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2008 Outer Banks - Dare County Family Recreation Park Walk Information
My fundraising goal: $15,000.00
Money raised to date:  $15,852.09
105.6806% 105.6806%

Personal Image My wife, Tricia is recovering from a double lung transplant (surgery on April, 2, 2008) due to CF. You can learn more about our story by visiting www.ConfessionsOfACFHusband.com

Tricia and I led the organization of the first ever Great Strides Walk on the OBX of NC last September. Our walk raised over $30,000. This year's walk is scheduled for Sept. 13, 2008, and our goal is to raise over $60,000!

Please, consider helping me reach my personal goal of $15,000!

Thank you for helping me make a difference in the lives of millions!

Nate

Below is a list of donors who have donated to support me. Thanks to everyone for your support!
First Name Last Name Comments
Christy Habshey  
Ray Honeycutt  
Jared And Kate Fraher Your story has touched our lives. Thank you for sharing your story with the world. Here’s pr more »»
Lindsey Johnston Thanks for being so inspirational and strong.
Christine Stafford  
Connie Harrelson Praying for Tricia and little Gwyneth.
Diana Israel For Tricia and those like her that show us that life is not worth wasting.
Gabrielle Hathaway Our God is great!
Ray & Pam Matthews Love to you Tricia, Nathan & Gwyneth
Lisa Bylander In honor of Tricia and in memory of Jennifer Nelson. God bless!
Kerry Weible Good luck reaching your goal!
The Silva Family God Bless you and your beautiful family. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Nicole Kennedy Happy Birthday! Hope you reach your goal and then some.
Jennifer Smith  
Shawna Batson Happy Birthday! Many blessings to you and the girls!!
Traci Clark This is not much but I hope it helps!
Dawn Curtis I keep up with your family thru the blog. I wish you all the best. James 1:2-4
Rebecca Mills Happy Birthday! God Bless you and your family :)
Leah Cupp For Tricia and sweet Gwyneth! Happy Birthday, Nate! From a long time blog follower from NC!
K O Happy Birthday Nate! I’m a faithful blog reader and your testimoy of Faith in God and your Lov more »»
Stuart Romig Praying for your sweet family. Happy Birthday! From Zion, Illinois
David Lewis God Bless and Happy Birthday!
Gail Lawrenson In honor of your 27th birthday!
Catherine Connors-Kos Thank you for opening my eyes to families with CF....I have a friend whose 2 daughters have this dis more »»
Angela Flowers Praying for your family every day!
Heather Jessop Happy Birthday! I hope your blog readers see this as a challenge and you surpass your goal!
Joan Curran In honor of your beautiful family.
Katie Mehler You all are always in my thoughts and prayers!!
Christy Smith Happy Birthday! Our thoughts and prayers are with each of you everyday.
Sheryl Moerdyk Happy Birthday, Nate!
Holly Haagensen  
Jennifer Jenkins Good luck to your whole family. Your family is always in my thoughts
Christina Johnson Happy Birthday, Nate! I wish I could help more. I’m planning on taking part in my local Great more »»
Kristen Millen Praying everyday!
Maggie Finley Here’s to Tricia and Gwyneth and to you, for faithfully documenting it all.
Kelly Bryan Happy Birthday! This is for all three of you :)
Julie Reeg Love and prayers for Tricia, Gwyneth and Nate!
Karen Goodell Best wishes to the Lawrensons from a Lawrencian.
Andy Pelham Good Luck!
Marcie Gates Happy Birthday!
Chuck Long You’re in our prayers. God bless!
Matt And Kristin Schell Thank you for the inspiration you have been to so many! Praying you reach your goal.
Robin Griffin Your family is always in our prayers. thank you for all you do to raise awareness for all of us who more »»
Jenn McCowan Happy Birthday, Nate & best wishes to Tricia and Gwyneth. From a blog reader. :)
Lindsay Hart enjoy each day with your girls.
Eileen Matthews Rn "Cherish each day with your loved ones." Nate & Tricia- I know you do!
Emily Nash Happy Birthday Nate! Just a lurker happy to do her part. :)
Ann Thompson I am inspired by your beauitfiul story
Jaclyn Underwood Happy Birthday!!!
Bonita Baker Happy Birthday, Nate!
Amaya Perez Happy Birthday Nathan and good luck to you and your girls.
Lindsay And Josh Schriftman We’re praying for all of you!
Sara Stelle Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Happy Birthday!
Jennifer Cowart Happy Birthday
Jaime Trevethan  
Tressa Torno God bless you all! I pray every night for you 3. You truely are an inspiration!
Jennifer Wyatt Good Luck from Kansas!
Catherine Ryan Praying for your family Nate! All the best on your walk. Catherine, Ontario, Canada www.catherinesc more »»
Marylse Witke-Keijzer Go Nate! Go Tricia! Go Gwyneth!
Angela Nash Prayers for all three of you. Such courage, strength, and inspiration!
Allison Davidson  
Ron & Anne Schexnaydre We are happy to sponsor you. We are participating in our local GREAT STRIDES walk on your behalf.
Genevieve Haudricourt I am praying for you
Julie Schneir Happy Birthday! I hope you get the best birthday present ever and the TX call is a go! I read abou more »»
Jennifer Dixon Happy Birthday Nate! Praying for you, Tricia and Gwyneth!!
Wendy Bordogna Happy Birthday and good luck! You are continually in my prayers.
C Joiner Happy Birthday! God Bless Ya’ll!
Michelle Danvers Happy Birthday! I wish you many more with your beautiful family.
Sonya Dudziak  
Amanda Downey Happy Birthday!
Jan Turner Happy Birthday, Nate. My thoughts are with you, Tricia, and Gwyneth.
Sara Holt Good luck from Atlanta, GA!
Emily Coen Happy Birthday, Nate! Praying for you, Tricia, and baby Gwyneth.
Catherine Neal Hoping to help some CFers live healthier and longer lives.
Bob Albright Praying for your family.
Petra Levin Happy Birthday!
Jodi Magoon I wish I could give more but I figured it was better then nothing. I am praying for all of you. Your more »»
Marge & Pine Audet Vermonters are praying for you ALL- may God bless you on this journey
Kathy Klassen Happy birthday! In honor of your Tricia.
Michele Alexander  
Kelley Nicholson Happy Birthday Nathan! Best wishes to your girls!
Stacy Pence Happy Birthday
Brent Bruce Family Happy birthday, Nate! We check your blog everyday and are praying for you and your girls. God bles more »»
Jodi B Happy Birthday
Lara Braithwaite From our family to yours.
Jennifer Harris Praying for both your girls-happy birthday Nate!
Alice Yu Thanks for sharing your inspiring story on your blog.
Stacy Himes Thank you so much for sharing your story of faith, hope, and especially love. You have touched my l more »»
Brad And Stacy Segebarth God Bless you, Tricia and Gwyneth!
Elizabeth Cogswell Thank you for sharing your story!!
Karen Reilly Giving for Tricia and all other CF patients. God Bless and Happy Birthday Nathan
Rachel Eash-Scott in honor of your birthday and your precious Gwyneth and Tricia. thanks for sharing your story and in more »»
Michael Garnier Thanks for sharing your lives and this opportunity to help. Our family has been praying for you!
Tammy Allen Happy Birthday!
Charlotte Tuuri Thank you for blessing us with your story
Heather Benz Praying for you!
Molly Conley  
Heather Rogers Your story has touched me deeply and I am praying for you and your family. It is wonderful to see h more »»
Allison Herring Happy Birthday! Thank you for sharing your blog with all of us. I’m praying for all three of more »»
Lori Mejias In honor of the MIRACLE that is taking place as I type. WOW !
Natalie Price I heard about your family from my pastor-Matt Fry. We are praying for you guys daily! God is faithfu more »»
Shandelle Wahlin Happy Birthday!! Good luck tonight Tricia you are in our prayers!
Beth Taylor  
Laurie Kelley Happy birthday...what a day for you!
Coralyn Hart Your story is very touching. I follow it everyday.
Angie Lanoux You both are such an inspiration!
Christa Williams God Bless all of you. In honor of your beautiful family. Go Tricia
Rebecca Thirkettle Happy Birthday! 27 will surely be full of great memories!
Meg Hutchinson Thank you for opening our eyes and helping us see another beautiful picture of Jesus through your st more »»
Justin Seggerman I know its not a lot, but I hope this helps! Good Luck at reaching your goal! You are halfway ther more »»
Kara McBurney I’ve been following your blog. Praying for a successful surgery and unevenful recovery and a more »»
Shannon Franklin Happy Birthday Nate! What an awesome day. Continually praying for you and your family. What an ins more »»
Michelle Braden Prayers for your family!
Allison Gruehn  
Cara K Nathan--18 is the numerical value of the Hebrew word for "life". I think it’s fittin more »»
Elizabeth Fortune Your faith and strength through everything you have been and are going through are an inspiration to more »»
Sarah Ames Thank you for your continuing testimony through it all. God bless.
Kirsten Price May our loving God hold all of you close. Your family is in our hearts and prayers.
Jerilynn And Scott Beattie Stay the course!
Devan Griffin So glad that Tricia got her new lungs! Prayers for your future!
Julie Marson This is in honor of the Great Strides that Tricia is making in her recovery already! And Gwenyth al more »»
Kathleen Kruczkowski  
Chris & Kelly Hegarty God Bless you, Lawrenson’s!!!
Brenda Russ Praying for your family.
Courtney Bishop From a blog reader whose nephew has CF. Thank you for raising awareness.
Cathy Evans I have been moved beyond belief by your family’s journey. Bless you for all you’re doing more »»
Lorell Zachary Love and prayers from Haiti.
Gabrielle Turner  
Elizabeth Ray  
Courtnie Allen Happy Birthday! I am also doing Great Strides for my son Luke who is 7 months old w/ CF. Your blog i more »»
Craig Judd In honor of Tricia and little Owen--a 5 year old w/CF--Shari NC
Mysti Hittle Praying daily for you and your family. Thank you for sharing your story!
Ellen Kutchak Thank You!!!! for all that you have done for your family and CF.
Joseph Tarditi Praying for all of you.
Susan Fennell May God Bless us with a cure for CF.
Halie Sell Happy 5th Anniversary! I am continually blessed and inspired by your blog daily! Praying from you more »»
Connie Meekins HAppy Birthday Gwyneth Rose you are growing so fast wish you a healthy life God Bless
Amy Lin I enjoy reading your blog. Your story has touched my heart. Now go spoil your girls some more!
Sheila Kohl  
Vickie Beasley Our daughter, Holly, age 10 has CF. God Bless You!!!!
Deborah Day Tricia, Nate, and the Beautiful Gwyneth Rose... God bless all of you. Deb ps- I love the OBX...hav more »»
Stacie Davis Happy Baby Shower Nate and Tricia. i love you guys!! Give gwen a hug for me.
Amelia Onsrud God bless you Nate, Tricia, & Gwyneth Rose. We are holding you in our prayers.
Shari Kaplan Hi Nathan (& Tricia, Gwyneth!) I wanted to say how I found the CF Husband site, as it’s an int more »»
Michelle Tapp  
Susan Kalb Good Luck!!
Kristin Bradner In honor & support of Tricia and a very special friend that you all also have met, Christy Hamilton
Melissa Moore Mmmmmm.... pancakes!
Elizabeth Cisneros In honor of Tricia, Nate, and Gwyneth and in memory of Stacey Bouland Alexander, and in thanksgiving more »»
Melissa Elmblad Blessings to you and you family Nate! You have inspired me to be a better Mother and wife so thank y more »»
Emily Nielsen Please keep up the good work! And remember you are loved!
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Jeanine Long Your story is truly a miracle! Thanks for sharing it on your blog. (Referred through Kirsten at In more »»
Kathleen Juola  
Pamela Bugglin You guys are truly an inspiration. God bless you!
Keith Wargo I hope you reach your goal!
Elizabeth Cruickshank Hi Nate, fingers crossed the donation works this time! Have a wonderful day on the weekend with your more »»
Lori Morris-Hughes Love your CF Friend, Lori
Heather Ogg In loving memory of my friend Candace Brock. Thanks for all your hard work Nathan and Tricia!!
Jennifer Wilson Hi, I won the fundraiser auction from Kirsten Lewis and I’m so excited to be able to have her more »»
Mary Brown I appreciate the work you guys are doing to find a cure for CF--keep it up!
Christine Hutson I found you guys on Kirsten Lewis’s blog (from Innate Photography). Best of luck to you all!! more »»
Tricia Moran Micaela and Brian want to donate this from their lemonade stand this August. Have fun on your walk! more »»
Dennis Blume Thank you for sharing your lives and faith thru your blog. The glory of our God shines thru you and more »»
Marilyn Dolley  
Edith Winslow  
Carol Kossman For the three of you and all the other CF’ers out there!
Tammy Zucker Praying for you and your family.
Ashley Vollmer In honor of Tricia, Nathan, and Gwyneth...may God Bless You always!
Carolyn Koetting Thank you for sharing your life with us. You are in our prayers.
Karen Pearce Your lives reflect the evidence of things hoped for. God bless you! I’m blessed daily by your more »»
Catherine Arnold  
Barbara Forsberg  
Sharon Boyle Your family is an inspiration and a living testimonial to the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Chri more »»
Barbara Grossman Small gift for a great cause
Amy Macewen  
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Joni Bodkins Happy 6 month Birthday sweet Gwyneth Rose!
Lanier Swann Happy Birthday, Gwyneth Rose! You and your family have changed my life in more ways than one. Sendin more »»
Amy Stephens Happy Walking!!
Melissa Weber All my best!
Gina Blum  
Marcia Deur In honor of Tricia and in memory of Heather Van Noord
Brad & Sarah Phillips We are praying for you guys.
Corinne Bargen Praying for you and your girls....everyday.
Jessica Light For Tricia and that sweet Rose!
Sara Kring Good Luck!
Nancy Bender  
Melody Gross  
Sarah Hash  
Jim & Melissa Moore For the future...
Christy Sharp I’m going to challenge people from my blog to come and donate.
Whitney Tunney Praying for you guys!
Jeff Temple  
Pauline Flint In honor of Tricia in loving memory of Laura Lynn LaSchiava and Kristina Balderrama
Christy Sharp  
Jennifer Preli I’ve been following Nate’s blog and pray for Gwyneth Tricia. My husband has CF, he will more »»
Patti Grandstrand Since both Tricia and Gwyneth are trying to gain weight. I’m donating the amount of pounds I more »»
Tom & Teresa Shepard To God be all Glory, Honor and Praise!
Jennifer Rieger  
Emily Van Voorhis Praying for you guys! I’m cheering you on from L.A. Happy Birthday!
Penny Malley Happy birthday, Nate! God bless you and your family! Your blogging community supports you!
Mary Knapp Happy Birthday Nate! A great event for a great cause. Lots of prayers for your girls!
Aimee Hensley For your family - God bless!
Cassandra Jones  
Harry & Lynn Burgess God bless you and your wonderful family!
Renee Mader Made in Loving Memory of Sophie. Good Luck Nathan...you will get there. Happy Birthday!
John Beutler & Family In honor of Tricia. May the Lord continually bless your lives as you have blessed so many by shari more »»
Kaylee & Karissa Beutler We read you blog daily and you are all in our prayers. :) Love, The Beutler Sisters Kaylee(13),Kari more »»
Holly Grigoli Thanks so much for raising donation awareness. :)Holly Grigoli(superb kidney donor) and Lorenzo Gr more »»
Sara Cohen Good luck Nate. I only wish there was more we could all do to help!
Debrah Overturf For Tricia ((hug)).
Beth Anderson I’ve been following your blog. Your story and positive outlook remind me to look at each day more »»
Sara Oberdorf In honour of Tricia & as a birthday present for Nate :) All the best & enjoy the walk!!
Christy Knutson Happy Birthday! Thank you for being such an inspiration. Please keep up the wonderful blogging!
Pam Beiler Happy Birthday Nate! I hope you hit your fundraising goal today.
Jennifer Bergey Here’s to praying you have many more birthdays with both your girls, Nate.
Pam Speck Blog reader. Praying for both of your girls to be home soon. Pam Speck Dayton, Ia
Danita Ross God Bless you. Your family is an inspiration to many. Thank you for that!
Shauna Orton  
Leigh Gillam In honor of a beautiful, healthy 6 day old baby girl!
Beth Venegas In honor of your beautiful wife. Here’s hoping for a cure for Tricia, my sweet daughter Olivi more »»
Carol Braunschweig Happy belated birthday Nate. Blessings to you and your girls.
Jennifer Andrade Praying for Nate, Tricia, and Gwyneth!
Amy McDevitt Keep up the good fight!
Stacey Smith  
Sarah Hargreaves Happy Birthday!
Karen Puglisi Happy Birthday, Nate... in honor of Tricia & Gwyneth, and Zach Belz, who also battles CF.
Karen Hall Happy Birthday to a great and funny guy! Praying for you and your girls daily!!
Jessica Huber It’s not much, but I pray God multiplies this 100 fold Happy Birthday Nathan
Steve And Deb Pierce Happy Birthday, Nathan! I’m glad I can help just a little bit toward reaching the goal. May more »»
Cory Hicks Happy Birthday! I’m praying for your girls!
Katherine Lawson Great idea for the blog readers to donate! Happy Birthday!
Martha Sutton Happy Birthday
Alison Nixon Good lucka and God Bless!
Angela Richards  
Jennifer Key Happy Birthday! Praying for Tricia and Gwyneth Rose!
Phillip & Megan Camp Happy Birthday Nathan! We pray that today is the day Tricia gets her new lungs!
Katherine Bateman Thanks for touching my life Nathan and Tricia!
The Mahabir Family Happy Birthday!!!! You are all in our thoughts and prayers. We pray this will be the best birthday e more »»
Jennifer Bastian  
Tammy Leino You are such a beautiful family. I wish you all the best.
Stephanie Semke  
Lisa Hayes In support of Tricia and Mark, my 42 year old brother-in-law with CF.
Danyel Ramelow In honor of Tricia and all others living with CF.
Amanda Collazo  
Cherie Carr Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.
Sonja Klaas Praying for Nate, Tricia and Gwyneth, may today be the day Tricia gets her new lungs.
Susie Ainsley Happy Birthday Nathan and praying for your family!
Michael And Jennifer Felber Happy Birthday Nate! Looks like you’re well on the way to your goal! The Felber Family in PA
Beth Smith Happy Birthday! -Faithful blog reader in VA.
Kathleen Hills Happy Birthday Nate! From Kathy, a blog reader in Miami.
David Nelson We love you guys...Hope you meet your goal
Steven And Amy Dow I hope this small amount helps in some way! Thank you so much for sharing your journey with everyon more »»
Shelli Hoyes Wishing good health for you, Tricia, and Gwyneth. (I’m a pediatric RN who’s been reading more »»
Erinn Ragan Happy Birthday Nate!Praying for you and your girls. Thank you for opening my eyes to CF & organ dona more »»
Cari Rumohr We’ve been following your story for 3 mos. Quite sobering and encouraging. My children are a more »»
Kristi Entwistle Sending prayers for Tricia, Gwyneth & Nate.
Tara Seidel Thank you for sharing your faith via this blog; my prayers are with you & your family.
Jane Schweiger-Paladino Your family is a testament to the strentgh of God’s given will. Good luck to all of you.
Melissa Wagner you are an awesome father and husband.
Alicia Pare You are an amazing husband and father. You and your family are in my prayers.
Samantha Lagneaux In honor of your family.
Dale Dellar Happy Birthday Nate from our family to yours
Lang Keels god is good!!! we are praying for you and your family and even though we havent met have grown to lo more »»
Brooke Osmus You have inspired me! Thank You.
Mary-Margaret Bohlen With prayers, faith and hope for your joyous future with your beautiful family!
Wendy Perry I am mesmerized by Tricia’s story, and your incredible love for her. I am lucky to be a ma more »»
Kelly Olson  
Sara Skinner  
Mary Rainer From Me and Karen in New Mexico. Thank you for sharing your life.
Chuck And Joanne Williams We pray for your family. Our 16 month old son Luke has CF. I was a team leader in a walk here in Fo more »»
Aubrei Norris Every day I amazed by your love and honesty. Thank you for inspiring so many through your story.
Mindy Kerber  
Patricia Loughry My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Marisa Neeson Your faith is a true inspiration!
Wade Marland Love and Prayers from Manteo, and what an Amazing Birthday! Love, Wade, Bari, and the Girls
Tara Delozier Thank you for inspiring me! You are a beautiful family.
Todd Riddick GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY.I WILL KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS!!!!
Valerie Gabriel Your faith is inspirational! Thoughts & Prayers for your family. The Gabriel Family
Jessica Wright A true inspiration!
Stefanie Reid Nate, Trish and Gwyneth, I have been so touched by your story. I wish you all continued health and more »»
Tricia Moran For Nate, Tricia and Gwyneth - hoping that CF will soon be a thing of the past! You are in our praye more »»
Amy Steelman Praying for your family!!
Sarah Hedges God bless your every step!
Kerry Schutz Good luck this weekend Nate! You have an amazing family and I hope CF will be cured very soon!
Janice Harris God bless you and your family!
Amy Whittaker You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Kathryn Dennis Good luck on your walk and thanks for all you do to educate people about CF!
Rowena Harken Blessing to you and your precious family.
Deborah Patterson Best wishes from a blog reader in southern California
Tom Kirschner Happy Early Birthday Tricia- We Love You and are Praying for you- Cole, Diane, Tom, Roxy Kirschner
Candi Carson Thanks for allowing us to watch miracles unfold! Strange $ amount, I know--but I wanted to bring yo more »»
Karyn Conklin In honor of Mother’s Day from Karyn Conklin & Kathy Griesbach
Denise Macler Nathan, Tricia, & Gwyneth: You are an incredible family and a true inspiration. You have shown what more »»
Emily Shipley Happy Birthday! Here’s to many, many more!
Jessica Rogers Your family is always in my thoughts. They are truly an inspiration.
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Stephanie Hein Love to check in and see what God is doing in your lives. Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Lisa Leonard This donation comes from a fundraiser on lisaleonarddesigns.com. Thanks Nate, Tricia and Gwyneth! more »»
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