AccountDeleted Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hello all. This will be short and probably very messy as I am at a hotel Internet kiosk in Spain and the connection keeps dropping out and the keyboard is most unusual. I left St Jean Pied de Port in France on Tuesday the 25th and walked for 8 kms - it was all I could manage nearly striaght uphill carrying what felt like a 20 pound child on my back (my backpack). the water alone was a kilo. Anyway, made it to the refuge that night and rested but knew I couldn´t make the rest of the uphill climb to the peak of the Pyrenees (at that section) with my backpack - and cover the remaining 16 kms to the nearest town, Roncesvalles, in Spain, so I sent the backpack via taxi and was able to complete the walk without it. After I reached the peak, it was almost straight downhill for the last 4 kms - using totally different muscle groups and murder on the knees. but I made it here and will attend Mass tonight at the monastery for the blessing. The Mass the night before I left St Jean was also a blessing for pilgrims - so I am getting my fair share of blessings already. And both days I found myself at times all alone on the trail, and God´s presence was just so intense and beautiful. I recommend this pilgrimage for anyone discerning anything in their life who wants to hear God´s voice. It is amazing, and I am only in Day 2. Tomorrow will be another day of blessings. The Camino is full of pilgrims, but most of them are not even Catholic! They come for many reasons, but they are all so friendly and it feels so good to be one of them, even though I walk alone. Whenever I stop at a special place, like a statue of the Virgin, or the Cross at the top of a hill, I stop and pray for you all, and for all those who have asked for my prayers. God answers every one of my needs - even on a physical level. My hands were starting to blister from the walking poles and then they got nearly frozen this morning because it was cold and very windy on the heights. Just before the Cross I thought that it was a shame I didn´t buy some walking or biking gloves. Then at the Cross, where people had left all kinds of things, there were a pair of old and torn, but still very usable, walking gloves! I put them on and my hands were saved. Thanks God. He keeps showing me the truth of St Teresa´s saying... Solo Dios basta. From the pilgrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tufsoles Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 The pyernees tends to be the hardest to climb during the pligrmage but I have had many people tell me that it is worth it. I wish you "Buen Camino." Like many Basque people say "God is good, but not crazy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Praying for you, Nunsense, and gratefully acknowledge your prayers for us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Praying for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 You never walk alone, nunsense. :console: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Thank you so so so much for the prayers. :) God bless you abundantly Nunsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Thanks for the update. God is wonderful in his care for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immanuel Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 So happy to read your update, Nunsense. Prayed for you at mass today and everyday :pray: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eowyn Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Ahhh... I'm wishing I was there, but my knees are thankful that I'm not. Prayers for a good journey for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inperpetuity Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 All for the Glory of God, Nunsense! :pray: for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sounds awesome I want to go some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbTherese Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Keeping you in daily prayer, nunsense........thank you for your prayers for us..............Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccountDeleted Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 Made it another 19kms today as far as Zubiri. I should be able to make Pamplona tomorrow, and the good news is that tomorrow is supposed to be downhaill and flat all the way! Yayy. Today was steep climbs and steeper descents, all very exhausting, but such a good experience I can´t explain it. I am a slow walker and everyone usually passes me, so I would find myself alone for stretches at a time, and I would look around and see that it was just me and God, and the most beautiful presence would fill me and make me so grateful to be alive. We are trully blessed to know Jesus and to love Him. I stop at every shrine or statue or Cross and say prayers, and there are also memorial markers along the way for deceased pilgrims, so I stop and pray for them as well. How incredible is God that He can turn something so painful as a rejection from a convent into something so blessed and beautiful? Suffering can be truly redemptive, can´t it? All I can say right now is something as trite as ´Jesus is love.´ God blesses us every day, if only we have eyes to see and ears to hear. Adios por ahora ..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Praying for you, Nunsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By His Grace Alone Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Made it another 19kms today as far as Zubiri. I should be able to make Pamplona tomorrow, and the good news is that tomorrow is supposed to be downhaill and flat all the way! Yayy. Today was steep climbs and steeper descents, all very exhausting, but such a good experience I can´t explain it. I am a slow walker and everyone usually passes me, so I would find myself alone for stretches at a time, and I would look around and see that it was just me and God, and the most beautiful presence would fill me and make me so grateful to be alive. We are trully blessed to know Jesus and to love Him. I stop at every shrine or statue or Cross and say prayers, and there are also memorial markers along the way for deceased pilgrims, so I stop and pray for them as well. How incredible is God that He can turn something so painful as a rejection from a convent into something so blessed and beautiful? Suffering can be truly redemptive, can´t it? All I can say right now is something as trite as ´Jesus is love.´ God blesses us every day, if only we have eyes to see and ears to hear. Adios por ahora ..... :) This is just...dare I say it??...awesome news! 19kms! Wow. Most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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