Is it a passion for souls, still? 
Yes. 
Has it always been?
Yes! 
We know we're aging.  We also know that down the road we could be changing what we ride based on our riding abilities. 

Keeping active and healthy are both goals as we age.  We also know we cannot travel the miles we travel without additional aches and pains.  We're reminded daily. 

Yet, there is good evidence that God is planning on using us in this capacity for many years to come, as we are reaping many signs of the influence His Holy Spirit has given with much grace.

We still enjoy riding, and love meeting people, encouraging and praying with them, handing out camouflage bandannas with scripture, giving away cross pennies everywhere we go, speaking in churches and simply serving coffee to bikers at events.

Our passion for veterans and active duty military has been magnified.  We started HonorBound Motorcycle Ministry in 2000, and since then we've participated in several patriotic events including our Run For The Wall.   We both served in leadership on the Run for 10 years.  Now we're looking into a Biker Ministry that focuses on military veterans and active duty.  God is giving us tons of new opportunities.

Meet Leo:

I had the unique opportunity to stand for nearly 30 minutes and listen to this veteran's story from World War II after noticing his t-shirt (he's participating in Honor Flight) and stopping him, to give him a bandanna, in front of the Washington Monument in D.C. on Memorial Day weekend. 

He was a "Liberator" at the end of the war, fought in Europe, and was on a ship headed to the Pacific when the A-bomb was dropped. 

Leo knows he's still here for a purpose. 

All that said, we feel an urging to change up what we do, kick it up a notch.  We're tossing around putting together a show bike and adding bike shows to our calendar, looking into recovery groups and military support groups along with a few other options.

In addition to speaking in churches for missions Sundays and organizing Biker Sundays, we participate in many motorcycle group rides, have memberships in different motorcycle interest groups, support recovery groups, and join in with patriotic gatherings as we hope to stay embedded and be an influence whenever and wherever God directs.

Russ was one of the "Jesus Stories" at Grace, and the article"Full Circle" in the Pentecostal Evangel was featured.  We are so amazed at our journey.  It will soon be 34 years since we wandered into an Assembly of God church on a Wednesday night.

I still remember the sermon that evening, it was the story of the "Sower of the Seed,"  by Pastor Rosco Russell.  Pastor Herb Hull was on vacation.  That Sunday we came back AM and PM, and gave our lives to Christ in the evening service.

Pastor Russell talked about a path on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington Indiana that led between two dorm buildings, and their shared tennis courts.  I knew the buildings and the paths.  He said that if he were to walk out there and throw, cast, seed for a harvest, the seed would scorch from the sun, and die from being trampled on the well worn path.

Then he compared the seed to God's message of love, peace, healing and forgiveness, and compared the path to the hardened heart of the hurting, discouraged, fearful and rebellious people who needed God's love.  He was speaking to me, and I'll never forget the visual - my heart with stone hard paths through it, trampled on by so many unknowing acquaintances.  There was some garden preparation going on that night, from a simple sermon.

Thank you Lord for the call on our lives, to go out with the message that was planted in our hearts, once you were able to till the hardened soil and plant the seeds of harvest in rich new soil.

God, richly bless each one who has had a part in this incredible ministry You have given us, thank You for the prayers that have come our way, finances provided, corrections and encouragements from people who serve You.  Thank You Lord for these!!