UPDATE: Jeremy Noelker – 1/2 way to D.C.
Snapped in Greenwood, IN
Jeremy found a library today and I was able to chat with him on facebook. He told me he’s in WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA!!!! THAT’S 1/2 WAY FOLKS!!!!
He did say that he had a rough night over the past couple nights. With storms rolling through and cold, he was unable to set up his tent and had to sleep in the cold and rain with little more than his clothes and a blanket. KEEP PRAYING!!! And again, if you would like to help Jeremy out, I’m accepting pledges and donations for each of the 624 miles he walks. Contact me at info@joebanua.com.
Below is a note that Jeremy posted on his facebook page. REALLY COOL STUFF! God Bless!
“Hello there. Just wanted to give a short update to anyone following this mission. I am still in ohio. The past couple days have been a bit rough. I’m out in what seems to be the exact middle of nowhere. The towns have been getting further and further apart, and it has been a challenge at times to stay supplied. But God has continued to show me provision. Day after day he has answered my prayers. And I have met some of the most amazing people. I made a friend for life outside of Columbus Ohio. His name was Kent and he has been homeless for the past two months, living in the woods. We met when i came out of a store and he was sitting next to Scoob, so I decided I’d sit there with him. I asked what he was doing, and he told me “Shopping for cigarettes.” He was digging cigarettes from the ash tray. So i went inside and bought him a pack and something to drink. We talked for a little while longer, and he asked me if he could give me a walking stick in return for the kindness that had been given him. In hobo tradition, if a man gives you a walking stick then you’ve made a friend for life. And it was the first one he’d ever made, with the word “Stength” carved into it. So on our walk I began asking him questions dealing with spirituality, not pushing my views on him, but to hear what he had to say. It was a good conversation. He explained to me how he’d lost faith as he grew older. That Christianity was just a bunch of mindless people doing as they were told, because “God said so”.
Photo snapped by Bob Shadowens near S.R. 201 and 40 in Dayton, OH.
I could see that this man just didn’t have any faith anymore, so i told him stories from the road of the way God had been answering my prayers and working in others. When we were about to head seperate ways, he told me he felt he had met me for a reason, because he hadn’t thought about any of this in years. So i started thinking I should spend some more time with him. i invited him to get a cup of coffee. By now he was quoting scripture to me and telling me stories from the bible. And realizing the faith aspect of it all. that all that knowledge is meaningless without faith. When it was time for us to both go to our camps, it was difficult leaving. I truely made a friend for life. Thank you everyone still praying for us! It is very much needed. This is one crazy world.”
