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30 | WheelsOfGrace.com | Issue 40 I have been riding motorcycles for over 45 years and have been building custom choppers for the past 25. I just love the excitement that comes with owning them! In 2002 my job brought me to SoCal from New England and I looked forward to purchasing and riding another chopper year round enjoying the sunny California weather. My plan was to seek out all the local biker hot spots and make the scene. But God had another plan for me and I soon found myself at Greg Laurie's Church Harvest Chris an Fellowship in Riverside, CA. I really was at a low spot in my life having been recently divorced, had sold my alarm company and house and basically ran from everything I was familiar with on the east coast. While at Harvest, Pastor GOD Reader's Rides & BIKES By Chopper Bob, President Hickory No. Carolina Black Sheep HDFC Greg did one of his usual altar calls and I found myself responding with another 50 people. Li le did I know that my life was about to change dras cally and all for the good! I met Arlene and we began to date God's way. All along I s ll longed for another custom chopper and as I constantly looked, and drooled and test rode them, all I knew was that it would be an expensive ordeal to get back on one (prices were running about $30K). So as I neared the purchase and at the same me my church announced that it planned to start a mul million-dollar building expansion campaign, and asked us all to prayerfully consider dona ng over the next three years. My heart sunk as I thought to myself "There goes the chopper for another three years!" So during that me God worked on me. I grew as a new Chris an and I also con nued to look at bikes preparing for the future when I would be able to purchase my dream chopper. A er our financial commitment (and God's test) was completed, I immediately went looking to finally buy my dream chopper. God led me directly to the 2005 American Iron Horse Texas Chopper at LifeStyle Cycles featured in this ar cle, which in 2010 had only 1800 miles on it! It was like brand-new! Instead of originally and selfishly spending $30K for it, and only a er learning to put God first, God opened the door for me to buy the chopper for half the price! God had won and also blessed me to win too! Arlene and I have logged over 30 thousand miles on our Chopper Ministry Tool. The bike gets people to first 30 WheelsOfGrace.com Issue 40