Greetings in the name of the the Great Storyteller,

Twelve years ago, Creator blessed me with the opportunity to lead a team of cyclists through the forests of Northwestern Russia, taking the Word from rural village to village by mountain bike. Then, for some inexplicable reason, I went into hiatus, waiting for an opportunity to go back to Russia, a door that never opened.

Almost two years ago, my wife's and my best friend in the world, a dear woman from Belarus, went home to be with the Lord after a short battle with cancer. Her faith, her life in the face of severe adversity and oppression and her total devotion to Jesus to her very dying breath, had a very deep effect on me. When she died, God laid in my heart a fire to go back into the missions field, to honor her memory and to spread the Word that we both believed in. I almost got to go back to Karelia last winter, 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, but the trip fell through. (I think I was the only one with sub-Arctic gear! )

Early in 2009, God open a new door to me, a new nation, a new direction, in the footsteps of two of my greatest heroes. I was invited to minister on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation in Wagner, SD, on the Lewis and Clark Bicycle Trail in South Dakota. (You can find the story of both "The Journey" and "BIKERussia" on the articles section of this website.) When it was over, we were invited to come back, to do helps ministry and to do prayer rides across both the Yankton and Lower Brule Reservations in July 2010. Now we are looking for a team. Do you have the spirit of missionary exploration? As our missionary friend, Tim Scott put it,You get one pass at life, to live and become all that you can. To adventure beyond your reach and discover who you are. The time we are given is a quest; A quest to deliver the message of hope. It is a journey that leads you to the end of the earth, into the face of the unknown. It is a life lived for ideals, for the road is uncertain and the dangers are real. It is a moment when you step out of the normal life and live for something more. It is an expedition measured not in distance...but in the everlasting." Are you hearing the call to ride with us?

Shalom,
Hans Erdman
traveler@twowheeledexplorer.org