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In November, five of our CMA members from SA (including Trevor who went from Tindal in NT) travelled to Burleigh Heads in Queensland for the National Run. Bruce went with the main group which consisted of riders from Vic & Tas for the week prior to the National Run weekend and had some interesting tales to tell about the floods at Parkes on the Monday night. They saw many tourist sights and enjoyed safe and trouble free riding. The group made it into Grafton on the Thursday afternoon. Iain & Naomi went straight to Grafton in two days to meet the group and left behind a very wet Adelaide and even some damage at their own home. I took a week and toured to Grafton via Ballarat & Sydney where I saw many family & friends on the way. On the Friday morning 25 riders plus a few pillions headed off for Burleigh Heads. We organized our own service on the way at 11am in the main street of Wardell which even included one of our ladies improvising to give us the Last Post! Well done Jackie! When we made it to the campsite at Tullebudgera we were met by none other than our traveller from NT, Trevor. He rode down in a bit over a week from Tindal on his Honda 200 Ag Bike, a trip that is over 3,000 km! An amazing feat! He had many stories to share with us of his experiences. When you travel at about 80 to 90 kph you see so much more and with a fairly average seat you are more inclined to stop and take photos. Have a look at his photo album which he put together at Toowoomba!

The National Run was attended by about 100 people over the weekend. The highlights of weekends such as these are relationships, both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. The Spiritual Maintenance on Saturday morning was well conducted and a great blessing for those who shared in the small groups. A ride through the hills was organized for Saturday afternoon with many extra riders plus pillions coming along for the ride. The sight of the15 immaculate Triumph Speedmaster’s and America’s all in one line was very impressive. Adam would have fitted in well! These riders come from Brisbane and it was refreshing to see so many young people involved. Saturday night and again at the Bikers Church on Sunday morning, Reece McFadden from the God Squad spoke. He was challenging and gave us much to think about for our return journey.

The Gospel, “Riding with Purpose” was well received and even though we only had a limited supply to distribute it all worked out well. Now we have the remaining 28,000 copies, so we praise God for his perfect timing. The state leaders met and it was encouraging to see that amidst a few minor issues we have a positive future ahead. Unity is important and our name change over the last 2 years to CMA Australia is a Godly step as we seek to do things together like the Gospels, Prayer support, having a National co-ordinator and the emergence of an interactive website. Thanks again to all of you who supported and prayed for the National Run this year. Start thinking about the possibilities for many more of us to get to Tasmania next November.  

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