In the morning we hiked 6.7 miles down a dirt forest service road to the highway on which my Dad would pick us up. It was a nice walk. Even though I still did not understand why we were heading home, I try not to argue with God, we hiked to the pick up point.

We made it just as my Dad turned onto the road. To me that is confirmation from God, the timing involved, in an uncountable number of circumstances, that must line up perfectly, to produce a meeting of this magnitude; its incomprehensible. Two separate things, one a group of hikers hiking for hours, the other a lone driver driving for hours, both getting to the same point on the earth at the same time… Only God can produce these occurrences.

And so, we packed up the car and left the trail in North Carolina, clueless as to what God had in store for us next…

We got home and determined to let God reveal His own will. Determined not to act until God revealed as much of His plan as we needed to make the next move. Thus, we waited.

And waited…

Till, at last, God moved…

We found out that that the woman who lives with us was starting another round of Chemotherapy. Also we found out that my brother was taking a trip to Boston. He was going to pick up my mother and take her to Tennessee… She would be in TN just at the time we all planned to visit her. Finally, thanks to two gracious donors on our gofundme.com/johnnyandviki site, we had just the right amount of money for four of us to take a trip to Boston and then Maine to continue the trail Southbound!

Tipawa and Repunzel decided to stay in TN to care for Betty while she goes through this round of Chemo. They are going to meet us in a month or two in the North at some point on the trail. Gig, Tinkerbell, Off and myself reserved bus tickets to Boston via Megabus, that was to leave on the 8th. We would stay in Boston till the 16th, rent a car and drive it to Bangor, catch another bus to Medway, where a hostel shuttle will take us to Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. And so the plan was set in motion. Everything possible was reserved and paid for, and prayers of thanks sent up to the Lord for His guidance and provision.

Again, God loves obedience more than sacrifice!

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and HE will direct your path!