16. Jul 2025

Kedainai -Panevėžiukas

Photo 1: No bridge here...

I knew I was going to have to cross the Šušva River at this point and that there would not be a bridge. The water went up to my knees. There had been dark clouds all around me most of the day. I prayed that God would give me good weather when I got to the crossing. Shortly before I arrived, the sun came out. On the other side of the river I had my lunch break and could get dry. As I was approaching the crossing, a song rose up in me. It is in the tack of the tap of hiking sticks and goes like this:

"I'm going down to the river... (3x)
"I'm going to lay my burdens down... (2x)

"Well I can't walk across the water... (3x)
"But I walk with the One who can... (2x)

"He will take us through the water... (3x)
"And into the promised land... (2x)

"We'll sit there at His table...(3x)
"And raise our cup to Him...(2x)

"I just went through the river... (3x)
"Ain't got burdens no more... (2x)

Photo 2: Village church

Photo 3: Staying ahead of the storm...

Photo 4: The hostel where I stayed was behind this old plantation building.

Photo 5: One of the tasks at the end of a day is washing your clothes and trying to get them dry for the next day. I am using my hiking sticks to hang out my shirts. About ten minutes later the storm finally caught up to me.