Young men bike to Paraguay 2009, raise funds

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HARRISONBURG, Va.—For BikeMovement Americas 2009, Lars Åkerson and Jonathan Spicher will bike from Harrisonburg to the Global Youth Summit and Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Asunción, Paraguay, July 2009.

Åkerson attends Harrisonburg (Va.) Mennonite Church and the Early Church, both in Harrisonburg. Spicher attends Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg. Jon studies biology (pre-med) at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, and Åkerson graduated from EMU last year.

They will begin the 7,000-mile trip in January 2009 and will update an interactive Web site along their route. People are welcome to join the touring group for sections of the ride.
A map of the route, which passes through the southeastern United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay, is available at http://americas.bikemovement.org.

BikeMovement Americas hopes to raise $30,000 to help emerging young leaders from around the world attend the summit in Paraguay. AMIGOS (MWC youth committee) has raised more than $75,000 toward this goal, but $30,000 remains. More information is at http://americas.bikemovement.org/give.

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