Lesley is a Compassionate Journeys volunteer and also a really awesome friend. In her "real" life, she's a life coach at a high school for at-risk kids (how cool is it that she's so amazing?!), but she's heading up the fundraising efforts for the Tafi Atome Women's Association. What is that, you ask? Well, read below and then check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBqW5iLWx8&feature=youtu.be

Here's what she has to say (please hold your applause until the end):

Dear Friends,

A few years ...

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So this weekend I attended a meditation retreat, Soul Radiance, put on by my beautiful friend Sarah McLean. Sarah's a compassionate, kind and present person who also happens to be the force behind Sedona Meditation, and she was the main presenter for the three-day retreat.

So often, it feels like I'm the one who is supposed to be doing the inspiring and providing the meaningful insights. ... << MORE >>

US! That's who!

I am not sure if we're super dedicated or just glutton for punishment, but we're getting ready to take this show back on the road! This time we'll be riding the Adventure Cycling Underground Railroad route.

In the slave castles in Ghana, there is always a "Door of No Return." When slaves ... << MORE >>

We just finished our inaugural Babes Blocking Traffic coast-to-coast wild and crazy bicycle ride across America, and wow, was it fun! Truth be told, if we didn't have a great cause to push us through, we probably would never have gotten off our couches in the months, er, weeks leading up to the 3,093-mile ride. ... << MORE >>

Our ride is over.

Wow. I think I need to type that again.

Our ride is over.

It is hard to believe something that seemed so daunting and crazy when we first dreamed it up a year and a half ago is finished! We rode our bikes 3,093 ... << MORE >>

Right now, I'm sitting on my motel bed, not quite sure what town we're in ... I just know we're in Florida and that we only have TWO MORE DAYS! until we're finished! So hard to believe that this ride is coming to an end. We have covered not only miles, but accumulated many laughs and amazing ... << MORE >>

With less than one week til the finish of the first ever Babes Blocking Traffic ride to stop the cycle of human trafficking, the beach is in sight! << MORE >>

It's Sunday morning and I'm sitting at a Starbucks in Gulf Shores, Alabama while most of the rest of the world (around here, anyway) is either at church or at the beach. It kind of seems appropriate, then, to talk about faith. << MORE >>

I had the privilege this morning of waking up in a lovely bed and breakfast, The Centenary Inn, in Jackson, LA. Thanks to my wonderfully thoughtful husband, I received this lovely surprise for my 47th birthday gift. The luxury of large, soft, white bath towels and down comforters were an exceptionally welcomed blessing after a ... << MORE >>

Everybody has dreams. Maybe yours involve travel, or maybe you want to do something extraordinary for you. If you wait for the perfect moment, it's never going to happen. You have to decide that moment is here, and form your intention to do it. If you can turn that special thing into an opportunity to show compassion to others and make a difference for others, mountains will move and stars will fall into place, and you will have a chance to peek in on the secret of just what an amazing life this really is.<< MORE >>

One thing about Deb and I, we like to jump in to just about anything feet first, and Louisiana is a good example of that. Today we headed to the bayou (after stopping by a truck stop to do our laundry - got to check that awesomeness off of my bucket list) for a swamp tour ... << MORE >>

We have had a whirlwind few days. Wow. Where to start? << MORE >>

Wow! What a great couple of days! Guess who is now halfway across America?! And guess who is really hot in this 95+ degree weather?!  << MORE >>

Our bodies were a little confused yesterday as we woke up in yet another time zone. We went from Mountain Time in New Mexico to Central Time in western Texas, and we're still adjusting. Yesterday we slept until almost 8:00am, getting us off to a late start.
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As I write this, we are holed up in Hobbs, NM five miles from the Texas border. It's hard to believe we're three states in and almost halfway finished with our ride across America! It's kind of nuts, really ... literally. Pistachio nuts. Like the world's largest pistachio at McGill's. Catching up on yesterday, we stayed in the fine town of ...