THREE Aussie mates aim to walk about 2000km from Cairns to Stanthorpe, from later this month to November this year, to spread the word that there are 2000 languages – representing 350 million people – that still don’t have the Bible.
Recently two of the men, Andrew Sav, 48, and Andrew Carnell, 30, met with Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane to talk of their mission and discovered another interest in common, having all been born in Stanthorpe.
Mr Carnell said Archbishop Bathersby had also immediately related to the planned walk because “he’s such a keen walker himself”.
The two men and Mr Carnell’s cousin, Dave Carnell, 23, plan to cover the distance from Cairns, in Queensland’s far north, to Stanthorpe, in the south of the state, in 80 days.
Beginning on August 24, the walk will take them through Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Toowoomba – as well as many smaller towns in between.
All going to plan, the men will walk into Stanthorpe on November 11 – Remembrance Day.
Allowing for rest days, they’ll walk on average more than 30km each day.
“Each of these kilometres represents a distinct living language that doesn’t yet have the Word of God – not even a single verse,” walker Andrew Sav said.
“It doesn’t seem fair that we have not only one but dozens of different versions of the Bible in English.
“Yet there are millions of people in the world, representing 2000 distinct languages, who don’t have a single verse of God’s Word in a language they can understand.”
To follow the walkers’ progress before and during The 2000 Walk, visit www.the2000walk.com or Facebook.
The website also invites involvement in a number of ways such as the prayerful “adoption” of one of the 2000 Bible-less language groups or making a donation to a specific project.
