BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- If you have ever traveled, you have probably noticed a Bible in your hotel room. The Gideons have been placing Bibles in hotels for 100 years.
Monday was a special anniversary for this unique organization. The Gideons placed their very first Bible in a hotel room in Superior Montana 100 years ago Monday.
Since that time, nearly 1.4 billion Bibles translated into 83 languages have been distributed by the Gideons worldwide -- 70 million last year alone. Tom McQuin, a retired school teacher, has been handing out Bibles for the Gideons for 15 years. Monday, he is stopped by the Lone Oak Executive Inn on Rosedale Hwy to being them more after some have been taken from the rooms....
