25. Oct 2025

A Lagoa - Sobrado

One of my major challenges now is keeping my shoes together at the tips and getting them dry after a rain day. In France I would keep switching the side of the road I walked on depending upon where the most shade was. Now I do it depending upon where the water flow is less and the puddles are fewer. As we read in Ecclesiastes 3:1+
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted..."
I would add: "There is a time to walk under the sun, and a time to walk through the wind and the rain." That time was today... wet, cold, wind and rain. Since the walking direction is westward, the wind is mostly a head or side wind, depending upon how the curve in the road goes. Since there was no one around, I just started singing in the Spirit. The more I did, the warmer I felt and the more energy I had to go up and down hills. Finally I spotted three pilgrims ahead of me and caught up to them. One was Jack from England. We walked and talked for about two kilometers. Jack asked questions and I told him God stories from 50 years of walking with Jesus. We arrived at the hostel where he was going to stay and I prayed for Jack. He had had some religion growing up, but what he needed was the God relationship. He was really thinking when we parted ways. I continued on another 15 kilometers.

Video: This little kitty did not want to be out in the rain. I know the feeling. It tried to climb up on my poncho shoulder while I was making the film clip. Shortly thereafter a lady came out of the house and took the kitty...

Photo 4: I have to tell you the story behind this picture. I wanted to take a close up of a hen eating out of the yellow plastic container in front of the chicken house, but it ran into the house once I approached it. So I made chicken sounds to try and coax it back out. All of a sudden this rooster steps out to take a look and the hens look on from the shadows behind him.