Hello Everyone!

As you can see the I've changed the name to "Pedal for Haiti" as this best fits our next big adventure. In September (3 months from this coming Sunday), Monty Patton and I will be heading out from San Diego, CA to pedal across the United States in an effort to raise money to rebuild schools and churches on the Leogane Plain.

We need you to "come along for the ride". This means you can do one or many of the following:

1. Ride with us! Side by side on our route across America. You pick the distance. We'd love to have you!
2. Meet us at one of our 39+ destination cities along the way! We'd love to meet you and we need all the encouragement we can get!
3. Donate to the cause. Be part of making Haiti a better place. We can't make all of it better, but we can make it better one person, one school, one church at a time!
4. Much more!!!

I'll have much more over the coming weeks as we ramp up training and fundraising.Our partner on the ride will be New Missions (www.newmissions.org) and outside of minor ride expenses all funds raised will go to New Missions - serving in Haiti for 27 years!

Talk to you all soon!

Dave

P.S. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at pedalforhaiti!

Still Here

Hello Everyone,

I'm still here. I may have left the blogosphere but my heart never left Haiti. My reason for hopping on and posting at this time is to share information on where you can most effectively give during Haiti's time of need. Remember to continue to give after the news stories and internet coverage die down. Haiti needs us for the long run.

The organizations I would recommend would be:

New Missions
www.newmissions.org

World Wide Village
www.worldwidevillage.org

Haiti Rescue Center
http://haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com/

Thanks for caring, for praying and for giving. It is my prayer that Haiti's future be brighter than it's past.

Coming Soon:

Haiti 2010: A Night for Haiti - Dinner and Learning Event - Phoenix, AZ
Fall 2010: Bike Across America for Haiti - It's on!!

Thanks for reading,

Dave

Hope Now - Faces and Prayers

New Blog Added - Real Hope for Haiti

My friend at World Wide Village shared this blog with me today and it's haunted me since I read through it. It's why Haiti needs your aid and your prayers. Pray for the children of Haiti and pray that more eyes are opened to the fact that just 700 miles off the coast of our country, children are dying due to lack of food. How wealthy are we? I read today that only 4% of the entire world makes more than $37,000 per year. As a nation, we are incredibly wealthy.

Here's a link to the blog - It's also on the right hand side of the page for future use. http://haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com/

I promise one day soon that I will start blogging on the Haiti Trip from September!

Also, be sure to visit the World Wide Village website - Link on the right. They are having a fundraising dinner on November 1st. If you can get to Minneapolis it would be great to see you there! I'll be there and they would sure love to have additional support. Check it out!

Haiti 2008 Slideshow