Indiana Police Officer Finishes 3,800 Mile Cross-Country Bicycle Ride

YORKTOWN, Va., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A police officer from Indiana will arrive here tomorrow after a cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness and funds for Audio Bibles for poor and illiterate people around the world.

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Troy Love of Columbus, Indiana, started his ride August 1, 2010, by crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Now, 3,800 miles and 45 days later, Love has raised nearly $40,000 for solar-powered Audio Bibles, called Proclaimers.

A Proclaimer is a dedicated audio player that can be used in the world's most remote and rugged locations. Designed by the non-profit Audio Bible ministry, Faith Comes By Hearing, the Proclaimer's embedded microchip is pre-loaded with an audio recording of New Testaments in over 400 foreign languages of the world. Indigenous pastors, priests and community leaders use these Audio Bibles to start Bible listening groups. Villagers in groups up to 300 gather around to listen and then discuss what they've heard. By interacting with the Word of God, people come to know and follow the God of the Bible.

"It's been an incredible journey," said Love. "God has brought so many people along my path to share with."

Love said his bike, a recumbent bicycle with it's non-traditional reclined seat, has been a real conversation starter.

"People come up to me and say, 'What is that?', and 'Where are you going?', then I tell them about the cross-country ride for Proclaimers," Love said.

Love's ride took him through 10 states, across the desert, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, the Mississippi River, and the Appalachian Mountains, ending at the Atlantic Ocean. Originally a 52-day trip, Love is finishing a week early, even after detouring through his home town for a public rally and brief visit with his family.

Members of the Sheriff's department, Love's friends and family will greet him here as well.  

For more information, visit www.PedalingforProclaimers.com.

SOURCE Faith Comes By Hearing

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