Day 31- PompsA 21km walk through some nice hills with views of early morning fog lying in the valleys below. A moment of inattention and we were away on the scenic route! No going back is our motto so we navigated our way through, with little thanks to the Michelin Guide, but Miam Miam Dodo proved invaluable as did a short consultation with a retired farmer. Instead of a yes/no answer to our request “was this the correct turn?” we not only received the yes but it was contained in long discourse which confused us entirely.
The rain has passed us by, but the day remains cloudy with bursts of welcome sunshine to provide a little warmth. Those Pyrenees continue to grow in size each day but there are 5 more days until we reach them. Just when we are comfortably in our stride, the end comes into sight. We would like to draw the Chance Card saying Go Back 10 Spaces and If You Pass Go collect 200 Euros. Many of our followers have seen “The Way” a movie about a disaffected Dr Thomas Avery (Martin Sheen) who goes to France following the death of his adult son, Daniel (Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees during a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Should you never have seen this uplifting movie we strongly encourage you to do so. Most pilgrims arrive at Santiago feeling a change in their life as did Dr Tom. Maybe no where near as dramatic but a change all the same. I was going to ask you to pray for all pilgrims who undertake the Camino when we had finished in 5 days time. To pray that they receive a life long benefit from their undertaking. But I bring that request forward to tonight following a pilgrim we met this afternoon. The man arrived at our Gite dragging his belongings behind him on what could be described as a wheelbarrow in reverse. He lost his daughter last year in a car accident and is undertaking this Camino in search of understanding and explanation. He is greatly in need of prayer. So I will have Tara add him to our prayer list as the unknown pilgrim. Please pray for him (and other pilgrims) as well as all those already on our prayer list
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