Day 4 - Varzim to Apúlia

Some of the devotions we are reading every morning before we walk have shared stories from the Gospels and challenged us with how we are sharing our faith and encouraging others on the Camino. (At least that's Wendy's interpretation currently.)

Today we began to experience repeated encounters as we walked our last day on the Coastal route. Last night during the city wide fire alarm when Wendy was out on the streets seeing if we needed to evacuate, she ran into a tall lady who was also trying to figure things out.

Today at mile 5 we stopped for café con leche and natas. Low and behold, here come Debbie and Dora (from Texas) from yesterday, who saved us with an alternate to walking on sand, so we invited them over. As we shared the fire alarm story, the lady at the next table says, "That was me!" and there was the tall lady from the night before.

Tonight after walking past beautiful sand dunes and people searching for clams and mollusks and old windmills, we were eating dinner and low-and-behold there is our tall friend, who we now know as Ingrid from Utrecht, Netherlands. So we had a cup of tea with her and heard about her journey and how she teaches English to refugees and counsels with astrology.

God, may You use us to encourage others and share Your love along this Way.Read more