Walking Cross

Map of Thurs Cross Walk in Tomball

Once again I was completely blessed to carry the cross in Tombal. You all that stopped to talk, or hand me a water, or honk as you drove by, all of you were such a blessing to me! I want you to know that I prayed for each and every one of you, by name. I also prayed for those that drove by as well as prayed for the beautiful community.

Thursday started off a little slow. I’ve been having some sinus allergy problems as well as the blister issue on my right foot (see pic below). The first thing I did was grab my saline sinus rinse and cleared out my sinus passages with warm salt water. That seemed to help (a little), and I was determined to get out on the street for a cross walk. I find that when things are NOT going “my way” it’s an alert that the enemy is trying to discourage me from being a witness for Christ. So, I grabbed my water bottle, iPod, wrapping tape, I.D., and headed to Academy Sports and Outdoors to find a pair of hiking boots!

3 blisters on right foot

I was able to find a modest pair of hiking boots right away. By the way, if you’ve never been to the Academy in Tomball, you owe it to yourself to go there. The staff has always treated me kindly and they are all very helpful. I cannot say enough good things about the way they run this store. So, with new boots in-hand, I headed to my truck, wrapped my toes and slipped on my new boots. I know, I know… you shouldn’t go walking in new shoes. I just wasn’t going to wear my Asics running shoes any more! They are the reason I have blisters!

Toes all wrapped up and ready to go

New Hiking Boots

I started westbound on FM 2920, in front of Dairy Queen and that barbeque place (HC BBQ?). Met a beautiful couple and we talked for a bit; they were such a huge blessing to hear what God is doing in their lives! Further down, a nice young lady crossed two lanes of traffic to hand me a water bottle! God bless her heart! By the way, the cars were all stopped at a light way down the road… she was not in danger. Further down, 2 nice ladies stopped to talk as well. We had a great conversation and they ministered to me tremendously. Towards my turn-around point, 3 young men stopped to talk. They wanted to know what all this cross walking stuff is about. Fair question!

Shortly after the turn-around, I met a young man named, “Miguel.” He told me the Lord has been prompting him to get his life together, to go to church. He told me he saw me walking earlier but he was on his way to the Christian bookstore next to Target to buy a bible (but the store was closed). He saw me on his way home so he stopped to talk. Long story short, Miguel accepted Jesus into his heart on August 2nd, 2012 at 8p at FM 2920 and Park Rd! Saints, please pray for this young man! The Lord has started a work in him! Pray he finds a good church with strong discipleship! As I was praying with Miguel, another car was parked up ahead waiting to speak to me. A nice lady and her young neice were so supportive and encouraging! I cannot tell you how blessed I was to speak with them and all the others too! God is so good!

I made it to my car a tad bit late, sun was down already and there was a cool full moon. I headed back into Academy to exchange the boots because they seem to run a little on the “small” side. Exchange made, I headed home praising God all the way!

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support! I love you all!

Because Jesus said, “Go!”
Miguel