My Personal Journey to “Cycle to the World Cup”: Irai A.
Rodrigues Filho
I am Irai Rodrigues, Brazilian born with a Bolivian heart. I
had the opportunity to be the youth pastor of the Church right beside
Stansberry Home. This opportunity opened me the door to know the amazing kids
that lived right next door and joined us for the church services and
activities.
I cannot deny, those kids captivated my heart and
permanently live in my memories and prayers. But like the Latin American singer
Ali Primera sang “No, no, it is not enough with just praying, we are lacking
more things to achieve peace.” There are
incongruences in the world cup in Brazil, who hosts the foreigners with the
best seats in the stadiums and let its own people die in the public hospitals.
Also Bolivia is crossing through many social economic changes which affect
directly the kids from Stansberry Home. How could I protest about the
incongruences and contribute to the financial needs of Stansberry?
Charles Paetkau and I were used to riding our bikes in
Bolivia, and we kept doing it in summer time when we moved to Canada. He
thought, Why not a Bike Trip! This is a good way to protest, make international
problems known and transform our prayers action. And here we go. Unhappily we
cannot do it alone. We need partners and you may be the partner we have being
looking for. Check out the information below, please. Stand up and let’s do it
together! OUR GOAL IS $130,000.00
For any choice of donation, make a note that the donation is
for the “Fundraising Bike Trip” and my name for the cyclist.
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