viva Las Vegas

Greeting from Las Vegas,
If that sounds exciting ,dont believe it.Jesus went into the desert and was tempted.People come here to be tempted.If your not into gambling LV is a big yawn.If you succumb to it you can experiance a new dawn,of poverty and despair.Yep the place where many have come to get rich but leave with only sorrow.The good thing is there is YWAM and churches trying to help people put there lives back together and God is alive and well in the sin capital of the world.

The last 2 days of riding to get here were fairly intense as it was 100 degrees both days and i had a rotten cold and was coughing heaps and having to blow my nose every 30 seconds.I finally got some over the counter medication but it got worse.I eventually reread the label and realized i was taking tablets for blocked nose not runny[mere male] .Slowly getting better but fortunately i have two days here before starting the final leg of my trip.

I cant believe its so close to the end now with about 900 kms left .Depending on how difficult the mountains are i should be in San francisco early october.While i know i will be happy to complete the journey and take time to reflect on what i learnt from it i also know there can be a bit of a let down as you think ok what now, but i am sure that will open up in time.

I do want to make one last appeal for raising funds for The Home of the Open Heart.I know i mentioned it before but i will again and that is the idea of a ten dollar challenge.If everyone who reads this donates 10 dollars and askes at least one friend to donate 10 and so on is it possible it could keep rolling on.If we just got 10,000 out of six billion to donate that equals 100,000.Pipe dream maybe but ya dont know till you give it a go.For those whose email address i have i will send you then idea so all you have to do is forward it on.

Sounds simple but it would be great to be able to raise a substantial amount to help Paul and Penny Wilcox continue to grow the work that they have worked so hard at for many years now.I figure it can be a bit like the world vision 40 hour famine thing where you pay the person after they have completed whatever task they agrred to do.Now that the trip is almost over they can give knowing i didnt quit or die half way.

I will certainly keep on trying to raise funds for at least the next two or three months as i think there is alot more out there that needs to be given.If 30 million people can come to Las Vegas every year to stupidly spend [WASTE] 20 billion then how small is 100,000 dollars to a worthwile cause.

Think of the millions of dollars Australians will spend in a few weeks time in one day on a horse race.Imagine how many people could be helped if somehow we could receive just one percent of what will be wasted that day.Nothing is impossible with God ,lets just pray and do what we can and see what happens.

Thanks for putting up with me this far,i will soon be out of the way but hang in for a bit longer.

The next few days look pretty tough with the heat and mountains and long stretches with no towns to get food or water but at least i know that in about two weeks its all over, YAHOO .You may not hear from me for a week or so as i doubt if there is going to be much internet available .

The YWAM base here is great with good people and its been good just to relax.Even got to go to the local swimming pool today.The cool change came in and it only got to 98 degrees.

Bless ya folks,
Bernie