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A milestone surpassed.

At 8:45 local time This morning Arvid realized he had completed the same distance that he had cycled in the 2008 Race Across America. And to add to the moment, he had also powered through the kilometers beating his previous

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Charles shares greetings from kenya

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Charles Part of the crew!

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July 12 Grandpas Can Press Release

Press Release Grandpas Can Fastest Bike Across Canada July 12, 2011

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Skyping Kenya in Quebec

Mr. Mulli is skyping Kenya while traveling in Quebec. It is amazing how connected we are!

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Breakfast For the Crew

Arvid leaves early in the morning while the evening crew gets a little more sleep. We’ve got small dining area in the RV where we have bread, jam, muffins, cereal and of course coffee. We track Arvid during this time

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Quebec is Beautiful

As Arvid is on hiw world record quest from Vancouver to Halifax to raise money and awareness for MCF, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that we are traveling through the most amazing scenery. Follow us on the

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Quebec

Victor Sent from my iPhone

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Eeeaaarrrrrlllllyyy….,

3:30 AM, Quebec Victor Sent from my iPhone

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The End of the Night Shift

What a great day today. Arvid was strong all day and deserves a good nights rest. We’re signing off for the night. We’ll see you all tomorrow morning.

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Into the night

Arvid has been going strong today our goal is to make it to Lachute sometime around 2am He did a great interview with john counsell on 590 in ottawa Arvid has been encouraged by the grandpas taking the 500 dollar

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Made it through Gatineau

Wow! We made it through Gatineau that was a crazy route with construction, detour, rain, new crew member navigating and every road sign being in french! Pastor vic was giving directions from the motor home arvid asked if he was

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Charles Mulli, founder of Mully Children’s Family

Charles Mulli is now an official crew member on through Halifax! Welcome to Melissa McEachern from Crossroads Communications.

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Arvid meets Charles Mulli on the hwy

Charles Mulli is the founder of Mully Children’s Family. He is a father to the 2000 abandoned street kids that Arvid is riding for. To have Charles in the crew for the final stage of this ride touches Arvid at

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New shifts

Morning (2am – 2 pm), Ruth & Josh Evening (2pm – 2 am), Stephen & Victor Victor Sent from my iPhone

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Project Description

To read the full project description, download the PDF.

Participate

To participate by riding your bike in support of MCF, download the PDF.

GrandpasCan 2020 Training

Arvid's stats are updated daily in an online spreadsheet. Click here.

Prayer Requests

May 20: As the ride begins, pray that we will have strength equal to the task ahead!

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About MCF

Charles Mulli is a former street child from the slums of Kenya. He became extremely successful in business, but then God called him to give it all up and care for the orphaned and abandoned children still on the streets in Kenya. Charles Mulli is the founder and CEO of Mully Children's Family. To learn more about MCF, click here.

Arvid's Role

God has called me (Arvid) to be an ambassador for Mully Children's Family. I have chosen to use ultramarathon cycling as my platform from which to fulfill this calling. You can follow my ride, here, at www.grandpascan.com/ride. To read more about me and my story, click here.

Donate

I am asking you to help. I am trying to raise funds for the ongoing and capital expenses for the child mothers program at MCF. This program provides the critical life skills the young mothers need. To learn more about donating, click here.

Media Contact

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