A guest post from Stuart Vaughan

Here I sit in the support vehicle, having met up with the intrepid riders in Mutare, North-east Zim. After the first night at a campsite (adequate, though cold) we fuelled and victualled up in Mutare and headed for the Mozambiqe border. One or two nervous moments, and were quickly through, and on to a trip of some 950 km from Tete. Plenty of time to think (I love driving alone: don’t know if there is ever quite enough time to let the immediate past and the present percolate sufficiently, so the aloneness of the drive is filled time).
I am intrigued by what I see before me on the road: two guys who love adventure, and have linked this with their callings in the One who invites us all to adventure in living. Andrew and his Youth Hub: helping who knows how many kids (8000 and counting) find their way in life in relation to a God who really is a Father, and who really is the one who gives meaning and high purpose to it all; Andy, leading in Wellspring, bringing an enormous impact to education in on the education zones in Ruanda, and on track to bring it to the entire country (and who knows how far beyond in due time?). Big for me is that their work is driven by love: knowing and growing in the Father’s delight in them, and reflecting this in their dealings with the people they serve. I’ve seen it close-up in the places we have stopped, especially here at Monkey Bay where we have met a couple dozen young backpackers. It is, to me, a lovely living out of the conjunction of the spiritual and the bits and pieces of the ordinary business of living in the world (including some hours today servicing the bikes). This makes their work thoroughly authentic, and abundantly worth supporting.
On again today for our last day together to see more of this beautiful country, and to share in the fun, adrenalin and general delight of the Big Ride. All given by our Father in his prodigal grace. Such a privilege for me to be part of it.