Come Walk with Me

Image Courtesy of @mrbray

In 2019 my life radically changed. Having lived in the Pacific Northwest for over two decades I had never traveled further than Canada or Mexico, always somewhere within the Americas. I then experienced a personal tragedy that left me feeling lost and all alone. Through the grace of God, my sister reached out to me and told me about “The Camino”. I had never heard of it before.

She started to tell me about it and I still had trouble wrapping my head around the idea. I thought out loud “wait, you just go for a long walk in another country?'“.

She stopped short and said “you know what just watch the movie “The Way” with Martin Sheen, that movie will explain it”. So I picked up the film off of iTunes and watched, cried, and then watched it again, and again until I finally started to see it. This wasn’t just a long stroll through the Spanish countryside this was a road of healing, a road of spiritual and physical transformation, an ancient path that had been paved with the sweat, tears, and love of millions of people for ages looking to regain something, re-discover their purpose or find creative, relational and spiritual renewal.

Ron Tindage (the owner of Immaculate Tours) through my sister, lovingly encouraged me to take this journey, that I had only just heard of. It was such a powerful and surprising experience. I saw myself with one step at a time completing a distance I had never come close to attempting before and with folks considerably my senior. I made friends from all around the globe and even witness two profound miracles. One was a supernatural healing, which perhaps I’ll share more at length at a later date, and the relational healing from years and years of bitterness I had needlessly held onto. I am forever thankful to, my sister and to Ron for inviting me to come to walk with them on the road to Santiago and I pray for many more opportunities.

I have realized now that I’m just a pilgrim on a journey looking for a deep level of peace. To quote St. Augustine “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” It is in this same spirit of generosity that I invite you as well to “Come Walk With Me” with Immaculate Tours, as we take one step after another step, towards our own interior peace.

Graciously yours,

Mr. Jesse Bray