The big breakthrough today, besides surmounting several large hills, was passing the halfway point in miles for our trip. If you think it takes a long time to get through Pennsylvania in a car, you would not want try cycling through it. This was our second day biking across Pennsylvania with part of a third day to follow tomorrow. Nevertheless, we had another beautiful day for biking, mostly sunny with highs in the 70s (Fahrenheit). The morning was mostly uneventful, and the last 10 miles before lunch we had a shaded ride through the woods on a gravel path next to a stream.

The path came into the town of Williamsburg where there was a picnic area next to an ice cream shop. We had a picnic lunch and then Oreo flurries for dessert. As we sat eating our lunch, we spied this sign at the opening to the trail we had just ridden, which noted the risky nature of our morning ride:

Fortunately, we did not come across any equine activities, but after yesterday’s encounter, we were wondering if a warning for bear or skunk activities might be more appropriate.

The terrain today was mostly rolling hills. Going up the hills can be slow at times, but coming down the other side presents many beautiful views accompanied by the exhilarating feeling of accelerated progress thrown in for good measure.

We ate supper in Bedford, PA, and set out to get as many additional miles in as possible today. Unfortunately, Andrew’s bike pedal broke and we had to cut our ride short at 93 miles today. We are thankful that Brian was able to fix the bike pedal before we turned in for the night, so we won’t have to spend time searching for a bike shop tomorrow morning. Thank you for your prayers and continuing support for us as well as for Karah!

To close today, here is an excerpt from one of Karah’s letters:

I would like to take this time to express my gratitude for all of your faithful prayers on my behalf during the past year and a half. I am so thankful that God has used this time of testing to bring hundreds of His people to their knees before Him. The Lord promises that He will always answer our prayers and the Holy Spirit is constantly interceding on our behalf. His answers may not seem to be what we think is best however, He is Sovereign and He sees the big picture while we can only see the here and now.

I do not understand why the Lord has seen fit to allow so much suffering; but I thank Him for it because He has used it to draw me closer to Him. God often uses extreme pain and misery to draw us closer to Him, and that has
certainly been the case in my suffering. The agony of my seizures was intense and often I wished I could go into a coma and not feel the anguish; but The Lord used the alertness of my mind to comfort and encourage me. I cannot control my outward body; but The Lord ministers to my spirit. Oftentimes when I am gasping for breath, I am reminded that when, Jesus, the perfect One, was gasping for breath on the cross, His Father turned His back on Him; but as I lay hour after hour gasping for breath my Heavenly Father holds me in His loving arms giving me the grace to bear the agony second by second. His grace is always sufficient.

If you would like to partner with us in helping Karah, we ask you to make a donation per mile ridden by us on our way to church camp, or you can contribute any amount you’d like.

Miles	Donation per Mile	Donation Amount
476	.01	$4.76
476	.05	$23.80
476	.10	$47.60
476	.20	$95.20
476	.25	$119.00
476	.50	$238.00
476	.75	$357.00
476	1.00	$476.00