{"id":24047,"date":"2015-10-18T05:22:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=24047"},"modified":"2015-10-18T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T10:22:33","slug":"bethia-gindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/bethia-gindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethia Gindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em><strong>Bethia\u00a0Gindi<\/strong>\u00a0is a junior at\u00a0<strong>YULA High School<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>, and a member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miami.teamyachad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Team Yachad<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0who ran at the\u00a0<strong>Miami ING Half-Marathon<\/strong>\u00a0last weekend.\u00a0 She sent a personal reflection on the race to Yachad:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I feel I have done many amazing things in my life. I have been to Africa and I have seen the sun rise over the Sahara. I have been to Venice, and I have seen the setting sun over the canals. I watched my family grow closer together after my grandfather passed away. I went on a cruise to Alaska and I saw the icebergs\u00a0before they melted.\u00a0I went on the\u00a0NCSY GIVE\u00a0summer program two summers ago and volunteered all over Israel; I went on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njcd.org\/yby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yachad\u2019s\u00a0<em>Yad b&#8217;Yad<\/em><\/a>\u00a0trip this past summer and spent my entire summer becoming friends with Yachad members. \u00a0I am on the Yachad board in Los Angeles and I have seen many people grow through Yachad and its programming.<\/p>\n<p>But I have\u00a0<em>never<\/em>\u00a0done anything like the half-marathon. \u00a0There is something about waking up at 3:30 in the morning and driving to the race after an amazingly inspirational Shabbat, after months and months of training and fundraising. \u00a0There is something about running for something that you love, something that inspires you, something that has given you more than you could have ever hoped for. Yachad has changed my life in so many ways, I cannot even count, and this marathon was an amazing way for me to give back.<\/p>\n<p>First the fundraising, which was really hard &#8212; I mean it\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0$3,000! But after a while it became fun, because I got to tell people about the organization I love so much. \u00a0And then the training, which was brutal! I am not an athletic person, and I do not run. \u00a0But I trained, not completely following the training schedule, but I did the best I could, and you know what? I made it.<\/p>\n<p>And finally the marathon itself! It was unbelievable that I was running with over 20,000 people, and it was unbelievable that 135 of them were with Yachad. \u00a0Crossing the finish line was the most amazing feeling I have ever experienced! I had just run 13.1 miles, and yet, crossing that finish line, I was not tired because I knew that I had done something amazing for Yachad! Of course, the tired and the sore set in after, but it was totally worth it, and I would not trade this experience for anything!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.njcd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yachad\/The National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD)<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is an agency of the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Orthodox Union<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0that provides unique social, educational and recreational programs for individuals with learning, developmental and physical disabilities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethia\u00a0Gindi\u00a0is a junior at\u00a0YULA High School\u00a0in\u00a0Los Angeles, and a member of\u00a0Team Yachad\u00a0who ran at the\u00a0Miami ING Half-Marathon\u00a0last weekend.\u00a0 She sent a personal reflection on the race to Yachad: I feel I have done many amazing things in my life. I have been to Africa and I have seen the sun rise over the Sahara. 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