All ready to go!

Tomorrow is the big day.  Day 1 of The Run For The Wall.

God has been with us every step of the way so far and I don’t anticipate that changing at all. Dad’s bike was not operational on Friday. We drove it down on Saturday and a local dealership completed repairs today. Gunney was a Tanker, our Platoon Leader is a Tanker. We’ve had lots of little details that can’t be explained except through Favor and Divine Orchestration. This mission is ordained, blessed and more than just a trip to DC. It’s a mission of healing for this Nation. Everywhere we go, we change the atmosphere and everywhere we go we expect miracles to be the norm.

pow_mem3We visited Riverside National Cemetery today as a prelude. This prelude was not inconsequential however.  RNC has on average 35 interments each day and sometimes has as many as 85. RNC is home to the National Medal of Honor memorial and the National POW/MIA memorial.  The Sculptor of the POW/MIA Memorial was on hand to answer questions which was incredible.  As a group, we retired the POW/MIA flag and presented the honor of carrying it to The Wall to a really cool participant.  Edwin is a Veteran of the South African Defense Forces who saw action in Vietnam. Edwin currently lives in New Zealand. He had his bike shipped to California and is all set to ride the entire Run to Washington D.C.. I find this remarkable. His love of Veterans and the US Allies he served with is so strong that he has encountered great personal expense to participate in the Run For The Wall Mission. I took some pictures and video of our trip to RNC but haven’t yet download them. I’ll see about updating this post with them later.

One last cool event, story for the day.  I popped into a grocery store to pick up some water IMG_1570.JPGbottles and saw a Vietnam Vet sitting in a motorized shopping cart.  He asked me when the RFTW was leaving, which started up a great conversation. Marvin Westlund told me of his life after Vietnam and how he’s wished to go to the Wall for some time now.  It was an honor to listen to him pour out his emotional story of injury after Nam which has precluded his participation. I asked him if there was anyone whose name appears on the wall that I could capture a rubbing of for him. That’s when the tears came.  I now have another mission. Capture a rubbing of a hero named Gary Miller and mail it back to Marvin upon our return. To read the full story, click here.

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