At the beginning of the school year our church invites students, teachers, all school personnel and anyone else to get prayed over and have their backpacks blessed. Hey, we realized, we have backpacks! So we took them to church on Sunday night for the blessing, made a craft, ate hotdogs and chicken nuggets for supper and participated in the family game. It was a delightful evening. I guess now we’re really on our way.
Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain (from our trip in 2010)
Our intention is to read scripture before we walk each day…or, if it’s somewhat disorganized in the albergue and/or we are turned out in the dark of early morning, we will read later along the way. If you would like to share in the Word with us, everything you need is printed out below. (Passages are all from the New International Version of the Bible unless otherwise indicated.)
Monday September 5, 2016
Genesis 12:1-9
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show Keep reading
People know we like to travel and sometimes ask if we have any trips planned. “Why, yes,” is my current answer. “We’re going to walk the Camino de Santiago. Do you know what that is?” They almost never do, so I give a quick explanation before interest fades. “It’s a thousand-year-old pilgrimage route across northern Spain.” “Oh,” says the inquirer with mild curiosity. “How far is that?” “Five hundred miles,” I say, ready to break into song. “WHAT?” The surprise is delightful every time. “Who are you going with?” “With Maurice.” “But with what group?” “Oh, it’s just us,” I say. (Us and the other thousand or two people along the trail on any given day.) Eyes widen further as questions form: How long will it take? (Maybe six weeks.) How many miles a day will you go? (Maurice says twelve to fifteen.) Do you usually walk that far? (No.) Have you ever backpacked? (No!) Will you have to carry a tent and build a campfire? By now I am laughing. “We must be nuts,” I say, and no one disagrees.
In 2102 on our 40th anniversary we rode our bikes from Brunswick to Harpers Ferry and back on the C&O Canal, so it’s not entirely crazy that this year we picked that route again, though, instead of biking, we hiked in preparation for the Camino. Every time we see Eric he asks us how far we can walk. “We did a five-mile walk at the park yesterday,” we told him on Wednesday. He rolled his eyes. “You should just go out and do fifteen,” he said. Hmm. Probably right. So that was our plan for a fun anniversary activity yesterday. Keep reading
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