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The welcoming committee was ready and waiting Saturday morning. BOTTOM PHOTO: Beth Hill presents
Chase Hampton with an appreciation medal Saturday morning at the First Assembly of God Church in
Mineola. Hampton was one of the riders who completed the entire 550-mile ride.
Speed the Light bicycle
journey concludes here
Five hundred and fifty
miles ago several bicy-
clists started a trip with
the goal of providing
for others so the word
of God can travel. They
completed their journey
Saturday in Mineola.
Several men, youth
pastors and leaders from
North Texas, cycled
across the state to raise
money and awareness
for Speed the Light, a
non-profit missions or-
ganization. The volun-
teer program provides
transportation and com-
munications equipment
to missionaries in the
United States and over
180 countries. Speed the
Light has raised over
$253 million; all assis-
tance must go to buy
equipment directly re-
lated to "sharing the
message of the Gospel of
Jesus," said Tim Puckett,
the student missions di-
rector.
They started in May-
pearl and rode to Ste-
phenville, Brown-
wood, San Angelo, back
through Maypearl, Ath-
ens, Longview and final-
ly 10 bicyclists ended up
in Mineola nine days lat-
er on Saturday morning.
Each participant raised a
minimum of $1,000 to be
able to participate in the
ride.
Riders began the 550-
mile trek that started on
Sept. 26, while a few oth-
ers joined in at different
distances. The bicyclists
averaged 65 to 70 miles
per day and they said
the hardest stretch was
on the second day, from
Granbury to Brown-
wood. The elevation and
the heat made the trip
tough, though Pastor
John Catron of Midlo-
thian said of Texas, "It's
beautiful."
Catron said the point of
the ride by the youth pas-
tors was, "to step out and
to do something" and to
"not just say something,
but do it." The 550 mile
length of the route was
chosen representative of
the 550 churches in the
Texas district.
Pastor Jerry Williams
at First Assembly of God
said his church sup-
ported the ride with a
donation and they were
honored to have the ef-
fort conclude at the Min-
eola church. They were
welcomed in by motiva-
tional signs posted along
Highway 69, as well as
members of the Mineola
church and members of
churches from Krum and
Wichita Falls.
After the riders arrived
church members invited
them into their fellow-
ship hall for a brief ap-
preciation ceremony and
light refreshments.
The proceeds will fund
four vehicles for mis-
sionary families who
have been in the field
since June 2014 or will
be making the transition
to the field by the end of
December. The mission-
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The riders in Speed The Light effort concluded their 550-mile hike
ride at the First Assembly of God parking lot north of Mineola Satur-
day morning. They arrived very close to schedule at about 10:15 a.m.
(Photos by Doris Newman)
aries who are benefit-
ing from this ride are the
Abrams in Tanzania, the
McGee family in Mexico,
the James family in Hol-
land and one unnamed
(due to safety) mission-
ary in India.
Those four projects
represent $150,000 of the
organization's $1 million
in requests for equip-
ment. Among those who
have been a recipient of
help from Speed The
Light is Brandon New-
man, a missionary in
Scotland who has fam-
ily members in Quitman
and Mineola.
Those not up to the
ride can still interact and
one way is by donating
through www.ntym.org.
Followers were able to
keep up with their prog-
ress through Instagram
and Twitter and they'd
invited anyone who
spotted them to wave
and tag them in photos
posted to social media.
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