Day One is in the Books!

Here is a post from one of the riders, Tony Galieti.  Please pray for the riders who are struggling.   This is a very difficult ride with the heat they are experiencing and they could really use your prayers!  

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Day one is in the books!

After a great devotional, we embarked this morning from Covington, KY and rode 85.5 miles in 94° degree heat, finishing up in Beavercreek, OH around 2:30 today.  While most of the riders were able to bear up under that heat, we did have a few riders who really struggled today. 

The devotional was centered on Micah 6:8.  As I was riding today the verse kept playing over in my mind.  Most frequently, my thoughts camped on the word ‘mercy’.  It was Aquinas who said mercy starts off as a feeling of compassion for another’s plight (as if it were one’s own), but it doesn’t stop there. Rather, it goes on to do something to relieve it.  I don’t know of anyone whose heart doesn’t break when they think of the ministries we’re riding for this year. I am so encouraged by the outpouring of gifts and prayers for this endeavor.  Thank you for your generosity, and please keep those prayers coming!

Blessings,  

Tony

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