I started off popping into a local tesco, to get a couple of bits for the team I am with, and ended up having a conversation with a lady about the little pocket bags you can now get, and was able to bless her before she left. After that I walked down the main street and stopped to talk to a couple at a bus stop outside the church that my family was at when we did live here. I asked if they knew where the road that I used to live on was, and found out they were also visiting the area, but thankfully they had a map with them, so we were able to find it on the map, and we blessed each other as we parted company. So after I found my old street, I did a crazy thing and knocked on the door of the house I used to live in, and was greeted by a really lovely lady, who must have been in her 50's. We talked for a few minutes about the house and what had changed, and she said that If I wanted to see it I could come back during the day when her husband was also around, but I did et to bless her before wandering off. I headed toward my old primary school, but was not entirely sure where I was going, but I could not find anyone to ask, so asked God instead and then headed in the direction I felt was right, and got there without getting lost! Thanks God. It was so much smaller than I remember it, in fact everything was, but I guess I have gotten a bit bigger since. I then headed back to where we are staying and on the way asked God if there was anyone I could pray for before I finished my walk, and he lead me to a leisure centre, where i met two guys, Ben, who was about 3 inches taller than me and well built, and Dave, who was in a wheelchair. When I asked them if I could pray for them they immediately said yes, so I asked if there was anything specific, to which they said no, just a general prayer of blessing. So I got to pray for them, just like I had asked God, it was so amazing, to see an answer to prayer like that.
Like I said, I had so much fun, and even came away with about 30p in my pocket, as I kept finding coins whenever I stopped, God is just awesome. I think the biggest thing for me during this walk was taking a step of faith on those little prompts that I felt were from God, such as knocking on the door of the house I used to live in, or asking those two guys if I could pray for them. It's funny, when you do step out and follow what you feel God is saying, you see God touch the people you meet, but he also touches you as well, it is such an encouragement, such a faith boost.
I think this quote from William Temple sums up my walk.
"When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't."
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