The Wasatch Hills congregation in Salt Lake City found themselves in the middle of an adventure this spring when Pastor Bernie Anderson announced, "We have two very special guests with us this morning. I want to introduce Leroy and Shelley Archer from Grand Junction, Colorado. They have a pickup full of Bibles that need to be taken to a local trucking company, and I need your help after church to transfer the Bibles from their pickup to a waiting truck."

The previous Friday afternoon, Anderson received a telephone call from Leroy asking for the assistance of the Wasatch Hills congregation. In 2005, the Archers had made a trip to Kenya with a few Bibles in their luggage. When the Bibles were distributed to the Masi people, the cry went out for more. Every person in the Masi tribe wanted a Bible.

Their daughter, Megan, a senior at Campion Academy in Loveland, Colo., began a campaign to raise money to purchase more Bibles. She baked cookies every week to sell to her classmates. Soon, she had collected $2,700. Another couple, Jeff and Bonnie Geiger, heard about the Archer's project. They bid on, and won, boxes and boxes of Gideon Bibles at a local auction.

Then the challenge became getting the Bibles to Kenya. After some research, the Archers discovered that 50 adults and students from Auburn Academy were planning a two-week mission trip to Kenya, and they were willing to take the Bibles with them in their luggage — five per suitcase. After struggling to find transportation for the Bibles from Grand Junction to Auburn, Wash., a Bible relay seemed like a perfect solution.

At 5 a.m. one Sabbath, the Archers left Grand Junction in their pickup full of Bibles, arriving at the Wasatch Hills church in time for the services. After worship, the congregation began transferring boxes of Bibles from the Archer pickup into Wasatch member Ken Borg's pickup. Borg would then haul the Bibles to a trucking company in Salt Lake City, which had a semi scheduled to head for Auburn on Monday. "It was a very unique exercise, and members had fun participating," said Norma Winders.

Once the boxes were transferred, the congregation laid hands on the boxes as Anderson asked God's blessing on the Bibles. "We are so thankful that Wasatch Hills can be part of this wonderful outreach in helping to get Bibles to the people of Kenya," said Anderson.