Sam Childers is a man on a mission…literally. He goes where angels fear to tread. He goes deep into the war torn areas of East Africa to rescue the children of Sudan.
We met Sam last year when he came to West Coast Choppers to have a bike built for himself…well sorta. He actually was having it built so he could raffle it off to raise money to fund his work in Africa. He has rescued hundreds of children in the most dangerous war torn areas of Sudan. He has built an entire compound from the ground up to protect, shelter, feed, educate, and heal the minds and bodies of the men, women and children he saves. He travels there 3 or 4 times a year and goes on 2 week missions into the bush risking his life in hopes of saving others’ lives.
There’s no way we can do justice to his story in a few paragraphs. Check out his websites at either machinegunpreacher.org or angelsofeastafrica.org to learn more about him and his work. Anybody with the title of Machine Gun Preacher is A-OK in our book.
And now for a little shameless self promotion…If you’re in the LBC, swing by Cisco Burger for the tastiest burgers and fries in town. Don’t believe us? Check out what everybody else is saying…
Check out our profile on YELP. Folks are digging on the great food, friendly service, and old school atmosphere. And in case you hadn’t heard, Cisco Burger is an eco-friendly restaurant that’s partially solar powered, uses recycled packaging, and serves its dine in customers with plates and silverware. Doing what’s good for the planet and for tastebuds all at the same time. It’s like TWO! TWO! TWO mints in one!
What’s white and brown and pees all over? CINNABUN! Say hello to the newest addition to the West Coast Choppers Family. She’s got the attitude of a charging rhino and the bladder of a hummingbird.
But we love her just the same. At least she’s more polite than Mr. T who is either chasing strangers up onto tool chests in the shop if he doesn’t like them, or humping their leg if they’re one of his “favorite” people. Nope, Cinnabun’s a little charmer. She’s a pure bred Blue Fawn Pit that Jesse brought home from the fair. Really. That’s a little more of a commitment than a goldfish in a sandwich bag, we’ll give him that. True story: A man from Heavy Duty Kennel in Jerseyville, Illinois had heard about us losing Cisco this past year and showed up at the event, puppy in hand and offered her to Jesse when he was there on the Working Man’s Tour for the workwear line. How could you say no to that little face? Well, he didn’t. So she made the trip in the WCC semi all the way across the country and back to Long Beach. Several rolls of paper towels later, and several hundred expletives from our driver Damien, she made it here and quickly started barking orders to Mr. T and the rest of us.
To think that some people come back from the fair with a stuffed animal, an attractively framed Budweiser mirror, and a funnel cake. Tragic. They’re just going to all the wrong fairs!
