Bob Mortimer is an evangelist, motivational speaker, author, and avid cyclist. He and his family have ridden across the United States twice, in 2008 and 2011. He wrote a book about his 2008 adventures titled "Hope and Courage Across America". At the age of 21 Bob was injured in a car accident after leaving a party where he had been drinking and taking drugs. The car crashed into a power pole, knoc
king the pole down and bringing down live wires. Bob made contact with the wires with his left arm and 12,500 volts of electricity went through his arm, through his body, and exploded his knees away into the ground. During his six month stay at Harborview Medical Center, Bob had both legs and his left arm amputated. Four years later, Bob met his future wife, Darla, and accepted Christ into his life a year later. They were married June 6, 1981. Their family now includes daughter Nicole, her husband Justin and daughter Story; son Grant; and daughter Chanel. Bob has been speaking about alcohol and drug abuse, overcoming challenges, and Being Our Best since the 1980s. Bob and Darla decided to go into full-time ministry and have been traveling around the United States and the world since then. The ministry is based out of Gig Harbor, Washington, where Bob lives with his family.
