Boonesville, KY to Hindman, KY

Wow, what a day. We woke among the company of our missionary friends from Richmond, VA. We had breakfast and prayed with them before they left for their service projects and continued east. Just then the skies opened up..so we waited. While We were waiting I decided to return to the Family Dollar store where I lost my money and credit cards. While I was explaining the situation to the manager I was searching through the shopping baskets. While lifting the sixth basket...there was my ziploc bag...money and cards!! What are the chances of this happening? So, after much rejoicing, we read Scripture and departed around 10:30. We had a good 65-mile ride to Hindman where we arrived at First Baptist church just before their evening Bible study. Now we are kicking back at the church resting up for yet another day on our quest. Praise God...we do.

Berea, KY to Boonesville, KY

Another great day on the C2C Discipleship Tour. We left Berea Baptist church at 9:00 this morning at made the 60 miles to Boonesville by 3:00. We stopped at a Family Dollar store for some cold drinks and we met two young men from Richmond, VA who came with their church for missions (we are the 2nd poorest county in the nation). We went with them and decided to stay and help them with VBS this afternoon. Our day serving with them was great. However, in all of the activity, Jeff lost all his money, credit cards and drivers license. What a bummer. Please pray that we can finish this ride on fumes. God is great...all the time. Please pray for us.

Bardstown, KY to Berea, KY

What a great night of sleep at the Days Inn. Thank you pastor Rick at First Christian Church. We woke at 6:00 and rode to Mickey D's for coffee and a biscuit. We were on the road to Berea but we went off route today so we could bike through Danville, KY. Jeff has very good friends in Danville, Robert and Diana Cagle. We were able to have lunch together at Subway. It was a short but sweet stop midway on our daily trek. We arrived in Berea at 6:30 [90 miles] and are awaiting entrance to Berea Baptist church. So this blog is being posted from the library across the street. The coolest thing happened 12 miles west of Berea. A local guy met us on the road biking towards Berea. As we chatted, we discovered his name was Kenny Davis. Kenny was on the 1972 Olympic basketball team. It was an honor to ride with him and hear about his playing career. We will read more in the Psalms, Acts and Isaiah. Keep praying...

Sonora, KY to Bardstown, KY

Another great day of bike touring. The Todd family took us to church. We had wonderful worship at another 1st Baptist church. After church we had lunch at Ryan's neighbor Aaron. He grilled out chicken, had pasta salad and served us brownies. After our feast we were back on the road again. We biked past Lincoln's birthplace and childhood home (see pic). We rolled into Bardstown around 6:00 and most churches were closed up. The pastoral alliance put us up in the Days Inn tonight. We read more in Acts and are begging to sleep. God is awesome. We love you all.

Falls of Rough, KY to Sonora KY

(Yesterday, July 17) We had a glorious day in the Lord. We woke at the farm of Garry and Beth Feltus to a great big breakfast. When they discovered Kevin broke some spokes Garry offered to drive him to a bike shop 15 miles away. By the time he returned and we got on the road it was after 2:00 pm. Lucky we had called ahead to a church in Sonora, KY to secure a place to stay. About 16 miles down the line we stopped at a farmers market where two vendors took turns giving us free melon, fruit and sweet bread. We then stopped about the 35 mile mark at a gas station that gave us popciles and cucumber salad plus intited us to stay there. But we pressed on arriving in Sonora at 8:00 pm. Ryan and Robin Todd, members of the First Baptist church, invited us to spend the night. We went for a swim in their pool (see pic) ate dinner, prayed and chatted until after midnight. We awoke this morning went to church. We ate lunch at Ryan's neighbor Aaron's house. Now we're on the road again...

Sebree, KY to Falls of Rough, KY

Another day on the road, another great adventure. We had a simply wonderful stay with the Hardison's in Sebree. In fact, we didn't leave until 11:00 this morning. Violet shared her testimony with us and we were all in tears. We called ahead on our route to a couple of ACA hosts about 70 miles away for a place to stay. Garry and Beth Feltus are recently transplanted from New England and are now developing a farm in Caneyville, KY. We are staying in their 2nd house. They made dinner for us and will make breakfast tomorrow morning. Another family, another Yeah God moment. We will probably bike to Mammouth Cave tomorrow. We are all well. Keep us in your prayer.

Elizabethtown, IL to Sebree, KY

We had a great day today. We had a grueling ride in 97 deg heat (heat index 110), however the ride was bookended with two gracious churches. We are reading the Song of Songs and the Book of Acts. We only rode 67 miles today but we HAD to stop at 1st Baptist in Sebree, KY. This church really knows how to care for cyclists! Pastor Bob and Violet Hardison are simply wonderful. Not only do they have showers, laundry and beds for bikers but Violet made us a home-made dinner! Another town, another kingdom oasis. Tomorrow we will attempt a 80-mile trek to Fall of Rough, KY. Please keep us in prayer, especially in this heat.