action. Today’s was SO…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Anna is out biking as I write; she will hit West Virginia, today. Anna will have less than 300 miles left to cover after today— out of a 3,000 mile journey! The outdoors community here is fabulous. We are SO close to the Appalachian Trail, which has some of the…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Parkersburg, West Virginia! We finished Ohio! THE POINT– WHERE SLAVES WOULD SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Did you know one of the names we threw around for Project If Life was “The Habeus Corpus Underground”? The Latin means show me be the body of evidence— so it…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Clarksburg, West Virginia. So much music: we hung out with an Appalachian Folk singer who does American History ballads, girls from a family gospel group, and tonight Anna is speaking at a street concert! Wednesday, Megan and I worked out of Stonewall coffee, which turned out to…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Pennsylvania for the long weekend! Pennsylvania is SO lovely. I’ve always thought that Revolutionary War films were strategically filmed in lovely, rolling landscapes and dramatized by the morning fog, but this countryside is gorgeous. Living in a place with natural beauty is like having amazing background music…
Our Dear Friend and Family, We are driving to Baltimore, Maryland, right now. A pregnancy center in Montrose, Co. is flying Anna out for the weekend to be their banquet speaker. It’s super exciting. She’s highlighting and practicing her speech as we head North. GREAT news! Annie has been invited to be a table host…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Big deal. Get excited! The House votes tomorrow on a 20 week Abortion Ban bill! That means that if this passes the House and Senate abortion will be banned after 20 weeks. Can you believe it? Please be praying and reaching out to your representatives! Anna spoke at Montrose, Colorado…
For Anna Hoduski (23) pushing that limit is a daily question in her journey across America to bring awareness to the pro-life cause. Her mission is called Project If Life, which launched July of 2016 from the Kansas-Missouri border. Hoduski ran 1,700 miles to Santa Monica Beach in California. She averaged 10-20 miles a day…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Cruising through this last week of riding! Anna is out doing the Appalachians; the fall colors are spectacular! For a treat, today, she had chocolate milk from the cows in the area. Anna just crossed into Virginia. The last state of the journey before she hits DC, as I type…
Our Dear Friends and Family, We left Roland and Yvette Warrens’ home this morning. They have an 1850’s brick cabin that we got to stay in; it was so Jane Austen that we watched the movie Emma one night to celebrate. The Rolands stocked us with our favorite things: great cheese, sparkling water, dark chocolate;…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Another crazy, great day! We met this morning with New Mexico Congressman Stevan Pearce to discuss the project. He told us a great story about his solo flight around the world in support of Vietnam War Veterans. We SO appreciate Congressmen who will fight for life; especially, we appreciate when…
Our Dear Friends and Family, Wow!! Anna is engaged! Yesterday, Megan and I took her to the DC Memorial and her boyfriend, James Strasburg surprised her. He took her to a French Patisserie and then to see the city from the original US Postal Service. Later, they went up to the National Cathedral Rose Garden,…