The Nothing But Nets campaign to eradicate malaria is receiving a major boost, thanks to three annual conferences in Texas.<\/p>\n
The Texas Conference \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nothing But Sweat\u00e2\u20ac? cyclists raised $156,144 with a four-day, 238-mile bike ride from Montgomery to Fort Worth, Texas. Houston Area Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, president of the Council of Bishops, and Bishop Benjamin Boni of C\u00c3\u00b4te d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Ivoire, which will receive insecticide-treated bed nets purchased with the donations, were on hand to greet the riders April 23 at General Worth Square Park across from the Fort Worth Convention Center, site of the 2008 General Conference.<\/p>\n
The Rev. Morris Matthis, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church, Sugarland, Texas, led the bike ride, with the goal of raising both money and awareness of the malaria crisis.<\/p>\n
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