![]() “I looked at the itinerary and saw rides of 70 and 84 miles, and I wanted to be sure I could make it - and training here in the Ozarks helped, because there are a lot of hills.” “I rode anywhere from 30 to 50 miles a day to get ready for this,” says Spain, who also marked 50 years this year since he and his wife, Joy, were appointed missionaries to East Africa. But at 77 years old, Spain says he prepared diligently for the effort from his home in Springfield, Missouri. Of course, some may believe Spain, as a lifetime runner, may have had a conditioning advantage on his fellow riders. It also gives us a heart for Nebraska as we ride across the whole state and get to see things a lot of people don’t get to see.” “It pushes us physically, but we love the results. “It’s one of the fun things that we look forward to every year,” says Schneckloth, who has organized and ridden in 11 long-distance Missions Rides since becoming DYD 11 years ago. 5-11, Spain and nine other bikers, including Nebraska District Youth Director Toby Schneckloth, the annual Missions Ride organizer, completed the 400-mile “border-to-border” bike ride across the state of Nebraska to raise funds for Speed the Light. ![]() Somebody may want to let Jerry Spain, longtime AG missionary to Kenya, in on that. ![]() Isn’t the idea behind the Speed the Light (STL) program supposed to be Assemblies of God congregations raising money to provide missionaries around the world with the transportation they need?
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