This summer I showed up to ride my bike and raise funds to build wells in Africa. I thought it was a good idea. Thought that was it.
That was a crazy idea. I know now it is so much more than that.
We become part of people’s lives! All these amazing people become a part of my life.
Hearing what God has done in the wake of our path has been amazing! Churches in New Mexico are now working together. How a seven year old kid raised $1000 for Blood:Water Mission! What will happen to the girl we talked to at Sonic that wanted to go on a mission trip!?
Biking across the US has allowed me to see a new side of the United States. God is moving and loving through the people and communities we ride through. God is moving and changing people!
I look inside myself to see how I have changed.
First, I know there is nothing else to do but trust God dangerously. On the bike sometimes it’s just God, a bike and me! In that God takes care of me. He provides cool breeze, clouds, and construction workers with water.
Second, through God I can do more then I could ever imagine!!! Its true! You can, too. Just trust Him. It’s that dangerously simple. I hope you will one day have that opportunity.
Third, even though this has thrown new difficulties at me like living with a bandwagon of 20 people, and the battle that goes on in your head while riding the bike. I have found this time has been very refreshing. There is like a song that plays deep down in your soul. Sometimes it sounds off beat or it fades to a whisper. This time has allowed me to hear my music deep down much more clearly now! It’s loud and powerful! New directions I must go!
Our lives are intermingled. Our lives are connected and affect each other. How does my life affect the people who made my pants. Who sewed them? Who shipped them? Who sold them to me? Do they have families? Do they make enough to support themselves? Think about it.
It’s the same on the trip. All the amazing people I have meet in churches, diners, gas stations, and the side of the road I am so thankful for. I am especially thankful for the 20 or so people that all showed up in LA or Phoenix to start this crazy adventure!
God changed me. He lives in me. How are the people I meet changed because of the God that lives in me? My life can and does affect others. Is it for the positive, negative, or nothing at all?
I hope that in my running after the One I love people are changed because I know I have been changed.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Car Back!!!
Swoosh.. Another car flies by, then a large truck, now a motorcycle.
Who are these people that drive by my friends and I all day? I wondered about that today. They seem to pass by without knowing what we are doing or who we are riding for. A few at stop sings yell out and ask, but very few.
They seem to be going about their day in normal rhythm. Perhaps they are going to work, the store, or someone’s house. I want to know if they have ever been on a grand adventure? Do they burn to leave the normal rhythm of life? Step out of tempo? Or stop?
I wonder if they ever have to opportunity to go on an adventure for others. Do they know about God’s far more adventurous life He has planed for them?
I feel that God has taken me on this grand adventure to show me how big his love is for the world. To give me a glimpse of how big He is. God is so amazing people!!
He has gotten me 2000 miles into this trip. And I know He will get me the 1700 miles we have left.
I just want to let you all know that God does have an adventure planned for your life and it is so much more amazing then anything you can ever think of. You just have to love Him and trust him.
I want to encourage you to step out of your normal rhythm of your day. Take a risk… a really big one! Jump out and trust God. See what He shows you.
You’ll be surprised.
Who are these people that drive by my friends and I all day? I wondered about that today. They seem to pass by without knowing what we are doing or who we are riding for. A few at stop sings yell out and ask, but very few.
They seem to be going about their day in normal rhythm. Perhaps they are going to work, the store, or someone’s house. I want to know if they have ever been on a grand adventure? Do they burn to leave the normal rhythm of life? Step out of tempo? Or stop?
I wonder if they ever have to opportunity to go on an adventure for others. Do they know about God’s far more adventurous life He has planed for them?
I feel that God has taken me on this grand adventure to show me how big his love is for the world. To give me a glimpse of how big He is. God is so amazing people!!
He has gotten me 2000 miles into this trip. And I know He will get me the 1700 miles we have left.
I just want to let you all know that God does have an adventure planned for your life and it is so much more amazing then anything you can ever think of. You just have to love Him and trust him.
I want to encourage you to step out of your normal rhythm of your day. Take a risk… a really big one! Jump out and trust God. See what He shows you.
You’ll be surprised.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Cried tonight. Couldn’t really stop.
Cried tonight. Couldn’t really stop.
Tonight before the service started, we prayed for the night.
Started to cry. Why? Don’t know.
But here is an attempt at an explication:
Thinking about how much my thoughts turn to I, me, myself ….. on the tour. Often thinking about pain throughout my body or just how much I love sleep or how much I what to tell people about blood:water mission!
This is NOT about me. It’s about people in Kenya. It’s about people we meet in the towns we pass though. It’s about Gods love for both of these groups.
Cried…
Tonight someone talked about how two churches that hosted last years team and this year’s team are now working together through out the year on projects. Just by riding in, eating the food, and sleeping on someone’s floor the past team impacted the community for the positive!
I know this group is making a difference in Kenya and in the communities we stop in.
Cried some more!
Our team functions as one. Controlled by the head that is God!
We do what he wants us to do.
cry
I found it shocking that I so much want to make a difference in the world. For real, it’s just me. I’m not extraordinary. Just a regular person.
I am humbled and inspired by the people that I have met that work or are some how connected with Venture expeditions. You can see they dream God sized dreams and how much they know and believed God will cause these dreams to become reality.
Cried…
I received a Venture jersey tonight. I am humbled that they would let me were one.
C
R
I
E
D!!
Tonight was the first time I realized at how big of a difference we are making. I struggled before to put how riding my little red bike could help people in Africa.
It’s all falling into place.
This church talked about how much of a change they went though after last years team left. They started to care deeply about the African people. They knew they can make a difference.
So I guess we are riding not only for Kenya but also to inspire, encourage, and love people on the way across the country.
I am still crying…
Tonight before the service started, we prayed for the night.
Started to cry. Why? Don’t know.
But here is an attempt at an explication:
Thinking about how much my thoughts turn to I, me, myself ….. on the tour. Often thinking about pain throughout my body or just how much I love sleep or how much I what to tell people about blood:water mission!
This is NOT about me. It’s about people in Kenya. It’s about people we meet in the towns we pass though. It’s about Gods love for both of these groups.
Cried…
Tonight someone talked about how two churches that hosted last years team and this year’s team are now working together through out the year on projects. Just by riding in, eating the food, and sleeping on someone’s floor the past team impacted the community for the positive!
I know this group is making a difference in Kenya and in the communities we stop in.
Cried some more!
Our team functions as one. Controlled by the head that is God!
We do what he wants us to do.
cry
I found it shocking that I so much want to make a difference in the world. For real, it’s just me. I’m not extraordinary. Just a regular person.
I am humbled and inspired by the people that I have met that work or are some how connected with Venture expeditions. You can see they dream God sized dreams and how much they know and believed God will cause these dreams to become reality.
Cried…
I received a Venture jersey tonight. I am humbled that they would let me were one.
C
R
I
E
D!!
Tonight was the first time I realized at how big of a difference we are making. I struggled before to put how riding my little red bike could help people in Africa.
It’s all falling into place.
This church talked about how much of a change they went though after last years team left. They started to care deeply about the African people. They knew they can make a difference.
So I guess we are riding not only for Kenya but also to inspire, encourage, and love people on the way across the country.
I am still crying…
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