CYCLING CROSS COUNTRY IS MISSIONARY WORK FOR MAN

When Hans Myors last traveled through Cape Girardeau, he couldn't cycle parts of Highway 61. Much of the route was under water.

Five years after the Flood of 1993, Myors is cycling through the Midwest, revisiting the places he saw during the flood.

His five-year bicycle trek has taken him 73,000 miles. He has been coast to coast seven times and has ridden his bicycle into every state except Alaska and Hawaii.

Cycling is Myors' way of sharing God's word. He calls his ministry Pedal Prayers. As he travels, he speaks at churches and collects free-will offerings to help fund his trip.

Sometimes he sleeps at someone's home; other times at a church. "Sometimes I pitch my tent on the side of the road," he said.

Myors also helps out at sights of natural disasters. This spring he pedaled into tornado-damaged cities across the Midwest. He visited Florida after Hurricane Andrew and California after the 1994 earthquake.

"I also hammer a few nails for Habitat for Humanity along the way," he said. "I do what ever the Lord wants."

Myors left Millburn, Ky., Thursday morning, spent the night in Cape Girardeau, and Friday morning headed north toward Hannibal.

"I'm visiting some of the same places that I visited during the 1993 flood," he said.

He logged the 10,000 mile this year while crossing the Mississippi River. "It's all part of this adventure," he said. "I don't know what's going to happen next."