Hello Friends and Family, we made it over 100 miles so far and we are still alive. Our feet are blistered and sore and our knees are hurting but our spirits are high. We have been so BLESSED out here in the unknown. We have been able to witness to many people and many people have been very receptive. We have been treated like family from our trail angel families. They are amazing christians.
We have seen 7 bald eagles and 10 osprey so far, what a blessing that has been. God is Amazing! We have walked along the coastal waterways and boardwalks, busy high traffic dangerous main roads, gravel country roads, city sidewalks, roads with out shoulders and everything in between. It has truly been an experience thus far for all of us. It has definitely been a walk of faith and a leaning on the LORD daily for strength. Today when it seemed that everything was going wrong, God put several people in our path to encourage us. We got started late today and had trouble with swollen knees and blisters. We had hills finally to climb and it was hard going, but God showed us mercy and gave us the strength to keep walking. When we walked across this really tall bridge against traffic it was wonderful to feel so free and high above the river and we could see the capitol of Annapolis and the Navy school and sail boats and birds, it was a freeing experience. We then walked through historic downtown and all of the buildings are from the early 1800s or before, such beautiful architecture and old churches.
We were able to talk to many people today about our trip and several blessed us. As I said earlier, we were feeling discouraged and then people started approaching us and we suddenly became encouraged. God is truly Great! HE knows our needs and is gracious to meet them. We walked pass the Annapolis cemetery and it was so sad to see all of those white head stones and to think of all the lives that were lost. It was a reminder of how short life really is. We then continued along the city sidewalks and tried to talk to people as they passed, just a nice hello can change a persons day. We know this from first hand experience. Then we were trying to get to our hotel tonight and rain was coming and it was rough along these busy roads. KatyDid and myself had to walk up on a high concrete divider along a road under an over pass because it was yucky under there and not safe to walk and that was scary to us. Just ask KatyDid about it.....
We are going to try to start hiking in the morning by 6:30. We have many miles to cover before Washington D.C. It is also suppose to be raining, so please pray for us. We are being treated to a resort in D.C. at National Harbor on Sunday so we want to hike a lot before then. Our trail angel family will be in D.C. and we will be seeing the town with them. We can not wait to see them again. We miss them already.
We hope you are enjoying our post and our photos along our walk across America. Please remember us in your prayers.
Photos already posted on facebook
Happy Hiking and God Bless You,
GentleFir
Backpacking Believers
