Their stories are many and varied, so I will just review a couple incidents here.

People Stopping to Ask What They Are Doing. As the team walks along the highways they wave at most of the cars, and send a prayer with each wave. Very often someone will see them walking and will stop to make sure that they are OK. That gives the team a chance to tell them that they are walking and praying across America. Then the team will ask them for any prayer requests. People have been very supportive as they learn that someone cares enough to walk all the way across America and to pray for THEM.

Here is the response from someone else they met:

Hello Dave......thank you for sending me the update on the "walkers" It's hard to believe it's been over a month since I stopped to visit with Sam and Lyn as they had just crossed the state line into KS a short time before. I had seen them walking along the highway for several days, and like many people on the road who see something like this I was curious to the point of stopping the truck and finding out just what the heck are you two gals doing?"

As luck would have it, they had plans to stay a matter of FEET from where I was headed that evening, and was able to enjoy a good fried chicken dinner with them. I truly admire the gals for doing what they're doing. Most people I know don't have the courage to! I can't imagine a better (or more difficult) way to really see this country from one end to the other. I'm sure when their journey is finished they'll have many fond memories of it......and hopefully very few bad ones.

I wish I'd have made it home from my trip sooner and would've been able to visit with them again.......but it wasn't meant to be, so this update is very nice and tell Lyn that I really appreciate the nice note she sent me also. I hope the weather holds for the group as winter is on it's way! Here in Salina KS and at home in Cawker City, we received about 6 inches Mon night and Tues. - Bruce Koster

A New Team Member. Lyn says: It was one of our most troubling mornings, filled with friction and tears. As Sam and I were walking from Billings toward the Crow Indian Reservation we spotted a little black dog cowering by a fence. Going closer we discovered the poor thing was tightly chained to a fence unable to even lie down. We rescued him and ended up adopting him and taking him with us. A vet neutered him and gave him his shots and pronounced him fit to walk. Walking through the Crow Indian Reservation we talked with many of the Crow, getting their feedback on an appropriate name for him. We ended up with Owashta Bishke Waliluke, which means "Traveling Dog Walking" in the Crow language. Of course, we don't call him by his full name, but by "Waliluke" (pronounced Wally Luke). We believe God sent Waliluke to us to help us get our attention off our problems. Waliluke has truly been a blessing to us. When we are down he can make us laugh until our sides ache, or he will cuddle up to us to bring us comfort. He can walk 20 miles in a day, then come back to the castle, eat a bag of candy and run wildly up and down the length of the castle, literally bouncing off the walls, then suddenly flop down fast asleep.

How Do They Do The Walk? Thanks to the donation of a 1977 motorhome (aka "the castle) and a van, the three walkers have devised a routine that enables them to cut down on costs by staying at RV camps for 10 days or two weeks at a time. Part-time walker Balog drives their van back to the spot they finished the night before. She then drives several miles ahead, and walks back to meet the other two. The women try to walk about 20 miles a day.