Greetings Fellow Hikers,
It has been a long time since I wrote on this blog. We have been busy and without WIFI. We are getting prepared to start our next half of our mission walk across America. We are very excited and yet a little nervous,too. We have the hardest stretch of our walk so far ahead of us. I am a little nervous because of the steep mountains and the desserts. I know God will see us through it, if we can only continue to put all of our trust in Him. I suffered from High Altitude sickness back this fall at 8700' and now we are going to hike up to 13500'. I continue to try to stay encouraged and lean on God's word and I know, I will be quoting scriptures the whole way.
I pray all of you ladies out there are getting geared up for Spring and ready to embark on new trails , yet to be explored. I know Katlyn and I are excited now that it is warming up. We can not wait to see what God has created in the west. We have never been this far across America and we are excited to be able to explore what beauty He has created. We have awed at the pictures in magazines of Arches National Park and Moab and The High Sierras and much more, but now we will be out in the wilderness and up close in pure amazement.
We encourage all of you to get outside and see what beauty is around us each day and never take it for granted. No one has ever painted a flower or a sunset like God. Hiking has been proven to increase mental clarity and focus and is proven as a great stress reliever, so why not get outside and improve your health. It is a wonderful feeling to smell the fir trees, to feel the breeze blowing in your hair, to feel the ocean spray on your feet, or for myself to climb to the peak of a mountain that you never thought you could ever conquer, but with God at your side you did it. What inspiration, what accomplishment is next in your walk or in ours? Ours is to walk from the ocean in California to Denver, to complete our 5000 mile trek across America, all as a walk in Love!
Please, pray for us and encourage us through emails or text messages or call us, we would love to hear from you. We are walking as much for you all, as we are for others. Please call up someone to day and get outside and go explore what God has created and you will be amazed at what He has created and what you can accomplish. We LOVE you ALL! Happy Hiking!
Love,
Jennifer....GentleFir
Let your light so Shine
