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France to Santiago

A Visual look at Day 5... Puente La Reina to Estella 22km

5/23/2014

 
The day started out great.  Less pain and more energy.  I actually slept through the night.   The first time on this pilgrimage.

I got to have coffee with Didier (french pronunciation)  .  He is the guy in the wheelchair that I mentioned in an earlier post.  Really nice guy. He was excited to show me his wheelchair.   It is the design used for basketball.   It is made in the USA and cost $7000.  He is doing the entire Camino in the chair.  Someone accompanies him every day because he goes on the pilgrim trail designated for bicycles and it includes highways.  Therefore, he does not have much interactions with other pilgrims.   A French lady has helped for a few days and today a guy from Korea was helping him.  His hope is to make it to Santiago, go to the church there in Santiago and be healed there.   I would really like to have everyone pray for him.  He reminds me of the people that approached Jesus with similar requests.

Today was great.  I had great discussions with Spaniards, South Africans and the A&M students.   Great talks!

The weather started out raining.   It cleared up some, but continued to do this all day.  The bad part was when I climbed a big hill.  It was sunny and hot and I had taken off my jackets and pancho.   At the top of the hill, we were hit with a storm - blew straight into our faces.  It had strong wind, rain, and hail blowing straight at us.  I would swear that the hail was blowing parallel to the ground and therefore would never touch the ground.   We finally found refuge after many in the group had red legs from the pelting of the ice.

After my revelation last night that I need to be open to ask others to help me, I realized that God is in that category as well.   So I thought for a while – What could I ask God for?  I figured that the best thing I could ask from him would be more love.  Good request, right?  Well I did.  I walked along and prayed.   When I was finished I was very pleased with my request.  I then looked up on the mountain on my left and there sat an enormous cross.  I then realized he HAD given me ALL of his love.  I have it.

Kristin Dungan
5/24/2014 04:57:17 am

Tell me about the shell.

Delilah
5/24/2014 05:52:47 pm

Delilah
5/24/2014 05:53:34 pm

Version 1: After James's death, his disciples shipped his body to the Iberian Peninsula to be buried in what is now Santiago. Off the coast of Spain, a heavy storm hit the ship, and the body was lost to the ocean. After some time, however, it washed ashore undamaged, covered in scallops.[citation needed]
Version 2: After James's death his body was mysteriously transported by a crewless ship back to the Iberian Peninsula to be buried in what is now Santiago. As the ship approached land, a wedding was taking place on shore. The young groom was on horseback, and on seeing the ship approaching, his horse got spooked, and horse and rider plunged into the sea. Through miraculous intervention, the horse and rider emerged from the water alive, covered in seashells.[citation needed]
The scallop shell also acts as a metaphor. The grooves in the shell, which meet at a single point, represent the various routes pilgrims traveled, eventually arriving at a single destination: the tomb of James in Santiago de Compostela. The shell is also a metaphor for the pilgrim: As the waves of the ocean wash scallop shells up onto the shores of Galicia, God's hand also guides the pilgrims to Santiago.

Shelley Thomas
5/24/2014 06:31:20 pm

Praying for your journey. Glad it was a better day.

Michael Sare
5/25/2014 12:27:56 am

tell Edie I am praying for his healing right now .
Michael

Barbi
5/28/2014 06:16:42 am

Can't wait to see pic of Edie walking in Santiago. God is so able!!

Bird Removal Union City link
7/17/2022 06:56:49 am

Great blog postt


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