The Great American Journey

GAP WALK JOURNALS - VII

Thursday - September 18, 2008 Day 197 0.0 miles

Total New York miles - 33.2 Walking Days - 94

Washington D.C. miles - 4.6 Cumulative miles 1688.8

Today we got up and out heading for Hackettstown, NJ for an 11 a m meeting. We met with Bonny and two pastors and had a great time of sharing.

Then from there Dave and I went to a little town called Little Ferry to find the house of a possible cousin (this is part of his genealogy searching). We did find the house, but she wasn’t home. We drove around the area a little bit just to see what it what like. This town is right by Newark.

After a stop at Starbucks we headed back toward Hackettstown where we going to be sharing with a group that Bonny and her friend, Marilyn, got together. I think we counted 14 people including Dave and me.

This was a brand new presentation using pictures from the GAP Walk that I am now on. I actually had a few pictures from the Great American Journey that I shared first, and I still included the usual three songs - “America! America!” - “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” - and “Heal Our Land.”

As we started some wanted to know if they could ask questions as we went, so we had to decide what to do about that. Questions during the presentation always mean a longer presentation. I don’t mind it going longer, but I wanted to be sure it was ok with everyone else, and it was. It was fun, but it probably did double the time. They were an excellent audience.

When all was finished and we finally had to say good-night to everyone and head on our way. It was about 11 p m when we finally were able to get to bed.