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Poverty covers the globe. Go anywhere and those suffering from poverty are already there.
Poverty is more than just being poor. It means you don’t have enough to eat, it means you and your children go to bed without having food that day and possibly watching them starve to death.
Poverty means you don’t have clean water. The water you drink causes typhoid, dysentery, diarrhea, cholera and parasites that sap your already tired body. There is no running water, you have to walk more than mile, sometimes through dangerous armed conflicts. Every day to wash, to cook, to drink you spend a large amount of time and energy just getting water and firewood.
Poverty means you could die from a mosquito bite because you could become infected with malaria. There is no indoor plumbing, if your lucky you have an out-house. It means a real chance of dying during childbirth. It means someone in your family has HIV/AIDS and not getting treatment.
Poverty means the loss of hope.
SEA to SEA is a project to raise awareness and funds. To encourage local churches and people to get involved in serving the poor in some way either here in the US or on the other side of the world. It consists of over 100 amateur bicyclists who will dedicate themselves raise from $4,000 to $10,000 and then ride one or all of 3 legs stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. We cyclists hope to motivate others to join in and help individuals, families and communities who suffer from chronic poverty.
If you want to learn more about the ride go to the CRC’s website: www.seatosea.org
I’ll be riding from Denver to Grand Rapids and this page is going to focus on what I have to do to raise money, what training I undertake to be able to ride 70-100 miles a day for 3 weeks and then notes and pictures from the ride itself. Stay tuned.
