The music bellows through the breeze as we descend one hill and then pant up the next one. The words of Ellie Holcomb shift over and around us as both a reminder of God’s love and our need to care for one another.
“Up and over the mountains
Valley deep as the ocean
When you can’t keep going
I will shoulder your burdens”
We chose I Will Carry You as our theme song because it resonates with our faith values and our purpose for this trip. Sometimes we need to carry others and other times we need to allow ourselves to be carried.
As evidenced by the drinking water sign provided just moments after we finished our dinner and emptied all but a scant few drops of water, God does provide. During this adventure it has also been made clear that God’s provision doesn’t always appear as we think it should (or want it to…).
We have been blessed by fantastic weather this entire trip, but given the bugs we experience nightly, we are grateful to have fabric that secures to poles and pegs to bubble around us. Our tent shelter is a rectangle that leaves little else to be described. In a rough measurement provided by Gerald’s shoe, we concluded that our sleeping space measures about 3.5 feet by 6 feet inside. There are two of us that sleep in this small space and Gerald is a tall human!
With God’s grace, we can get through anything. Especially if we are only in this tent for one more night!
Today went something like this:
We…
-woke up
-biked to Drifter’s Inn for breakfast
-biked to Seven Sisters Falls
-had lunch at Jennifer’s Picnic
-checked out Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park
-biked to the Whiteshell
-had supper somewhere (added water to a dry food bag)
-chatted and dreamed
-biked some more
-set up camp at Brereton Lake Campground
-(coming soon!) slept
A big highlight was playing with the drone in multiple locations.
We travelled 102kms today and the end of our journey is in sight!
Just a reminder:
“I will carry you
Through your darkest night
When you’re terrified
I will carry you
When the waters rise
When your hope runs dry
I will carry you”
Hear these words as God’s promise to you. Now if you want to experience this chorus the way we do, just imagine Gerald pumping his fist in the air and Amelia singing along.
From tight tent quarters,
Gerald and Amelia
Adventures on a bicycle 