Story number 3 for 12 May 2003

(USA)–The bike marathon is on to raise money for the International Bible Society. 50-year-old Pastor Randy Gardner is hoping to pedal some 34-hundred miles across the United States to raise at least 25-thousand dollars for Bible translation. IBS is currently working on more than 50 languages. Gardner started his trip in California, and is traveling 100 miles a day Monday through Saturday. It should take him six weeks to complete the trip.