Everyday is a new day full of surprises.

Today I left the Buffalo river state park planning on riding 35 miles to Harrison. At 25 miles I came up to a gas station for a break. Before hand I had been talking to God asking for a ride to Harrison. These hills are no joke. As trucks passed by while I was on the road, I kept telling them to pull over. Lol I was just talking outline to myself of course. So then I stop at the gas station. I bought something to drink and a snack. As I was sitting on the bench outside, Marvin pulls up in a truck. As he walks in he starts conversation saying "it must be hot on that bike today". "sure is" I reply. Then as he comes back out he asks where I started and where I'm ending. So I tell him. He was very interested. I told him I was trying to get out of these hills. As a joke I asked him if he was heading towards Joplin. You never know, right? He says no but he offered to take me to Harrison. Praise God. So I jump in his truck. We got to talking and he asked where I was staying tonight. I told him I planned on staying in Harrison. So he brought me to his house and I'm going to stay here VHS also called his son and he is goig to take me to Branson Missouri in the morning. Then I'll be only 95 miles from Joplin. Isn't God amazing? I just got a shower and my clothes are being cleaned. And I asked to get a ride out of these hills and that's exactly what I got. It doesn't get better than submitting to God and living his schedule and not mine. Thank you all for everything. God Bless

Today. Free lunch. Free campsite. Free dinner. Awesome God.

So I got to a campsite that was only $12. Praise God. But all I had was 20's. So I drove around and found a group of people with a baptist church van. I asked them for change and told them what I was doing. They paid for my site. Praise god. Then I asked god to feed me. There is nothing around that's close to bike to. My neighbor camper just came up to me out of the blue and asked me if I wanted a hamburger. If that's not God then I don't know what is. Praise Jesus. I also got free lunch earlier. Check out my videos. Praise the lord

Jesus is the way the truth and the life

So today were going to a lake. I was planning on leaving from the lake on my bicycle. But God has different plans for me. When I was at the bike shop, I saw my dream bike. Disc brakes, steel frame, three gears on the front, bigger tires, just all around touring perfection. Only problem was it was $1200. Praise Jesus Christ. So I got my bike appraised for $275. There was no way I was affording that. But God wanted to bless me. So before I get on the bus to go to the lake. Angela came up to me and said her family wanted to bless me and pay the difference. Are you kidding me? Is God really that amazing. He truly is. I can't explain how blessed I have been. I've got $400 cash and I'm getting a brand new bicycle. :-). I will be posting a video later. My life is completely changed through what God has done for me. I am truly speechless. Praise the lord God almighty. Thank all of you for your prayers and I pray god be with you all.

All I can say is God is AMAZING

So you know about how I met John and Brian. Praise the Lord. I went over to Johns house to bring my stuff there and stay there for the night. Brian had to go to a camp and speak to a youth group around 4pm. So around 3:30 John asked me if I wanted to go there with them and speak in front of about 50-70 kids. I said why not. He pretty much had me speak in place of his lesson. Praise God. So we went to this camp and we sang a few songs and then Brian talked a little and introduced me. I was a little nervous but I just gave it all to God. I knew that speaking to them was all for his glory and not mine. It was the first time I have been in front of a crowd that big and they said I did great. I talked for about 15 mins and then answered about 20 questions. Then I got asked to sign about 10 t-shirts.lol They were teens from around 12 to 18 or so. Then a couple of them handed me some cash. I'm pretty confident I'm going to have a few more facebook friends here soon. After that they took me to church where they had me speak to another youth group. There were also a good amount of adults there as well. There were probably about 40 or so this time. Then people started handing me more money. I got a total of around $300. Do you understand how great God is? Pretty Great if you ask me. I met a lot of amazing people and we even went out afterwards for snow cones. I can't explain how great it feels to be a part of Gods plan. Just to let him work through us is all that we can ask for. I went from debating on stopping at a Mcdonald's at only 21 miles, to speaking in front of two crowds talking about how great our God is. This is his schedule and not mine. We need to remember that we will never understand his ways and we need to submit to his will. He doesn't want us to try and figure out our own will. His is much more GLORIOUS.

PS Thank you all at Searcy!!! I feel truly blessed to have been able to tell you all my testimony. I hope as much as you have effected my life, God has touched your's through me. He is a truly amazing God and everyday, my journey reaches new Heights. Never ending love. Thank you again. God Bless.

Rode 21 miles today

Praise the lord. I stopped in Searcy, Arkansas at a mcdonalds. When I walked in, Brian came up to me and asked me if I was planning on eating. He said he would pay for whatever I got. It kind of cought me off guard. Praise God. Him and John saw me on the road and was curious what I was all about. I had just ate but he bought me a smoothie. I told them about my trip so far. They asked what my plans were on how far I was going for the day or whether I was staying in their town. They offered to put me up for the night. I couldn't decline. Brian is a youth minister and John is soon to be a youth minister. Their church has a service tonight as well. They took me to a sweet bike shop where they are doing a check up and an appraisal for a possible trade in. All I gotta say is God is great. So I'm going to hang out here for the night.

Sleeping inside tonight

My grandpa has a friend who he emailed to set me up with. I'm in Arrlington Tennessee. They are super nice. I got here around 3pm. I got a shower and then they took me to stake n shake and paid for my dinner. Praise God. We also stopped by a bicycle shop so I could pick up a spare tube. They are letting me stay in their spare bedroom. God saves the day again. Oh and tomorrow I get breakfast and a ride 30 miles to the other side of the Mississippi River.

Staying another day

I might just move in. Lol. I know I said I was going to hit the road today but it has just been so amazing to be here. They are so nice and God is so great. It's nice to meet people where God is the center of their lives. Just being able to talk to them about how great God is, is a blessing. I'm posting a series of videos that I recorded last night. There's five of them. They are just me talking my thoughts. "let's start being real". Praise the lord.

Had a great Day

Praise God. We just got done eating a nice home cooked dinner. Jesse keeps calling me Twix Boy.lol I bought four twix bars at Walmart. It was a steal. I had to. No one has ever met anyone who eats Chipotle 7 days a week except everyone in my family. Praise God.lol The dinner was amazing. I also want everyone to know that I gave in and opened up a Facebook. If you search my email it will come up. I haven't been able to get a pic on it though. BikeForChrist24@yahoo.com. People always ask if I have a facebook on the road. It's probably going to take over the world soon. Everything is amazing and the people I meet are just truly a blessing. I pray I get to stay in contact with everyone I meet on this trip. Praise God. I love you all and let God bless each one of you.

Staying one more night

Right now I am hanging out with Jesse in a sound studio. I posted some of his songs that he wrote. I want you to comment what you think. He is really good. I like his style a lot. His family is truly making me feel like, well like I'm family. Praise God. So tomorrow I plan on getting back on the road.

At a rest area for the night

If you didnt watch the video, i got permission to stay at a church tonight. I talked to the pastor Jeff. When I talked to him, I was 60 miles away from the church. I figured I would be there by 9:00pm. Once I got on the road, I realized it was a really busy road for log truckers. It's the most dangerous road I've been on so far and pray it's the most dangerous of of the whole trip. I rode 40 miles of it but when the sun started going down, I called it quits. I called Jeff to let him know I wasn't going to be able to make it. Which Is kind of a bummer. I couldn't take any chances though. Even though God is my protector, I'd rather not ride this road at dark. Praise God though because there are some really nice security guards at this rest stop that said I could camp here. Also a few miles back I stopped at a little farm shop to get a peach. The guy gave me two for free and filled me up with some ice water and gave me a Gatorade. Praise the lord. Tomorrow I am going to try and hitch a ride to Tuscaloosa so I can get off this road. I'm 50 miles from there. Let's see where God takes me tomorrow. Amen

Everything is great

I hope everyone likes videos more than reading. Lol. I posted mor videos be cause it's a lot easier for me. I have a journal I keep as well. So between writing it down on paper, posting it on this blog, making a video, and the people I call daily, I have a good amount of times I tell my story. Praise the lord. I'm so thankful too to have you following my blog. It means the world to me. God is truly amazing and he shows me that daily. I just pray that you are seeing his glory as well. God is truly everything the bible says he is. Once you start asking and relying on God, you start to realize little by little that what the bible actually says is true. Slowly but surely my faith just continues to grow and grow. Praise God. I love you all. Just for an update of destinations. They are in order as follows. Memphis Tn, Joplin Mo, Moab Utah, arches national Forrest, Canyonlands national park, Bryce Canyon, then San Francisco. That's roughly 2900 more miles and as of now I've gone 2,719 miles. Praise the lord. I'm pretty much half way. 2900 miles is nothin, I got this. All with the help of God Almighty. Amen. God Bless

A good day

I made it to the church I called earlier. It feels good to be done for the day. I was exhausted from the lack of sleep last night. I rode 85 miles today. I'm only going to ride 60 miles tomorrow to Perry Florida. I am going to take my route a little north to miss Texas. My dad said all of Texas is under heat warnings. I'd rather play it safe. Praise God. My brother Phil was telling me how sweet Moab Utah is. He told me he would pay for my rafting trip if I went there. Praise the lord. So Moab it is.

Faith community Church

Today I called ahead and found a church to stay at. Praise god. They were doing youth group when I arrived. I filmed a short video.

Just left

I just left the hotel a little bit ago. Praise God because they gave me $40. It was tough getting up to leave but it feels good now to be on the road. I posted a video. God Bless

Cocoa Beach

Today we went to the beach to hang out for the day. I might stay til tuesday. I wouldn't mind spending another day with my sister in law and nephew. Praise the lord. On the way to the beach we saw a club called cheaters. What is the world coming to? I had to film a video to show you the club. Go check out the video. Also I thank you all for your prayers. God bless

Posted a video

I found out that the Casie Anthony situation happened here in Orlando. I had no idea about the whole thing until I heard about it from my aunt Robin. The location where they found the body is 5 miles from our hotel. Guy and I took a trip over there to check it out. I took a video of the trip. I can't describe the feeling of being in the area that it all took place. Truly heart breaking.

Waiting for my brother

I rode 50 miles halfway to Orlando to meet my brother Guy. As I was leaving this morning, my aunt handed me $100. Praise the lord. I just posted a video.

Live for others

Praise the lord. I just posted a video. I made a donation today to the Food for the Hungry foundation. Praise the lord. Go check out my video. God Bless

Praise the lord

Another beautiful day. First thing is first. I want you to go to YouTube and watch this video of Francis chan. http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=qnrJVTSYLr8 . If copy and pasting this site doesn't work, then please just go to YouTube and search "Erasing hell by Francis Chan". Praise the lord. It's a great video. So today I started off by going to the beach with Robin. We went to Clearwater Beach. Then she took me to lunch and paid again. Praise God. After that we went home to get ready for the fireworks. We left her place and on the way to the park, we stopped at best buy. I wanted to look for a cell phone case. They had this really sweet one for $50. It didn't cover the screen though but screen protectors were another $20. $70 is a lot of money for a traveler on a bicycle. Lol. It's a good thing we serve an almighty God because as I had it in my hand, Robin grabbed it and paid for it all. Praise the lord. It's ten times better than my old one too because it locks the phone to the clip. There's no way it's going to be able to fall off my bike now. We then went to the park for the fireworks. She bought me dinner again which was another blessing. I'm pretty much not spending any money. Praise God. Then I walked up to a t-shirt booth and saw a hat. You'll never guess what it said. Praise the lord. Yeah that's right it said "Praise the Lord". I had to buy it. I told the guy my story so he sold me the hat and a sweet shirt for $15. I think I got a pretty good deal. The fireworks were cool but nothing special. God is truly amazing. Amen. I wanna thank you all again for your prayers. God Bless.

Keep your eyes on Jesus

I'll tell you what, temptation is everywhere. It's not easy being in public and trying to stay focused on God at the same time. It seems to me that you almost have to lock yourself in the basement of a house while you build you faith. Then after 20 years, you can go out in public, but only to get groceries. Lol. The world is crazy. There is just so much evil in advertisements and media. It seems like everywhere you look, you will see something that the devil is behind. Praise the lord though. I posted another video about an idea of Conrad and I. God Bless

Just posted a quick video

I had another amazing day as expected. God never let's me down. I am striving to make sure I don't let him down. Praise the lord. Thank you all for you prayers. God Bless.

Praise God

Everything is going great. My aunt Robin is taking care of me everyday. She has been spoiling me with dinner, snacks and all the Dr Pepper I could ever dream of. Lol. It's probably not good for me to drink but it just tastes so good. She also gave me $20 cash so I would have money for tomorrow. We have been playing cards every night. Praise God. Tomorrow I am going to go to a nearby Christian church. Then I am going to hang out at the beach. I wanna thank all of you for your prayers and support. God has truly been amazing everyday. God bless

Posted a video

You can click on my videos at the top right of the page. I will be relaxing this week so I just posted a video of some of my thoughts. Praise the lord. I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks again for all the prayers. God bless.