[original email date of January 2, 2018]
As I traveled this continent on my way back to Kansas I passed through Twin Falls, Idaho. I arrived from the north of town and crossed a 1,500ft bridge which connects the walls of the Snake River Canyon (picture attached). If you have enough years on your driver’s license this landmark may jog your memory. In 1974 the American stuntman Evel Knievel attempted to launch himself across this impressive divide using a “rocket cycle.” If you have not seen it in person the Snake River Canyon is a massive gap! Birds probably have to fly to the bottom to rest before continuing to the other side. Did he honestly think he would be successful??? At any rate, he went for it, he was determined and committed. You can search YouTube for footage of this stunt (I may have spent waaaaay too much time researching this).
As I watched some videos I thought:
What was he thinking as he walked to the “rocket cycle?”
What was he thinking as he climbed INTO the “rocket cycle?”
Did he say a prayer?
Wait.A.Minute…
What am I thinking as I prepare to “jump the canyon?” What prayers am I saying as I prepare to live and breathe on a different continent with an entirely different culture? Do I honestly think I will be successful?
Prayer support is crucial to my journey. Some of you have already been praying for this journey (I thank Him for your devotion). I don’t know what you’ve been praying but I can tell you it was on target. I have felt God’s peace at each point of the journey. Before I can get to Africa I need to secure commitments to pray. I’m looking for 40 committed prayer partners. If this is something you can be involved with there is a form attached to this email for you to complete and return to me.
A Google search revealed that Mr. Knievel did not know Christ during his days as a stuntman. Years later he shared his
testimony to thousands of people. He said, “Jesus Christ is everything! I know that now. If I had known that years and years ago, I would have been three times the man I thought I was.”
Thank you for your continued support,
Travis Jost
Project# 0780
