Two days in - I´ve conquered the Pyrenees

Dear Friends,



What can I really say about the last few days. It all got off to what was really a horrendous start!



I booked my bag into Glasgow Airport and travelled to Stanstead to find that it did not arrive! I was therefore stuck in Biarritz for the night as the cheap fare airlines won´t forward luggage for you to where you are! You have no idea how I was feeling in Biarritz knowing that I am on a tight schedule and that I have to fly home on the 25 May!!!!



Luckily, the bag arrived on Tuesday and so I set off for St. Jean de Pied Port. It was the most beautiful train journey through the rural area of France at the foot of the Pyrenees. I won´t deny when I saw the height of the mountains there was not a bit of me that was wondering what I had done coming up with this crazy plan!



So the next morning I set out to conquer the Pyrenees (all 1450m of them) - things began well and it seemed that this steep climb out of St. Jean that we had all be warned about was not going to be too bad!!!! Then we passed an old farmer who smiled and said, "Bonjour!" I´m sure he knew what was coming - a road bending up to the write that was so steep that after a few minutes everybody was beginning to stretch out and struggle! Have you any idea how it feels struggling up a hill that never seems to end and being passed by people at least twice your age?



It was a truly humbling experience and one that taught me the first lesson within this pilgrimage - I can only do it one step at a time myself. Trying to race with others is a sure pathway to disaster and so I have quickly learned to take my time and to enter into the journey as best I can! When I reached the top of the mountain I have to concede that I almost cried with joy as it took 5 hours to conquer!



The last few days have taught me that the next few weeks will be a time in which I literally will deal with what is in front of me and can do no other. Not bad, concerning we spend so much time planning and scheming to find God that we fail to deal with that which is of God in front of our faces!



So for the next few weeks I will have to take each step at a time and hopefully - the feet willing - I will wander further into this amazing process.



Hope you are all well!



Scott