Biker ministry - what a trip!

I'll be posting FAQs we get as we travel this great nation:

Q. #1 What do you do when it rains (while you're riding)?
A. "We get wet." Seriously, no rain gear keeps you totally dry, but some keeps you relatively warm and sort of comfortable until you can find a place to pull off the road. We certainly change into rain gear if the weatherman has said rain is coming or if we read the skies appropriately.

Q. #2 What is your favorite bike?
A. I used to ride a Harley, but I traded it in for a Yamaha sport touring bike. We do so many miles long haul, and I needed comfort, reliability and something that would get a lot of miles. I put 80,000 miles on my Harley in 8 years 40,000 on my Yamaha in 3 years, the Harley was my first bike.

Q. #3 How many miles have you done in one day.
A. Well we average about 400-450 when we're getting from one location to another in a hurry, but the hubby has done over 800 in one day, and I've done 650 in one day (once, not planned, just got to close to home to overnight anywhere.

Q. #4 Don't you get stiff and sore from riding?
A. Not really, we stop and stretch and get more fuel about every 120 miles, depending on the speed limit, that can be under two hours between stops.

Q. #5 How much was fuel when you started riding?
A. The day I bought my first bike June 22, 1999, fuel was $1.09 in the Midwest. Last weekend in CA, we paid $4.47/gallon

You see your bikes, early morning campers seeking coffee, and the camaraderie FREE COFFEE brings.

On December 31, 1999, we were in a church service in Brownsville, Florida, celebrating the end of a decade, and century, and a traditional pulpit ministry. My husband had been the pastor at a church in Southern Indiana for 15 years, we also had a church in the Florida Keys before that, and were Youth and Children Pastor in central Florida for a season. So, after 20 years of ministry inside the church building, we got on our two motorcycles and started the process of building a financial support base across the Nation to fund a full-time motorcycle ministry.

We have traveled to nearly every state, and have individuals and churches in 21 states that financially support us. Additionally we have churches who have us come in and speak annually during major motorcycle events in their area.

One of our FAQs is:

Do you ever make Sturgis Bike Week?

We were the only two people wearing this patch. After traveling the USA, meeting Christians who ride and Pastors who have motorcycles, we began making this patch and one-on-one distributing them to people who were ministering to motorcyclists, biker, in their area. A few years back HonorBound Motorcycle Ministry became an official ministry of the Assemblies of God. People in many states across the country wear the patch and minister to riders in their communities.

Last year on Run For The Wall we pulled in with the pack at Frankfort, KY Vietnam Memorial, as we dismounted our bikes we were handed cold bottles of water by

men wearing this patch.

Often we'll be scheduled to speak at a church for a "biker Sunday." The Pastor and the riders in his church will invite riders for a Sunday service, a meal afterwards and usually a ride through the country side after lunch. Often riders who usually don't attend that church will show up and participate. We have an opportunity to tell our story of life's trials and God's amazing ability to reach down and encourage, lead and fill with hope. We are so honored to travel this Nation and impart hope to whomever.

My husband was handed several of these pennies a few years back and since then we've been ordering them from the source. He uses them in a very unique way which I have highlighted on this lens.

Here's an article about the PENNIES