There were 3 people that Randy and I really connected with at the start of our Camino last year, Jeff ("North Dakota"), Aloys ("Holland"), and Sophie ("Frenchie"). This week we discovered that all 3 of them, plus Randy, have birthdays not only in May but within a 10-day span.
To honor each of their birthdays, I have posted pictures that I have of them from our walk together. In response to one of those I received the video below. It was taken on one of my favorite days of the entire journey. It was a day filled with conversation, french toast, church bells, and a really long walk. It ended with dinner and more conversation and our very first shots of pacharan.
When we returned to the monastery that evening it was already locked for the night (even though 4 of the 7 of us who were staying there were all on the outside!). The proprietor let us in after a few knocks and took us the "back way" to our bunks, leading us through the balcony overlooking the hall of worship.
When we returned to the monastery that evening it was already locked for the night (even though 4 of the 7 of us who were staying there were all on the outside!). The proprietor let us in after a few knocks and took us the "back way" to our bunks, leading us through the balcony overlooking the hall of worship.
It was so beautiful. My heart swelled with this verse:
"SERVE the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with SINGING" (Psalm 100:2).
So when Holland asked me to sing Amazing Grace, my heart was already filled with the words.
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