Why

 Less than three weeks from my next adventure! I’m so excited! 

Recently, several people have asked me why I’m doing the Camino. I’ve also asked myself why… and what I think I’ll get out of the experience. So many things I’ve read have talked about life changing experiences. I wonder how it will change me.

So, why am I doing the Camino? The honest answer is I don’t know and it sounded like a good idea at the time! 

When I first started hearing about the Camino, it was through historical fiction novels about World War Two. People escaped France through the Camino route and went into Spain. I started wondering what it was like to have to take that journey. Then, I started seeing posts from a Facebook friend who is leading my trip. I started thinking that maybe this could be my next adventure. 

When I first thought about going, a lot of my thoughts had to do with the physical aspects. I like to challenge myself and this seemed like a challenge that I would have fun doing. Then I broke my back and I feared my chance to go might be lost. But I was blessed to be able to recover well enough to go. And, of course, now I feel like I have something more to prove and to challenge myself as a person who broke her back this year! The training and planning are things I have loved doing. 

It wasn’t until I had already decided to go that I really started realizing all of the religious and spiritual experiences that the Camino offers. Of course, spending days walking, I knew spiritual experiences were bound to be a part of my journey. I’m also looking forward to seeing the amazing history and architecture along the way. But, it wasn’t until recently that I started really thinking about the fact that I will be walking in places where people from the Bible walked. Going to Santiago to the tomb of James, whether a person believes he is in that tomb or not is one thing. But, believing the Bible, one has to believe there are places where people written about in the Bible actually walked. There is something amazing to me about this! I can’t wait to connect to God through my experiences!

I am beyond grateful that I have the opportunity and ability to do this! I can’t wait to go and am counting the days until my adventure begins! I hope you can share the journey with me and follow me on here. Assuming I have access to the internet, I plan to write and post pictures along the way.

So, where was God today? He sent me some encouraging messages through the people I talked to.

Blessings,

Jennifer