Most of you are aware that Glen and I are the organizers of the Grand Rapids area Ride for Refuge. This Saturday, October 2, our months of planning will culminate with the actual bike ride taking place. We're anticipating more riders than last year (we had over 500 last year on a rainy Saturday), and hoping to raise $100,000 for ministries that serve the most vulnerable, exploited, and displaced people's of the world. The we have more than 60 ride teams signed up, and more than 20 different organizations participating----the funds for the ride will help disaster relief and world hunger around the globe, orphanages and refugees in several african countries, and homeless people right here in Grand Rapids, just to give you a sense of the scope of impact this year's ride could have.
It is not too late to sign up to ride, and it is certainly not too late to sponsor a rider if you haven't already done so. Go to
http://www.rideforrefuge.org/ to sign up (you can join my team, or Rebecca, Micah, or Caleb's teams), or to give.
Please, keep the whole event in your prayers---that it will be more than a bike ride, that it will be meaningful for all those who participate, and that the funds raised will make a lasting impact across the globe for the sake of Jesus Christ.
