This past week our Hebron motorcycle group had the privilege of escorting the Moving Wall to Dacula. The Wall is a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, making its way across the country. Hebron hosted it this weekend out on our property facing the post office. We were invited to ride with CMA in a motorcycle escort of the memorial from Lawrenceville to our town. We rode in formation behind its transport truck, carrying it all the way out 316 to Dacula, with full police escort out front and behind. It was a tremendous honor to participate in the motorcade, and an honor to help others remember our veterans and their fallen comrades from the war. We had a total of 18 bikes in the motorcade, joining 5 police motorcycles and 2 police cars. We have pictures posted at the Spirit Riders website- www.spiritriders.net . It was an event I'll always remember.

Rob

Sunday night our motorcycle group went to prison! We joined Terry Buice of Barnabas Prison Ministry at Gwinnett Prison to help conduct a worship service for the inmates. Terry works in several prisons full-time, counseling and assisting inmates in many ways. We go in with him on Sunday nights from time to time to help with worship services. After some spirited music and singing (hearing a room full of inmates singing hymns and songs to God is amazing), I got to preach, and I talked on Real Freedom in Christ: getting free from the sins that imprison and enslave us. After I finished, 5 men wanted to place their faith in Jesus Christ, several more wanted prayer for struggles in their lives, and 4 were getting ready to go home by the end of the month, so we prayed over them, for their paths to continue with God. In all, it was an amazing, Spirit-filled night. So often, like those inmates, people must hit rock-bottom from their own bad choices before they look to the God who loves them and can redeem their lives. I find that in many of those men, and too little out here in the "free world." We get imprisoned by so many things in our lives- the only real freedom comes from knowing and living with the One who created, knows, and loves us.
"If the Son has set you free, then you are truly free." -Jesus

I was on vacation last week during Spring Break, and had a unique opportunity to do something I never have before in my life- I went motorcycle riding with my dad. We have never owned bikes at the same time over the years, and now we do. So, we made family history! We rode around Lake Oconee across 2 days, and my mom even hopped on and rode some as well. For me, it was an amazing time- out on the open country roads, in beautiful weather, riding with my old biker dad. He first began riding in 1957, on a chopped/bobbed '54 Triumph. He's owned various Triumphs over the years, but has been off bikes for about 15 years. Rebuilding and riding that little Yamaha, and getting out on the road with me, was a memorable time. We had a great couple of days, and my mom took tons of pictures while riding on the back of my bike. You can see them at www.spiritriders.net on the "Photo Gallery" page.
What I came away with? Savor every moment with those you love, and even make memories with them when you can- you'll carry those memories the rest of your life, long after the events and people are gone.
Rob