One Year Ago
Oct 12th, 2009 by Lyn Hanush
October 11, 2008 - Saturday
We had to go to Wal-Mart after we got packed up and checked out, then we had some breakfast, and back to McDonald’s to say good-bye to Rob. What a delight he has been to us, and we are grateful that we can pray with him and for him.
Finally we headed for the Beltway. It was a little before 1 pm when we arrived, so we gave it an extra fifteen minutes. Earlier as I was having my Bible and prayer time back at the motel, I kept seeing things in the Scriptures I was reading that got me quite excited. They just seemed to fit so well the things we were seeing and hearing about in Baltimore. So I began to write things down, and one thing led to another until I had three pages of thoughts and Scriptures written down to pray over Baltimore.
As Bonny drove this big circle around the city we began to pray, and I would read the Scriptures we had, and others we thought of, and we would both pray. It was truly awesome. After driving for over an hour Bonny felt the need to get out and stretch for a bit, so we turned off to find a spot to get out for awhile.
Pulling into a cemetery we saw a pond with Canada geese all around. There were cars alongside a drive, and some people out feeding the geese. We drove down by them to turn around, and a woman and her daughter saw our magnetic sign on the car. I heard them talking about it, so we stopped to tell them about the journey.
Kelly has lived in Baltimore all her life, and when she heard that we were praying specifically for Baltimore today she shared how appreciative she was for that. Bonny asked her if she had any special requests either for herself, or for Baltimore. The things she shared confirmed so much of what we had heard, and we were just overwhelmed with the way God was working - even to bringing us together with Kelly and her daughter, Rachel. Rachel told us she is 6 ½. Her birthday is in February. We had a time of prayer with them, then we headed back out to the Beltway.
I need to put in here some other confirmations of what was going on as well. Last night (10/10) because I couldn’t get online, I had Dave read my e-mails for me. He gave me the names of some who agreed to be praying with us today from wherever they were, and read some of their comments.
One man had been impressed with the names of three cities to pray for several months ago, and Baltimore was one of those. He has been praying every day since then. Another told me that her husband has brothers living in Baltimore, and another used to come to Baltimore when she lived in the area, and agreed that it was in great need of a spiritual awakening.
I had still thought that Dave, and Austin, and I might come back to Baltimore on Friday to do some walking and praying, but this morning I had a real sense of peace about only doing the Beltway driving and praying in Baltimore. And I have sensed that the real need for Friday is to take the Metro into D.C. and walk the area around the Supreme Court, the Capitol building, and other places in that area to pray some more. We won’t be walking in that part on Saturday when we finish, so that will be good to do the day before.
When we finished driving the Beltway for the two hours, we headed down Hwy 1 (Washington Blvd.) to drive the route we’ll be walking on to the border of Washington D.C. Some of this is really beautiful. I still have to calculate the mileages that we wrote down today, but it will be finished on Saturday with no problem if all goes well. Pray it will. As I often tell Bonny, “Piece of cake.
Next we found our way to my cousin’s home in Potomac. Evelyn and her husband, Harri have a comfortable place, and perfect for us. We had a neat visit tonight - with more to come. Harri is writing a historical novel that sounds really good. He gave me some of what he has written to read. I’m looking forward to it.
Bonny and I got some laundry started - one load tonight, and more tomorrow. Finally we got our stuff in and taken care of, then headed for bed. It’s late as usual. I really didn’t want to leave the journal for another day, for it is too hard to remember things then. Hopefully I’ll be able to stay awake in church tomorrow. 
Tomorrow Harri is going to see if we can connect my computer up to their Internet service. Otherwise I’ll take the computer with me and find a place where we can pick up a Wi-Fi service.
