Azusa StreetRiders Ashland KY Chapter had our first big event/outing this month. Every year, “Rally on the River” takes place in Ironton, OH and we participate. ASR members came in from Ashtabula (OH) Chapter to just help introduce ASR and reach out to the surrounding biker community. At first things were kind of slow; not many people and new form of outreach for us. The biker world is different than your everyday outreach. A lot involves respect and no one knew who we were. So we rekindled previous contacts with a Trinitarian based motorcycle club and set up a prayer one day that brought all the Christian groups together. After that things changed. Doors opened and we made great contacts with people in the clubs, Christian and secular. Needless to say, we were wondering how the 1% clubs saw us. As some of you know, it can sometimes be touchy with these guys due to patches. As the weekend progressed, we soon found out what we’d been wondering. While conversing with others, a biker from one of the clubs came up and introduced himself. He told us, “We are good,” somewhat of a relief to get that approval. Now we can “talk Jesus” with these guys. They now know we are and that we’re here to help.
The most important and glorious thing to happen involved a young couple we made contact with. The woman is in a Trinitarian ministry. They help operate a motorcycle shop that stays open 24 hours for the Rally. We made stops there going in and out of town every chance we got. We even had a couple of our members get their bikes worked on. They really clicked with the group and they had some questions about God. So every chance around them, we just loved them and talked. Yes it’s that simple! We just simply talked to them about where God brought us from. They told us Saturday night they wanted to come to church. This was great but what happened that Sunday was life-changing. The woman already had been baptized in Jesus’ name and filled with the Holy Ghost. The guy was curious so Sunday, in the middle of worshipping, he decided to get baptized and God filled him with the Holy Ghost! To God be the glory! It was all worth it and we can’t wait for our next outing.
We’d like to thank all ASR members that came and helped us in outreach and those that kept us in prayers! God bless everyone and ride safe.
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