Serving Those Who Serve: How You Can Contribute to the Mission This Year?
“Offer it up for the moms and babies in need” was ingrained in our minds during our time as missionaries. How often did we pray for women in labor as we biked up the highest elevation on route, or for the single moms getting their kids ready for school while we filled water coolers at 3:30 AM, or for the girls who were afraid to tell their parents they were pregnant as we called yet another potential mission partner, asking for their support?
Missionaries join in on the sufferings of moms, babies, and families in need, and unite that suffering to Jesus on the cross to transform the lives of those they were stuffing alongside.
How can sacrificing in this way not change the way you live life?
Biking for Babies missionaries have seen and felt the impact prayer can have in very personal ways. And now, dear Biking for Babies alumni, I would like to invite you to intentionally pray for current missionaries during the National Ride 2026.
This year there will be a 24/7 prayer chain taking place Monday, July 13 through Saturday, July 18.
While missionaries travel their 600-ish miles, we want to invite you to pray a layer of protection over them. As you well know, anything can happen while on route, and our missionaries need spiritual support.
Please consider offering your time and prayers for this year’s missionaries, and serving in a new and important way. Check your email for more details, or contact Sarah Wiese for instructions.
For the seventeenth year, young adults have answered the call to spread the Gospel of life and to support women in unplanned pregnancies through Biking for Babies.
The Mike & Jimmy Missionary Scholarship, which supports missionaries who struggle to join because of the cost to participate, is offered in honor of our founders, Mike Schaefer and Jimmy Becker.
These costs can include a bike, flights to or from the National Ride, the missionary participation fee, and more. It is our hope to decrease the barriers to participate so young adults are able to experience the life-changing nature of Biking for Babies’ mission.
Will you donate today and help cover the cost for a missionary?
Check out these other ways you can support the mission:
- Choose one of 4 sponsorship levels for the Celebration of Life in St. Louis or Philadelphia
- Register for a local ride in Philadelphia or Central Iowa
- Purchase a 2026 t-shirt; now available to ship on-demand to your home (youth sizes available too!)
- Donate to the mission
Reconnect with the Mission
- Max C. finds motivation in understanding moms can’t take a day off, so neither should he as he works to support them and renew the culture of life. Read his recent interview here.
- Our Sweet 16 year was full of growth and exciting launch points for our future. Check out our 2025 Annual Report to see the impact of our community…that includes you!
- Biking for Babies has grown into a beautiful 6-month formation experience for young adults. If you never experienced that robust formation, check out where we are today.
- Our 2026 pregnancy resource center partners have been announced! We’re proud to be partnering with 83 organizations committed to serving women and families in unplanned pregnancies. See if there’s one near you!
