HoneyMoon Journey Part 3

Day 3

We talked Chad into rising at 4 this morning and heading off for a 10 mile walk with Ben Boone. So as the coffee percolated we stood in the kitchen with swelled eyes and talked about tattoos and FFA. We met Ben in Grainfield where we left off the day before and thus began our walk.

This morning’s walk was exceptional because it was 5 men sharing in God’s love and bonding in Christ. Our stories were told and our hearts were laid open as we shed insecurities and told our stories to one another free of judgment and criticism. No doubt my spiritual batteries were recharged as I had a glimpse of Christ pass through in all 4 of the men I was blessed to walk alongside this beautiful Kansas morning.

We ended our journey and headed back to Chad and DesiRea’s for a warm breakfast and more fellowship enjoying the new bond we all shared in such a brief moment. After breakfast it was on to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.

While at Mt. Pleasant we shared our stories with the Sunday School Class and we were given such a warm welcome by these fine country folks. We had the honor of witnessing two baptisms, one by a young man not much older than 20 years – those are my favorites because there is so much experienced before coming to faith! Barrett spoke about the awareness Christians must have to their calling and how we all can help others – he gave a great representation of what Christ desires of him in this journey. What inspired me the most was his call to each one of us to pray fervently for what God is calling us to do and do it no matter how impossible it may seem.  

After church we had times of prayer and tearful good byes as Beki and I headed off to Golden, CO and the start of our honeymoon. Barrett will spend the rest of the day walking and Kent will be in support. And Beki and I will continue on in our journey looking for more ways to serve God in our time away from home.

Our arrival to Colorado came and went without a hitch. I couldn’t talk Beki into heading off for a round of 9 so instead she decided to spend a little of our wedding money for some much needed clothes (after all, I have been away for awhile so my clothes were out of date).

The Hampton Dad set us up in is amazing. We’re in the mountains of Golden and the amenities are abundant. I’m amazed at the amount of things to do. So in course we’ll seek to have as much fun as possible.