The NJ Connection, My First Century, and Church

I am happy to say that I have been endorsed by Unity CRC in Prospect Park, NJ and will be riding for them as well as my home church of Chilliwack CRC. How did this all come about ? Go back to my second blog and you'll see. Many thanks to Fred and Ruth Everett over in NJ and to their church for doing this. I really appreciate it and look forward to the extra prayer support and their involvement in the tour. I never would have predicted this a year ago! Randy, cycling for a church in New Jersey!

This past Saturday, I went cycling with Fred M and Art B (the Dutch machine). It was our plan to cycle our first century and we ended up at about 110. Now I have to confess, it was a Canadian century, not an American century. What's the difference? We go by kilometres instead of miles. A kilometre is .6 of a mile, so 100 miles = 160 klm, or 100 klm = 60 miles. Well, 110 klm was just 6 shy of the daily average of the tour, so it was still a good target.

This past Sunday morning, the 3 men in tights (Fred M, Wiebo M, and myself) along with our 3 volunteers (Erna M, Dini M, and Betty T) were commissioned to go out on the tour by our church. We had an opportunity to speak a little about the tour and had a couple of bikes and a tent up front. Fred has got our display looking pretty good. It's a blessing to know our church is supportive and with us all the way. (not wearing our spandex to church was a good idea though, I'm not sure if the support would be the same otherwise).