Denise and I are currently flat free which is quite a blessing! A few other tidbits from the past few days aare.. we finished last week with a few easier days which was really nice after the mountains we climbed earlier on. We have played some pretty intense games of spoons, we were welcomed by a church in Sunnyside, Washington with tons and tons of yummy cherries! We ate an awful lot and tried to carry on with the ride for the rest of the day. The weekend was awesome to have a day off. We had a nice service in the morning and went to a pool of one of the members of the church there for the afternoon which was so refreshing. So! We are making it through.. meeting tons of great people and having probably one of the best summers of our lives, eh Neice? yes we are. : )
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Biking biking biking..
Well, yes i suck at this blog thing. First blog ever and i'm realizing it's hard to keep one of these guys up, but that's also because our internet situation is very off and on, and more often off than on. Anyways, we're in to day ten already! wowers, that's hard to believe actually. I am finally writing at a decent hour of the day having arrived in Baker City, Oregon this afternoon and had a nice little dip in the river here.. the past entries were written in exhaustion in the first few days of the tour and I realize they were a little incompetent at times. So the tour! It's been quite a ride thus far. There have been some really tough days and some really not so tough days, so I guess that balances out, however, the tough days at times never seem to end. Like yesterday, for example, Denise and I were on 'sweep' which is the groups that helps with dinner and breakfast and then are supposed to be the last ones to camp at the end of the day. So this can turn out to be a very veeery long day for some. It was a 92 km day yesterday and it was quite a trek up twisty hills and having to pick up the rear can be exhausting. Making it to the top though is always pretty rewarding cause the view was beautiful and then you have the ride down which was so so so beautiful yesterday! So the pain of the climb can be set aside and you can really enjoy not pedaling on the way down.
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4 comments:
Sounds to me like you're doing great! Keep up the good work. I'm sure it's not always easy but as you say: very rewarding when you reach the top of yet another hill.(mountain!)
I envy you somewhat, but it's good also to be a spectator.
Blessings!
Corrie
thanks for the blog update. Sounds like this truly is an awesome experience. You are doing this for a very good purpose, besides challenging yourselves. Going down those mountains must be such a rush. I want to hear about what you see all around you when you are biking. Also, are you signed up for service projects yet? I see there are alot of projects on your journey. I love you, stay safe, praying that many in poverty will be blessed with bikers like yourselves. 1.55 million raised I am reading. Wow...love mom
Hey guys -- No flats yet? That's amazing from what I've been reading on other blogs.
So, what a great way for two sisters who like each other to spend the summer! And knowing that it's not all about you -- $1.55 million and it's not over yet.
But it is about you in that you've committed yourselves to actually do the pumping and climbing and sweating and grunting and sleeping in a tent at a different location every night. No one can do it for you. Thanks for putting your faith into action. You are signposts of the Kingdom of God.
One by one and altogether you riders are making a statement and causing a stir wherever you go. God will bless the little ripple that C2C is making across this continent and the fruit of all of your hard work will be felt around the world.
May the Lord grant you a great ride! If I don't see you in the GR area where my husband, Pieter Pereboom, hopes to join the great throng, we will, for sure, meet back at LDCSS on Aug. 21. I'll bet you guys are going to sleep in your comfy beds that night!
God bless, strengthen, encourage, protect and uphold you daily, even as you also do that for each other in the C2C community. (Image-bearing 101.)
Hey Heidi & Denise,
Having a great time following all of you in blogs and the "Shifting Gears" devotional booklet - looking forward to welcoming you all to Palos Heights, IL on August 12. Keep up the good work!
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