DAY FIVE (d), September 8th! of Trey's Trek cont.....

After we passed the "House of Prayer" we were coming up on Clio Road.  The side walks had disappeared when we turned off of ML King and now we were walking on grass.  At West Carpenter and Clio, I think that we stopped and took a break.  Both Tony and I were weary but still encouraging each other in finishing this day strong!  

This is our destination for today!  

 Tony who is a "US Marine" is an amazing man!  His endurance is something else for a man that is in his mid 60's!  He was very much of an encouragement to me!   Every time I would ask him how he was doing he always said that he was fine or that he was going to make it or 'I am with you!'  

This is really random but there were some amazing sights on this Trek.  This unusual growth pictured below on the ground got my attention as we were walking along.  I don't quiet know what to make of it but seeing the pattern and colors just reminded me that Jesus is amazing in His artistic creative expressions!  

There are so many beautiful things that I have yet to see in this world.  But just knowing that there is a curse of sin which has hampered and diminished the original beauty of what Jesus created back in the beginning, because of us, just simply amazes me!  How can this still be so beautiful and diminished at the same time?  It just makes me wonder... what we see as 'beautiful'... would it really dazzle us if the 'sin issue' in our world was fully dealt with?  I am just glad that Jesus has dealt with that sin for those of us who have experienced His forgiveness!  But yet we wait for what the Earth groans for!  

God's creativity is Amazing!

After that short break we headed out again, going West.  The road just seemed to stretch on and on and on!  At this point, homes were less numerous and fields more abundant!   This means that the shoulders of the road were more defined and better for walking especially where there were no curbs or grassy yards.

Right at Judith Ann Drive and West Carpenter we turned North and jogged through this small neighborhood that dumped us out on North Jennings Road.   By now you could really tell that we were 'out of the Flint' area.  It was more rural in nature although we were just a few miles North of Town which we just walking through!  

Looking up the road from where we were, just kinda made you feel like this route would never end!  For at least the next three miles the road would not veer to the left or to the right!  It was definitely a straight shot!

When we did get close to I-475 there was a rise in the road because of the the bridge that crossed over the 'by-pass' around Flint that re-connects with I-75 just North of Town.  It was a neat experience to actually walk across an express way!  When you drive across in a car it takes only a few seconds but when you walk, you have a different perspective of where you are and the massive structure of the bridge that holds you up!  Bridges are just amazing structures that serve to join things together!  In many ways Jesus is our bride to Heaven!  That is an awesome thought!  

I have to tell you that after we reached the center of the bridge and we began to descend to the other side, I personally started to get excited, knowing that we were actually getting close to our destination!  We will be meeting Pastor Alverson there at the church!  He is a former Army Ranger and for me it is always good to see him!  

Here is a link to one of his Messages that is posted on the net!  

Pastor Larry Alverson

Now it was roughly a mile and a half to Mt. Morris Road where the Church was located!   My excitement of 'getting there' was causing my pace to increase.  I seemed to do that at the end of each day that we walked!  I would stiffen my pace and determine that I would finish strong.  Was I tired after that?  Are you kidding me? Yes!  But this day would be relatively short compared to what was coming tomorrow!  But for now, I was really not trying to think about the 31.9 miles that we were facing when the sun came up!  But for now!  The day was coming to a close and I could almost taste Supper!

When we reached Mt. Morris Road, it was a pretty wide intersection.  Tony and I turned left and started toward the Express way.  For the last few miles we could hear the cars on I-75 going by about a half  mile over to our left.   Now we could see the gas station and Burger King on the left just before you cross over the Express Way and to the Church.  

I have to tell you!  I was tired!  But the end was in sight!  Tony and I made our way toward the bridge over I-75 where we could see the entrance of the church driveway that lead to the church out in the field off to our left!  It was a welcomed sight!  

It was a very interesting journey today!  The most interesting to date!  Tomorrow would be the last Trek for this week!  I had walked 5 straight days without a single day's break!  In my training to get ready for this event, I would walk a certain distance (which was significant) but I always rested in between those days! Now I was tired but my endurance was building!  It felt good but exhausting!  Tomorrow would bring new challenges that would make for the end of an awesome week of walking from Dearborn to Saginaw!  

I felt like I had to pinch myself!  I could never have imagined that I really walked this far before in my entire life!  But I had!  I actually did it and with the help of some very faithful friends!  

With my feet on the Ground!

Simply Trey