About The Journey

Hope and Courage Across America
Hope and Courage Journey is a family team of cyclists riding from Gig Harbor, WA to New York City. The tour is designed at a pace that will allow for motivational rallies in cities and towns along the route. The Team leader, Bob Mortimer, will propel his handcycle with one-arm and be the key speaker at the rallies. Visit
www.BobMortimer.org for more details of his inspiring story.

This spring Bob Mortimer Motivational Ministries begins the biggest outreach of their ministry history. With your support, Bob will lead his family on a four month, 3900 mile cycling tour of Hope and Courage. Life’s journey has huge mountains and long roads. We all face them. Life threatening diseases, heart-breaking
relationships, devastating tragedy. Huge mountains and long roads that challenge our body, mind and spirit. We want our journey to make a difference. We can’t bring the cure for the disease. We can’t mend the broken heart. We can’t reverse the tragedy. But we can inspire hope and courage. Hope in a God that cares about us as individuals and a nation—helping us to conquer every mountain. Courage to take the next step or to go one more mile in spite of our wounds and challenges—daring to do great things with our lives.

The route will cycle across America from Puget Sound, WA to the Statue of Liberty. The journey will be used to inspire hope and courage. Passing through small to mid-size communities, the Mortimers will make continual contact with the people that make this nation great. Many will have stories of Hope and Courage themselves. Many will need a dose of Hope and Courage to face their own journey ahead. Believing ministry is what happens when you are on your way to do other things, everyday will be an opportunity to make a difference.

The Riders.
At the age of 21, Bob Mortimer walked into a downed power line after a late night car crash. The electrocution resulted in the amputation of three limbs. A few years later Bob met Darla. She encouraged him to discover his real purpose in life through hope in Jesus Christ. They married in 1981. Bob and Darla founded Bob Mortimer Motivational Ministries spreading a message of Hope and Courage throughout the world. Darla loves being a homemaker and raising their three children. She also enjoys cycling with Bob. Together they have completed the STP and Cycle Across Washington. Their daughter, Nicole, is a nursing major at Northwest University. Her cycling credits include the 2006 STP and cycling across Idaho. She will be the team medical consultant. Grant is their 15 year old son. He is an eager bike tech. He completed the 2006 STP with his parents being one of the youngest finishers of the 2-day, 204 mile ride. When asked why he wants to ride the Hope and Courage Journey he says, “So my dad will never have to ride alone.” The youngest is Chanel. Her goal is to ride at least ten miles a day. Her job, besides being the ambassador of happy, will be to help the support crew during the journey.

The Support Crew will be staffed from a pool of highly gifted friends and family that have a tremendous servant’s heart. A few will actually be on the road with us.
Most will be praying us on and supporting us from home. You can be a part of that Crew as we journey to make a difference. Email us at bob@bobmortimer.org.

More Journey Info

• Support vehicle and lodging will be provided by F-350 Crew Cab and 35′ 5th Wheel Camper.
• People contacted directly via community events, along route and in towns/cities. Estimated 75,000.
• People contacted indirectly via newspaper, TV, magazines, radio and internet. Unlimited.

Hope and Courage Across America—A Journey…

• To celebrate the undefeated human spirit
• To inspire hope in a God that cares
• To stir courage in the face of trial
• To make a difference

Hope is inspired. Courage is stirred.

Life is a journey of hope and courage.
Hope must be inspired. Courage must be stirred. The spark of hope exists in us all. It is the glimmering sunrise on a distant horizon. No matter what we are facing, the situation is not hopeless. But hope alone is not enough. We need courage. Courage to take the next step. Courage to move forward.

The journey is not about any single cure.
It is not about any single tragedy. It is not about any single cause. This journey is about inspiring hope. Hope in a God that cares about us as individuals....helping us to conquer the mountains. And maybe the journey can stir courage in others. Courage to go one more mile in spite of wounds and challenges.

The Journey is not about time or distance.
This is about having as much contact with people as possible. Events are planned along the way at host communities. Day to day riding allows time to meet people. Believing ‘ministry is what happens when you are on your way to do other things’ everyday is an opportunity to make a difference.