Upcoming God Glorifying Adventures

It’s that time of year again! You might be like yes you’re right, I love football. Or maybe you are like YES! it’s finally cooling down. But I am not referring to either one of those fabulous events! What I am excited about is RIDE FOR CHRIST!!!!

You may not know what Ride for Christ is, so I will let you in on the fantastic secret. Ride for Christ is a ministry and also a fundraiser that I will be a part of for the second year in a row at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at the University of Georgia. What happens is a bunch of crazy college kids and some crazy adults ride bikes from Athens to Jacksonville. 300 miles in 30 HOURS!! Crazy I tell you! So what happens is that everyone that goes on the trip raises money for the summer missions opportunities that the collegians do in the summer. The students in the collegiate ministries this past summer went to many different places: there was a trip to the the closed country of China, some worked at Baptist conference centers such as Glorieta in New Mexico and Ridgecrest in North Carolina, while other went on medical mission trips to Haiti, Mexico and Africa. I personally worked in HOuston, Texas as a summer missionary. So throughout the year the BCM (formerly the BSU) raises money so that these summer missionaries can go spread the good news of Christ. Ride for Christ is our main fundraiser of the year.

Last year, as a freshman I was able to be a part of this ministry. It was my favorite thing that happened all year. Not being of the athletic variety, I did not ride a bicycle on any of the fifteen or so “legs” that the 300 miles were broken into. I stood on the side of the road and at pit stops encouraging and cheering for those that did ride. Five people last year rode the entire 300 miles in 30 hours! How inspiring! So this year, I have decided that I will ride my bike for at least a tiny part of the way. I am really excited to raise money for a cause that is so dear to my heart while also conquering many fears about attempting an athletic feat.

So I ask you to join with me as a part of this ministry especially in prayer. I ask you to pray that people will be giving to support missions around the world and in our backyards. I ask you to pray for the safety of the students as we head to Jacksonville starting Thursday morning October 27, 2011 and arriving in Jacksonville late Friday afternoon October 28, 2011. And also please pray that as this money is put to its purpose on different missions that God will be glorified all over the globe because of UGA BCM students being faithful to God’s will in their life.

Here are a few pictures from last year! Thank you to Duane Jurma who is by far the best photographer I know. 

Riding through a line of encouragersThere were plenty of people who drove cars that carried encouragers, luggage, extra bikes and bike equipment, not to mention all of those snacks!Lunch break!Nap time at breakfast on the second day. The breakfast was lovingly cooked by Waycross First Baptist!! Both Eric and Daniel rode the entire way!Jenna going strong on Friday afternoon!Late night pit stop! Ben and Ethan both rode the whole way!We made it!!! To God be the Glory!!