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Bikes comics
Many missionaries ride bikes everywhere, in every kind of weather. Comics about flat tires, duct tape, and bikes with personality.
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Veterans Day honors everyone who has served in the U.S. armed forces. Missionaries face battles of their own, mostly with hills, weather and neighborhood dogs. It’s not quite the same, and they know it.
P-day (preparation day) is the missionaries’ weekly day for laundry, groceries, emails home, and a little fun. Plenty of missionaries ride bikes every day. Winning the Tour de France is usually not on the P-day list.
Companions often take turns knocking on doors, and each one keeps careful track of whose turn it is. In hilly areas, some doors are a lot harder to reach than others. This one is a workout.
Missionaries on bikes meet a lot of neighborhood dogs. It turns out the dogs have noticed the missionaries too.
Missionaries are always looking for new ways to contact people. After meeting this dog, a phone call sounds like a great idea.
Member dinners are a blessing. Bike miles are the other half of the equation.
The Book of Mormon describes a repeating “pride cycle”: people prosper, grow proud, fall, and are humbled. Some mission bikes are already at the proud stage.
“Faith without works is dead” (James 2:26). Prayer comes first, but sometimes the answer is already in your companion's hand.
Transfers usually come about every six weeks. That's just enough time for a shiny new mission bike to pick up rust, duct tape, and a personality.