Oh my goodness! It is much too long a story for all the details I would like to share, but going over the mountain was quite a day !! Started out sunny and everyone else was taking the mountain road so we headed out. Noticed the massive vultures that live in the mountains here circling- should have figured something up! Anyway, after 10 minutes the rain began... Time to get out our beloved ponchos! Then soon after the sleet... All the while the road grows steeper . Then the snow ....sideways snow. I struggle off with my pack to get my extra socks out to use as mittens! Well as I said too many details over the 6 hour trek to give them all, but it went on and on!! Headed down a very slippery descent and could see at the bottom an ambulance- a French lady that we had met at Orrison had fallen and broke her leg! We then continued in on the hard road instead of the path and made it to Roncevalles at last!
There was a lovely few minutes of blessed descent instead of incline thru a silent forest ...
This blogging by iPhone is a little more involved than I thought it would be, so hope it is making sense! More soon when we get back to wi-fi!
You rock!
ReplyDeleteI thought you might like the second reading from Mass this Morning...from Romans.
ReplyDelete"Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us."
Hope. Suffering. Endurance....CHARACTER. You two rock indeed!!
I am totally amazed by your journey. I can't even imagine being in your hopefully dry or at least dryer shoes. This trek sounds soooooooooooo challenging. Take good care. We are keeping you both in our prayers. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Blessings each step of the way!
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