Pedaling to Stop Traffic

Mark Andrews, Pastor at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Hickory, NC  will be traveling across the country by bicycle this summer, from North Carolina to Oregon.  This blog will be updated frequently with news from the road.  

While his primary purpose in this trip is personal renewal, he is also hoping to raise money to support United Methodist Women’s efforts to stop human trafficking.  Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery and the second largest criminal industry after drug trade.  According to the U.S. State Department, the number of adults and children currently in forced labor, bonded labor and forced prostitution is 12.3 million.  Mark appreciates any support you can give.  Your gift will help United Methodist Women provide training in human trafficking prevention, intervention, victim protection and prosecution of traffickers.

The trip will cover roughly 4000 miles and Mark has set a goal of raising $10 per mile – that’s $40,000 if you do the math.  Thanks for the help!

If you’d like to help, click here  

But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with no one to rescue, a spoil with no one to say, “Restore!” Who among you will give heed to this, who will attend and listen for the time to come?
—Isaiah 42:22-23 (NRSV)