Walk Across Alabama

One of my first memories of ARM was a lady named “Ms. Lard”. Kinda a strange name, most likely a slave name given when she was young. Ms. Lard was 93 years old and lived in a remote area in West Alabama. We found out it was raining in her bathroom and her kitchen floor was about to cave in. Students from the Auburn Wesley Foundation came and reroofed her entire house-not just the bathroom, fixed her floor, and made sure her stove was working corrrectly. In turn, she told us stories of growing up in the deep south-how she could grow anything and how hard she had to work. I learned alot from Ms. Lard. As the students prepared to depart after a hard week of work, we circled up to pray….as we were closing…she interupted and said she had to pray for us and ask God’s blessing on the group. It was very touching and meant so much. Ms. Lard is why we are walking…to help those who are alone…to build friendships and relationships across our state. Come walk with us!