Went on a bike ride…and hit God!!

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.