Gday ,
Well i am now at the border of Iowa and Nabraska.Last post i mentioned how good the weather had been but i reckon God must have decided i was getting it to easy as 2 days later i had the most demanding day so far.The temp got to 96 plus humidity and head wind and hills made for a full on 12 hours in the saddle.

To top off the day i slept in my favourite place, a cematry and it was still very hot and i was dity and sweaty and the mozzies were really bad so i am spraying repellant all over me but i reckon they liked the stuff .i went through nearly half a bottle of the horrible greasy stuff ,but i finally got a few hours sleep.Are there any natural non greasy repellants ,if so let me know.The next day was nearly as hot but with some storms for good measure.Next time i email something positive i will try and not let God see it.

I do think from here it gets alot tougher with the weather and hills and in just over a week the rocky mountains which will make what i have experianced so far like the warm up.If i was to rate the ride so far it would be roughly like this .Reasonably hard to tough 50 %.very tough 25% good 15%, very good 10%.

If you come across any good inspirational quotes post them as i may need them over the next 3 months . In the next day or two i will reach the 4000km mark which is half of the 8000 i will travel.Sadly it isnt really half way in time as the next 4000 will take longer due to the mountains and weather conditions.At worst i hope to finish by November 25th in time to experiance thanksgiving with ywam San francisco which is a couple of days later.I think i will be the most thankful person there.

That will be 5 months to the day since i started and i will celebrate september 11th as the half way mark and as a reminder to pray for those who lost loved ones on that day.Its also the day the crows should be battling it out in the finals.Sorry for all you not from Adelaide and dont know what i am talking about.

Keep praying for a breakthrough in finances for Home of the Open Heart and for strenght to keep going.Also that i may experance more of God as i often feel there is so much more .Its a bit like the song Bono sings ' I still havent found what i am looking for'.I know i have found the truth and the truth is a person, Jesus but i have hardly scratched the surface of who He is and to be used by Him .

Sorry but i need to bring this up again as the finances are again getting low.I need money for food and accomadation when i am not sleeping outside.If you can help my bank is Westpak.name Bernard Scanlan bsb 035016 account 571887. Thanks heaps for any help you can give.

Thats about it for now.I know some people have trouble posting commemts dont give up but if you cant you can always contace me on bkscan24@yahoo.com.au.
Bless you all,
Bernie