So before we left on this journey, about 6 months before, I had gone to church early to pray before anyone got there. Jeff was out of town that weekend. As I was praying I felt God saying in my spirit that someone was going to be going with us. So later that evening I called Jeff to tell him and he said he already knew. I said, "what do you mean you already know?!" He said God had told him 2 weeks ago and would not let him tell me. So since January we have been expecting a joiner on our trip. Since the second day in WV we have been talking to a young woman named Eva, on the telephone. We found out about Eva because she had sought us out on facebook. She had found us on the ADT website. She was looking for someone with whom she could walk the trail so she would not have to go alone. As soon as she messaged us I felt that she may have been this long awaited person. We gave her our phone # and we began to talk to her about the trail and possibly walking with us and tips on gear and such. After the first time we talked to her we really felt that she was the one. It seemed we talked to her around two or three times a week. In the middle of the month she found a young man who was starting the trail at the trail head in Delaware on September 1st. Then we got a little sad because we really thought she would be coming with us. So we just stayed in contact with her so we could continue to give her advice about the trail and we were developing a bit of a friendship with her. Tuesday afternoon when we got to Parkersburg we got a message from Eva. She sounded concerned and was a bit confused because she had gone home to her parents house and they were not keen on her going with the young man she was planning to go with but were more comfortable with her walking with us. So we called her as soon as we could and told her our offer still remained that she was more than welcome to join us. So she talked to her parents and called us back and said she would change her bus ticket and would now be joining us. Jeff and I were so exited that we could hardly stand it. We were about to just jump out of our skin we were so thrilled. That night we camped at Fairlawn Baptist Church where Dr. Benson, the man who we stayed with in Cairo, had arranged for us to stay. We called Dr. Benson to tell him the exiting news and he said we were more than welcome to come back to Cairo and stay a few more days. So now we are here and anxiously waiting the arrival of Eva on Sunday evening at 10:55 p.m. in Parkersburg. However we are meeting with two more divine appointments this weekend while here, and the Benson's are pretty awesome to hang out with. So I am sure we will not be too anxious seeing that our time will be well occupied!!
~Kristin
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