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		<title>Factor of 7: Barrett Keene &#038; Go Walk America</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I remember when I first met Barrett Keene. It was May 2002. (UG. That was nearly 10 years ago. HOW did we get this old?) I had just finished my sophomore year of high school My friend Melissa and I were sitting in McCain Auditorium in Manhattan, Kansas at  State FFA convention. Some dude poked [&#8230;]</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">I remember when I first met Barrett Keene.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was May 2002. (UG. That was nearly 10 years ago. HOW did we get this old?) I had just finished my sophomore year of high school My friend Melissa and I were sitting in McCain Auditorium in Manhattan, Kansas at  State FFA convention. Some dude poked his head into our row and  started a conversation.<span id="more-1372"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I looked down at the words that were embroidered on his nifty blue corduroy jacket. &#8220;Barrett Keene&#8230;&#8221; Why did that sound so familiar? Suddenly, I remembered&#8211; we memorized his name in ag class&#8230; because he was a NATIONAL FFA OFFICER. (insert fake angelic worship light/sound here:<em> aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Honestly, I don&#8217;t remember much of the conversation, mainly because I was in awe. I mean, in the FFA world, National Officers were like a celebrity, at least to me. (Little did I know that eight years later, one of my bridesmaids would be a past National Officer.)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The only thing I remember from that conversation was Barrett talking about oranges (because he was from Florida) and how he introduced me to the phrase &#8220;Mamma Jamma,&#8221; which I admittedly still use on occasion. I also knew this dude was gonna be a big deal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What I didn&#8217;t know was that he was gonna be a big deal for Jesus.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Barrett is now a Ph.D. student at Cornell and has given me permission to feature his story as a &#8220;Factor of 7.&#8221; He is walking across America to raise awareness for the 145 million orphaned children around the world. Yeah. Walking. Across America. That&#8217;s like 3,4<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>7</strong></span>5 miles from Miami to San Francisco. It is schedule to take about 9-ish months. This is big, people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He is making news as he walk&#8217;s in Jesus&#8217; footsteps of service. Check out the video at the link below for the clip introducing his mission on CBS Miami.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://7daystime.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/go-walk-america.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1382" title="Go Walk America" alt="" src="http://7daystime.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/go-walk-america.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://www.7daystime.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/go-walk-america.jpg 960w, https://www.7daystime.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/go-walk-america-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://miami.cbslocal.com/latest-videos?autoStart=true&amp;topVideoCatNo=default&amp;clipId=6706105">Go Walk America: From Miami to San Fran</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Pretty cool, huh?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have been following his progress wanted to give his mission a shout out&#8230; we can all help with the cause in a few different ways.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Pray for him&#8211; health, safety, ability to share the message</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gowalkamerica">Go Walk America Facebook page</a>. Like it and follow along.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">3. Share the message with your friends and family.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Consider purchasing a uniform (or more <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="πŸ™‚" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> ) for $20 each&#8230; check out <a href="http://gowalkamerica.org/">www.gowalkamerica.org</a> for more details. You can click on &#8220;donate&#8221; and make it happen!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">5. If you or someone you know has a camper and/or RV and/or car  to donate for this trip so he has somewhere to sleep&#8230; Um, yeah, think about it <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="πŸ™‚" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">6. Walk along for a small sliver of the journey and raise funds with him. (Again, check out the Go Walk America Website&#8230;)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I never knew that a conversation about oranges and FFA would resurface as a pretty cool Jesus movement a decade later. Barrett&#8217;s heart for God is an inspiration. As he walks those 3,4<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>7</strong></span>5 steps don&#8217;t be afraid to take your own steps in the name of Jesus, wherever Christ might lead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Staying in Step,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">SGK</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;"><em>&#8220;If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm&#8230;&#8221; Psalm 37:23</em></span></p>
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