30. Aug 2025

Lubań - Görlitz

Photo 1: Old city wall in Lubań

Photo 2: Tree trunk showing the two different Way of St. James waymarkers.

Photo 3: An old epithaph from 1684 in German on a church wall quoting Job 19:25-27 and 1. John 1:7b. For over three centuries these words have been a silent witness to anyone who would read them to the grace of the forgiveness of sins and the power of the resurrection from the dead. I think it was an old Lutheran Church.

Photo 4: The weather was great today for walking untill the last 10 - 15 minutes...

Photo 5: Pastor Chriss from the Pentecostal Church in Zgorzelec was to meet me at a bridge right on the border to Görlitz and to Germany. What we did not know, was that there would be an Old Town City Festival on that day. The road to the bridge was blocked off and Pastor Chriss could not get there. It started to rain right before I got to the meeting point. I did not bother to put my poncho on, because I thought a car would be waiting there to take me away. That was a big mistake. A heavy rain came quickly before I could find cover, just as hundreds of other people wanted to do so. My bag and I got really wet. Good that tomorrow is a day of rest and I can get everything clean and dry again. I will be staying the weekend with Pastor Chriss and his family.

Prayer Request: When I walk from the Czech Republic to Germany, I will cross through the mountains of the Bohemian and Bavarian Forests for three days on September 16 - 18. Since the tread on my shoes is wearing thin, it would be good if it did not rain these days to avoid slippery slopes.