Brett's Ride Against Traffick

Hey Friends and Family,

This upcoming September 8-10 I have the opportunity to partake in a bicycle ride from Busan, South Korea to Seoul, South Korea. This basically entails going from the southern part of Korea to the northern part, covering a total of around 600 km (372 miles). Since we are doing this in 3 days, we will cover around 200 km (124 miles) per day.

There are 3 main reasons that I am partaking in this adventure:

1. Raise awareness about the injustice of human trafficking, especially sex trafficking, as well as the plight of orphans (high risk targets of pimps/traffickers) in Korea.

2. Raise funds for House of Hope (Korea's only gospel-centered restoration center for trafficked victims) and Oak Tree Project (college scholarship and mentoring program for true orphans).

3. Enjoying God's great outdoors here in Korea and praying for the trafficking victims of Korea while riding on the saddle.

I know there are many injustices of this world that one can focus on. If you could circle, highlight, or remember the dates of September 8-10 and spend some time in prayer for the trafficking victims of Korea or the country you are in, that would be greatly appreciated. If you feel led to donate funds for this trip, that would also be appreciated. All funds go directly to the ministries highlighted in the second reason above.

You can give through Paypal, or a Korean Bank transfer. 1,000Won=1 USD

Please feel free to ask me questions about this trip or human trafficking in general. There is a lot of information and facts from reliable sources. Human trafficking is a massive injustice that effects most countries in this world.

UPDATE: We have exceeded our original goal of 20 million won! Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far. But it's not too late to give! Let's see if we can hit 30 million now!

Details:
Dates: 2014 Chuseok weekend Sep 6-10 (Saturday to Wednesday)
Route: 4 Rivers Cycle Path from Busan to Seoul (riders will take the KTX to Busan, and the bikes will be sent via truck ahead of time). We'll cover approximately 120-135 km per day.
Worship and Prayer: Each night we'll have an optional worship and prayer meeting.  Sunday morning we will have an optional worship service before we depart for the day.
Cost:  Still TBD, but in the neighborhood of 120,000 - 150,000 plus money for meals.
Who:  Anyone who is cleared physically by a doctor to join and willing to train.  Novice to expert levels are welcome.  We are also in need of support crew volunteers.
Sign Up Deadline:  Cyclists and support crew volunteers should contact John Choi (johnchoi80@gmail.com) by June 15th.  After June 15th cyclists will be put on a waiting list.

Objectives:
1. Raise awareness about the injustice of human trafficking, especially sex trafficking, as well as the plight of orphans (high risk targets of pimps/traffickers) in Korea. Awareness is spread through each involved person's relationships, social circles and social networks - there will be daily updates as we bike from Busan to Seoul.
2. Raise funds for House of Hope (Korea's only gospel-centered restoration center for trafficked victims) and Oak Tree Project (college scholarship and mentoring program for true orphans).  We raise funds through our website www.rideagainsttraffick.org
3. Pray for leaders, laws, law enforcement, society/culture perspective, pimps/traffickers, johns, and victims. Pray for justice. Pray for churches and Christians to rise up, live out the gospel in caring for the orphans, marginalized, and oppressed.

Requirements:
1. A road bike or hybrid bike, front and rear lights, helmet. Biking shorts highly recommended.
2. Physical / doctor approval of health
3. Training - Cyclists must commit to ride 20 km 3x a week and to taking one longer ride per week.  We have a group that is already training in Seoul and the Incheon group will start next week.