Welcome, Josias!

This tour does not leave much free time for relaxing, sleeping or blogging. Yet, I’ve found myself not actually wanting to blog. Today, when I had the time to tell everyone about what I’ve been up to by blogging, I decided to pick up a guitar instead and make music. Previously, I was saying that I don’t blog because I don’t have the time for it. Yet, I think that I just don’t want to do it. While blogging, I feel a bit strange writing about myself.… Continue

After we had arrived at our stopping place, a high school in McLaughlin, SD (a city on a Native American reservation), Rachel was approached by a lady while she was out by our van. The lady had recognized one of our sponsors listed on our van, North Central University, and was curious about who we were and what we were doing. Her name was Josephine and she was so sweet and kind. She was a part of the Assemblies of God church. She wanted to help us in any way possible. She would have cooked us… Continue

I’m sorry for not writing, it’s very hectic when you’re leading a cycling tour from Seattle to NYC.



On Monday June 14th, I with 8 other team members (note: there are a total of 14 people on the team) left MN to drive to Seattle. We are on a journey to bike from Seattle to NYC to raise money and awareness to prevent human trafficking. The initial drive was long and tiresome, but it was a great time to get to know my team members. We were welcomed into the Seattle area by an… Continue

Thus far: I drove out to Seattle with most of my team. On the way we were very blessed by a grandma and grandpa who didn't even know us. They treated the team like their own grand kids. They took us out for dinner, let us sleep in their house and cooked us breakfast. Later, we spoke at World Vision. We went through training. We had pizza in Seattle. We started our tour. We biked up and up and up We made a snow man at Stevens Pass. That means we biked high enough to be in snow. SNOW!!!! Tonight… Continue

I just returned back to Minnesota after spending 3.5 weeks in Israel and Jordan. I was taking a Historical Geography grad school course through Jerusalem University College. I traveled throughout Jordan and Israel studying the land, ancient sites and the history that has played out there. It was an eye opening experience that will remain with me for the rest of my days.

Since my…

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